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 o join the conversation.This event is the first in a series of “Keyword” p
 anel\ndiscussions\, a new component of Bard Graduate Center’s multi-year C
 ultures of\nConservation initiative generously funded by the Andrew W. Mel
 lon Foundation.\nThe panels bring together scholars and conservators to ex
 plore four\nconventional values in the field of conservation practice: pre
 servation of\nthe material object\; reversibility or visibility of the con
 servation\ntreatment\; attention to the physical and conceptual integrity 
 of the\noriginal item\; and respect for the intention of the maker or arti
 st.\nAcross a series of diverse case studies\, speakers will unpack these 
 key phrases\nto reveal how contemporary conservation projects both channel
  and challenge\nstandard approaches to object-based research and museologi
 cal treatment. The series begins by focusing on a recent collaborative\npr
 oject to conserve a highly rare\, mid nineteenth-century Alutiiq kayak in 
 the\ncollection of Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. 
 Peabody\nMuseum conservators worked closely with staff from the Alutiiq Mu
 seum and\nArchaeological Repository in Kodiak\, Alaska\, to study and cons
 erve the singular\nwarrior/whaling vessel while also supporting the revita
 lization of kayak\nbuilding and related skills among the current Alutiiq p
 opulation. A\ncross-generational team of Alaska Native community members w
 orked—in person and\nremotely\, via social media—with scholars\, conservat
 ors\, and students at Harvard\nto understand the kayak as a physical objec
 t and as an ongoing carrier of\nAlutiiq cultural values and knowledge prio
 r to collectively determining\nconservation treatment and long-term care. 
 The panelists\, who feature two of\nthe main project participants\, will d
 iscuss these and similar efforts to adapt\nstandard conservation and stewa
 rdship practice to the specific needs of living\nIndigenous communities. S
 ven Haakanson Jr. joined the faculty at the University\nof Washington as A
 ssociate Professor of Anthropology and Curator of North\nAmerican Anthropo
 logy\, Burke Museum\, after having served\, from 2000-2013\, as\nExecutive
  Director of the Alutiiq Museum in Kodiak\, Alaska. As a native\nSugpiaq\,
  archaeologist and artist\, Haakanson straddles worlds in an effort to\nre
 suscitate\, preserve and give contemporary meaning to Indigenous histories
  and\ntraditions.T. Rose Holdcraft serves as senior conservator\nresponsib
 le for conservation services and programs at the Peabody Museum of\nArchae
 ology and Ethnology\, specializing in textiles and objects. Through\nlong-
 range planning efforts she couples exhibition-conservation activities with
 \nenvironmental improvement and conservation initiatives\, preventive cons
 ervation\nprograms\, and conservation training of student interns.Judith L
 evinson is Director of Conservation in the\nDivision of Anthropology\, Ame
 rican Museum of Natural History\, where she works\nto conserve the museum’
 s archaeological and ethnographic collections\, and has\nextensive experie
 nce with the museum’s dioramas and other permanent and\ntemporary exhibits
 . She has been a lecturer at the Conservation Center of the\nInstitute of 
 Fine Arts\, New York University\, teaching advanced courses in inorganic\n
 materials and exhibits conservation.George Nicholas is a professor of Arch
 aeology at Simon\nFraser University in Burnaby\, British Columbia\, and th
 e director of the\nIntellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPin
 CH) project\, a 7-year\ninitiative funded by the Canadian Social Sciences 
 and Humanities Research\nCouncil. His research focuses on Indigenous peopl
 es and archaeology\,\nintellectual property issues relating to archaeology
 \, the archaeology and human\necology of wetlands\, and archaeological the
 ory and practice\, all of which he\nhas published extensively on.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Cultures of Conservation ‘Keyword’ Panel:
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