1. Digital Media & Cultural Heritage Conservation School of Communication, SFU, Fall 2006 Professor: Jan Marontate Clip of Bill Viola Video

2. Cultural heritage & communication cultural values & practices as heritage cultural values & practices as heritage –Identity politics –Knowledge, beliefs & practices –Policies & institutions constitution of records of lived experience and creative practices for future generations constitution of records of lived experience and creative practices for future generations –Collective memory & amnesia Challenges & Opportunities afforded by time-based media Challenges & Opportunities afforded by time-based media

3. Focus on Case Studies in assignments with links to debates, theories & policies

4. Course Administration Handout # 1: Syllabus, Grading, Schedule, Course Website Handout # 1: Syllabus, Grading, Schedule, Course Website Handout # 1Course Website Handout # 1Course Website Exhibition of Storefront Display covered with toxic dust from September 11, 2001, New York City. Source NYTimes, Aug. 25, 2006Source NYTimes

5. Readings & Fieldwork Weeks 1,2,3 (Handout #2 Weeks 1,2,3 (Handout #2Handout #2Handout #2

6. Next Day: Communication & Cultural Heritage--Principles of cultural heritage preservation

7. Today: Museum visit Think about Think about –Objects & audiences (visitors) –Objects & stakeholders –The museum “system” –Material culture & meanings

8. Recall: Bill Viola clip (migration)

9. Haida cultural heritage & contemporary society? Planning the museum visit: Vancouver Art Gallery Planning the museum visit: Vancouver Art GalleryVancouver Art GalleryVancouver Art Gallery Think about Think about –The museum visit as a form of communication (from the perspective of the visitor, the museum professionals & the people depicted) –The “content” of the exhibition –The museum as a frame or cultural context (other shows, shop items etc.)

10. Getting to the Vancouver Art Gallery: 750 Hornby Street – Meet in the lobby at 11