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DESCRIPTION:Conservation Conversations are public research dialogues pairin
 g professionals in the field and exemplifying the goal of “Cultures of Con
 servation\,” a five-year curricular initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mel
 lon Foundation. On Tuesday\, March 15 at 6 pm\, Gabrielle Berlinger will s
 peak on “A Multiplicity of Voices: The Structure of Preservation at the Lo
 wer East Side Tenement Museum.” David Favaloro will comment.Gabrielle A. B
 erlinger is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Folklore and Tanen
 baum Fellow of American Jewish Studies at the University of North Carolina
  at Chapel Hill. She was the Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Cultu
 res of Conservation at Bard Graduate Center from 2013–2015. Trained as a f
 olklorist\, she studies the aesthetic expression of culture in everyday li
 fe with particular focus on vernacular architecture and ritual practice. S
 he received her MA and PhD from Indiana University\, Bloomington\, in the 
 Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology.David Favaloro is Director of C
 uratorial Affairs at the Lower East Side Tenement Museum. He is primarily 
 responsible for interpreting the history of the tenements at 97 and 103 Or
 chard Street\, with an emphasis on research and exhibit development. He al
 so oversees the museum’s preservation\, conservation\, and collections man
 agement programs. He received his MA in Public History from the University
  of Massachusetts\, Amherst.How do we measure the success of an historic h
 ouse museum? By the degree to which the historic structure is physically p
 reserved? By the number of people who visit each year? By the sense of “au
 thenticity” that the visitor experiences? By the breadth of information im
 parted by the building’s history? All of these factors—conservation achiev
 ements\, public attendance\, affective impact\, and educational value—are 
 implicated in the quest to understand an historic house museum’s success\,
  which begs the question\, “What is the purpose of this historic house mus
 eum?” This presentation explores the relationship between the historic pre
 servation of a 150-year-old tenement building-turned-museum\, and the goal
 s of the curators\, conservators\, historic preservation architects\, and 
 educators who have created and continue to re-create the museum experience
  within. This event is part of our 'Cultures of Conservation' initiative\,
  supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Conservation Conversation—A Multiplicity of V
 oices
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