Does the MA's Code of Ethics support conservation today?
Geraldine Kendall, 22.11.2011
Ethics guidelines go under the spotlight at ICON conference
The Museums Association’s Code of Ethics will be under scrutiny in a one-day conference by the Institute of Conservation (ICON) in April next year.
The conference aims to examine whether the various codes of ethics issued by the MA and other museum and heritage organisations inform and support current conservation practice.
Rachel Cockett, Renaissance manager at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, will represent the MA's ethics committee at the event.
Cockett joins a panel of experts with a wide range of knowledge in conservation issues, including Jane Henderson, senior lecturer in Cardiff University's conservation department and the National Trust's head conservator, Katy Lithgow.
The CPD-certified conference will evaluate how guidelines on issues such as disposal, access and collections care have influenced the field of conservation and how ethics might define future work.
ICON recently issued a call for papers on five core topics that will be discussed at the conference. Presentations must be seven minutes long and may take the form of case studies or hypothetical scenarios. The panel will chair a Q&A discussion after each presentation.
Subjects include the impact of access and operation on collections; the influence of statutory legislation; how market trends and collections care criteria drive disposal; and the relevance of a code of ethics to professional practice. The full list of topics is available to download below.
The conference takes place on 12 April 2012 at Cardiff University and costs £50 to attend.
To submit a presentation or register an interest please contact Ian Clark on 07836 536932 or email ian@ianclarkrestoration.com
To read the MA's Code of Ethics, click here
For the call for papers criteria, click here (pdf)
The conference aims to examine whether the various codes of ethics issued by the MA and other museum and heritage organisations inform and support current conservation practice.
Rachel Cockett, Renaissance manager at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, will represent the MA's ethics committee at the event.
Cockett joins a panel of experts with a wide range of knowledge in conservation issues, including Jane Henderson, senior lecturer in Cardiff University's conservation department and the National Trust's head conservator, Katy Lithgow.
The CPD-certified conference will evaluate how guidelines on issues such as disposal, access and collections care have influenced the field of conservation and how ethics might define future work.
ICON recently issued a call for papers on five core topics that will be discussed at the conference. Presentations must be seven minutes long and may take the form of case studies or hypothetical scenarios. The panel will chair a Q&A discussion after each presentation.
Subjects include the impact of access and operation on collections; the influence of statutory legislation; how market trends and collections care criteria drive disposal; and the relevance of a code of ethics to professional practice. The full list of topics is available to download below.
The conference takes place on 12 April 2012 at Cardiff University and costs £50 to attend.
To submit a presentation or register an interest please contact Ian Clark on 07836 536932 or email ian@ianclarkrestoration.com
To read the MA's Code of Ethics, click here
For the call for papers criteria, click here (pdf)
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