Digital Media & Cultural Digital Media & Cultural Heritage ConservationHeritage Conservation

School of School of Communication, SFU, Communication, SFU, Fall 2006Fall 2006

Professor: Jan Professor: Jan MarontateMarontate

Clip of Bill Viola Video

Cultural heritage &Cultural heritage &communicationcommunication

cultural values & practices as cultural values & practices as heritage heritage – Identity politicsIdentity politics

– Knowledge, beliefs & practicesKnowledge, beliefs & practices

– Policies & institutionsPolicies & institutions constitution of records of lived constitution of records of lived

experience and creative experience and creative practices for future generationspractices for future generations– Collective memory & amnesiaCollective memory & amnesia

Challenges & Opportunities Challenges & Opportunities afforded by time-based media afforded by time-based media

Focus on Case Studies in assignments Focus on Case Studies in assignments with links to debates, theories & policieswith links to debates, theories & policies

Course AdministrationCourse Administration Handout # 1Handout # 1: Syllabus, Grading, Schedule, : Syllabus, Grading, Schedule, Course WebsiteCourse Website

Exhibition of Storefront Display covered with toxic dust from September 11, 2001, New York City. Source NYTimes, Aug. 25, 2006

Readings & FieldworkReadings & Fieldwork Weeks 1,2,3 (Weeks 1,2,3 (HandoutHandout ##22

Next Day: Communication & Cultural Heritage--Principles of cultural heritage preservation

Today: Museum visitToday: Museum visit

Think aboutThink about– Objects & audiences (visitors)Objects & audiences (visitors)– Objects & stakeholdersObjects & stakeholders– The museum “system”The museum “system”– Material culture & meaningsMaterial culture & meanings

Recall: Bill Viola clip Recall: Bill Viola clip (migration)(migration)

Haida cultural heritage & Haida cultural heritage & contemporary society?contemporary society?

Planning the museum visit: Planning the museum visit: Vancouver Art GalleryVancouver Art Gallery

Think aboutThink about– The museum visit as a form of communication The museum visit as a form of communication

(from the perspective of the visitor, the museum (from the perspective of the visitor, the museum professionals & the people depicted)professionals & the people depicted)

– The “content” of the exhibitionThe “content” of the exhibition– The museum as a frame or cultural context (other The museum as a frame or cultural context (other

shows, shop items etc.)shows, shop items etc.)

Getting to the Vancouver Art Getting to the Vancouver Art Gallery: Gallery: 750 Hornby Street – Meet 750 Hornby Street – Meet in the lobby at 11in the lobby at 11