From 20 through 24 May, Department of Archeology of the University of Georgia and Youth in Conversation of Cultural Heritage” starts an intensive course: “Green Conservation and Green Management”.

The course is focused on this thematic and will be built under the banner of "Green conservation and Green Management" that seeks sustainable, ecological and rational solutions to the local context. This is in scope a philosophy very similar to what SMART strategies are for modern cities.

The first step of this process is the knowledge of artifacts with the conservation phases to pinpoint precise SMART strategies to apply to heritage and ancient sites, based on the rationale calls for efficient, coherent, coordinated and, if possible, use of technologically-based methods, for the benefit of heritage and the communities.

Topics of the course Green Conservation and Green Management: Rationality and Strategies in a Contextual Approach to Material Heritage:

·         Sustainable conservation;

·         Analytical investigation applied to the study of archeological artifacts ;

·         Heritage management in small, remote, regional sites ;

·         Techniques for pottery conservation and museum display ;

·         Technique for in-situ conservation of delicate materials: What to do during an excavation;

·         SMART archeological site and museum.

20 May

Museums/heritage and their impact on local development, Alberto Garlandini;

Green conservation and Green Management, Andrea Macchia and Alvaro Higueras;

Creating and Building Heritage: the role of institutions to guide the strategies of heritage preservation and promotion, Alvaro Higueras and Tamar Meliva;

Dark Museum, Fariz Khalili, MIRAS Azerbaijan;

Sustainable conservation in museum storage;

From archeological artifacts to public.

Time: 10 AM

Place: The University of Georgia, Building IV, Conference Hall #519

21 May

Practices in Samshvilde:

Identification of Ceramic Classes;

Characterization by Diagnostic Investigations;

Identification of Ceramic Classes II.

Time: 10:30 AM

Place: Samshvilde, Archeological Base of the University of Georgia

22 May

Practices in Samshvilde:

Approach to conservative intervention;

Phases of intervention on ceramic surfaces;

Time: 9 AM

Place: Samshvilde, Archeological Base of the University of Georgia

23 May

Restoration of intervention;

Management of collections for the public.

Time: 9 AM

Place: Samshvilde, Archeological Base of the University of Georgia

24 May

Results of the course;

Talks about future plans.

Time: 9 AM

Place: The University of Georgia, IV Building, Conference Hall 519