Our Collections Matter – ICCROM Network

 

The first projects developed by the IN2PAST research network as part of the Our Collections Matter (OCM) initiative, launched by ICCROM – International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property – last October, have now been announced.

 

Coordinated in Portugal by IN2PAST and Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, the main objective of OCM is to accelerate, expand and intensify actions that promote sustainable development through the management, use and conservation of collections, whether they be museum, archival, bibliographic, community, religious, digital, seed banks or biobanks.

The work carried out by researchers and PhD students at the IN2PAST Associated Laboratory actively contributes to various sustainable development goals, demonstrating science’s contribution to society and to the 5 Pillars of the 2030 Agenda: Planet, People, Prosperity, Partnerships and Peace.

 

The nine projects currently underway are:

1. Beatriz Dantas (IHA) – Collecting Japanese Prints and Books in Portugal (c.1900 – c.2020)
2. Francisca Alves Cardoso (CRIA/FCSH) – CURARE: New Paradigms in the Curation and Management of Sensitive Collections – From Objectification to the (Re)humanisation of Human Remains
3. Isabel Pires (CESEM/FCSH) – PreservArt – A Multidimensional Approach to the Preservation of Historical Audio Recordings: A Study of Chemical and Microbiological Degradation Mechanisms
4. Maria Figueira & Elisabete Pereira (IHC/UÉVORA) – Untold Stories from Colonial Collections in Portuguese Museums: The Case of the Santos Rocha Municipal Museum Collection

5. Maria Manuela Restivo (CRIA/UMINHO) – From Ana to Zé: a digital archive of Portuguese folk art
6. Maria Duran Marques (IHA/FCSH) – Parallel Arts: Beyond the Fine Arts – Women’s Art at the Turn of the 20th Century in Portugal
7. Pedro Guilherme & Sofia Salema (CHAIA) – MALAGUEIRA.PT – Malagueira: Heritage for All: Guidelines for its classification.
8. Rita Cêpa (IHA/FCSH) – How does one write a collection?
9. Teresa Reis (HERCULES) – CLIMACT-CH. Impacts of climate change on tangible and intangible cultural heritage: a Brazil-Portugal study

 

Focal points in Portugal:
António Candeias (HERCULES – UÉvora / IN2PAST); Teresa Reis (HERCULES – UÉvora / IN2PAST); Maria de Jesus Monge (Director of the National Museum of Ancient Art, Museus e Monumentos de Portugal, EPE); Teresa Lança (IHC – NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST and Curator-Restorer at the MNAA (MMP)

 

To find out more about each project: HERE

To find out more about this initiative and the ICCROM network: HERE

 

If you are interested in and identify with this initiative, join the OCM group and take part in the next group meeting, which will be held online on 30 March at 11 am. To obtain the link to access the meeting and to clarify any queries, please contact us by email: collectionsmatter@uevora.pt