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ELAICH - What's wrong?... Prevention is better than cure!
1. Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta The Conservation Process Module 4 Basic Cour s e Teaching Material Topic 4.1 What’s wrong?... Prevention is better than cure! Educational Toolkit
3. Abstract Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage Just like detectives who look for clues to solve a crime, a team of experts (conservators, scientists, architects, art historians, archaeologists, engineers, etc.) work together to investigate the problems of heritage sites. The main objective of this investigative process is to try to get to the origin of the problem/s (i.e. the causes of deterioration), so that this/these can be removed or at least reduced before intervening directly on the heritage site . Addressing the causes of deterioration before “touching”the building, cleaning it or repairing its damage is the most efficient way of ensuring the long-term preservation of any heritage site. Would you clean or paint the walls of your house if rainwater is seeping through its roof or would you first repair the roof? Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta
4. What are the risks to our built heritage? Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta
5. Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage Does our cultural heritage have a definite “lifetime”? Our cultural heritage cannot last forever. Its deterioration can be slowed down but cannot be stopped. Sometimes deterioration is visible... Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta Sometimes it is not... Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (3600-2500 BCE), Malta Wall painting (1903), Malta
6. Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta Deterioration All materials which make up our cultural heritage, whether heritage sites, monuments or objects, are deteriorating as a result of physical, biological and/or chemical changes that occur over time. Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage Abbatija tad-Dejr , archaeological site, Malta
7. Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta Heritage has been threatened by natural causes of deterioration, and over the last hundred years also by social and economic pressures, such as urban development , tourism and war . Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage Threats Jerash, Jordan Amman, Jordan
8. Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta Natural threats – can be slow
9. Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta . .. or drastic
11. Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage ... or slow Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta Ħaġar Qim temple, Malta Jerash, Jordan
12. Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta NATURAL CAUSES HUMAN CAUSES Earthquakes, floods, storms, fire, hurricanes, (...) Anything else? Inappropriate temperature and/or humidity, erosion, dissolved salts, light, dust (...) Neglect, heavy traffic (pollution, vibrations), tourism, inappropriate restoration works, ignorance, lack of appropriate legislation (...) Thefts, vandalism, war, urban development (...) Anything else? Based on de Guichen’s diagram in Youth and the Safeguard of Heritage, ICCROM, 2000: 19
13. Educational Linkage Approach In Cultural Heritage General rule ... Archaeological sites are usually threatened by climatic fluctuations, as well as man-made problems which can include theft, vandalism, illicit excavations, neglect and tourism Prof. JoAnn Cassar and Roberta De Angelis – University of Malta Mnajdra Temples, Malta Threats to historical centres include urban sprawl (including roads, parking, modern buildings, tourism infrastructures, etc.), incorrect use of buildings, traffic, pollution, tourists, all made worse by the lack of adequate legislation