{"id":10479,"date":"2014-06-08T23:46:45","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T04:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=10479"},"modified":"2014-06-08T23:46:45","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T04:46:45","slug":"42nd-annual-meeting-architecture-objects-joint-session-29-may-2014-conservation-realities-and-challenges-from-auto-regulation-to-imposition-at-archaeological-and-historical-sites-in-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/06\/08\/42nd-annual-meeting-architecture-objects-joint-session-29-may-2014-conservation-realities-and-challenges-from-auto-regulation-to-imposition-at-archaeological-and-historical-sites-in-c\/","title":{"rendered":"42nd Annual Meeting &#8211; Architecture + Objects Joint Session, 29 May, 2014, \u201cConservation Realities and Challenges: from Auto Regulation to Imposition at Archaeological and Historical Sites in Colombia\u201d by Maria Paula Alvarez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was drawn to this presentation\u00a0on account of my background in archaeology. Although I have never had the chance to visit Colombia, I was very interested to hear about the challenges, that Colombian conservators, archaeologists, and other allied professionals encounter in their efforts to preserve their country\u2019s archaeological and historical sites.<br \/>\nMaria Paula Alvarez, Director at the Corporacion Proyecto Patrimonio, presented a number of interesting case studies to illustrate the types of conservation\u00a0and preservation problems\u00a0that she and her colleagues face and work on solving. Her examples included assessments, research, testing, and treatments at<br \/>\n1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 archaeological sites, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>Archaeological Site of Fuente de Lavapatas<\/em>, where the conservation issue was stone deterioration. Extensive studies &#8211; including the evaluation of the environmental conditions at the site and the geological and physical properties of the affected stone &#8211; were conducted to determine the causes of deterioration. As well, testing of treatment materials &#8211; including biocides for controlling biodeterioration and consolidants for disintegrated areas &#8211; were undertaken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>Archaeological Park of Facatativa<\/em>, where panels of rock art were deteriorating not only as a result of exposure to the natural environment, but also as a result of exposure to humans. Both biodeterioration and vandalism in the form of graffiti were damaging to the rock art panels. The panels received conservation attention for both problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and historical monuments, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <em>Jimenez de Quesada Monument<\/em> in the city of Bogota, which had been damaged as a result of vandalism in the form of graffiti. The monument received a conservation treatment that included both the removal of the graffiti as well as the application of a coating to protect the monument against future graffiti vandalism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In all of the cases that she presented, Maria spoke about the effect of the political, social, and economical climate on the sites\u2019 conservation and preservation. She stressed the impact that such\u00a0climates\u00a0have on cultural heritage, from the care to the destruction of sites. She\u00a0explained\u00a0how various political, social, and economical\u00a0circumstances have\u00a0led\u00a0her and her colleagues to\u00a0determine goals and procedures for conservation and preservation projects. I found these concepts very powerful. For me, this presentation was a strong reminder of the complexities involved in the preservation of cultural heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was drawn to this presentation\u00a0on account of my background in archaeology. Although I have never had the chance to visit Colombia, I was very interested to hear about the challenges, that Colombian conservators, archaeologists, and other allied professionals encounter in their efforts to preserve their country\u2019s archaeological and historical sites. Maria Paula Alvarez, Director &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/06\/08\/42nd-annual-meeting-architecture-objects-joint-session-29-may-2014-conservation-realities-and-challenges-from-auto-regulation-to-imposition-at-archaeological-and-historical-sites-in-c\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;42nd Annual Meeting &#8211; Architecture + Objects Joint Session, 29 May, 2014, \u201cConservation Realities and Challenges: from Auto Regulation to Imposition at Archaeological and Historical Sites in Colombia\u201d by Maria Paula Alvarez&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":10236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,22,32,15,16],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-10479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-meeting","category-architecture","category-objects","category-specialties","category-specialty-sessions","tag-aics-42nd-annual-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}