S01E06: Public Image

Today we’re talking about how we portray ourselves and how conservators are perceived: in both the media and in fiction. Kloe and Jenny have another natter about the app Articheck, and Christina reviews the book ‘The Public Face of Conservation.’ 00:35 News time! 05:13 Popular culture, language use, and how we communicate 14:18 When people think stuff is fake… 16:50 Examples of articles about conservators, not their work 20:03 Profile raising, unexpected skills amongst conservators, and the Peter Principle 23:54 Is the white coat endearing or threatening? 25:20 Conservators in photographs and PR images 28:00 ‘Conservation’ and ‘conservator’ are not great search words 30:45 Fictional conservators 38:21 Why are there not more horror stories/films set in dark museum stores?! 40:25 Book review: The Public Face of Conservation 52:50 Questions, comments, corrections 53:48 Articheck review revisited 58:25 Patreon shout-out! Show Notes: - Come support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thecword - Mary-Lou Florian’s book ‘Heritage Eaters’ (1997) now available for free: https://open.library.ubc.ca/cIRcle/collections/ubccommunityandpartnerspublicati/52387/items/1.0342857 - Conservation studio opens at Knowle: https://icon.org.uk/news/state-of-the-art-conservation-studio-opens-at-knole - Our social media survey: https://thecword.typeform.com/to/rFRz1v - National Gallery painting restored after just 10 days: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/mar/28/gainsborough-painting-mr-mrs-william-hallett-morning-walk-restored-rehung-national-gallery - Things everyone got sent at the time - the Fitzwiliam vases (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/4662424.stm) and the Spanish church painting (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921) - ‘My Day as a Conservator’ by Jack Kibble-White in Historic Scotland Magazine, Spring 2014: https://issuu.com/historic-scotland/docs/hs_spring_14 - ‘The Conservators’ in Museums Journal December 2013 (members only): http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/features/02122013-the-conservators - ‘Increasing the profile and influence of conservation—an unexpected benefit of risk assessments’ by Dr Rogerson and Dr Garside: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19455224.2016.1214848 - Conservation Fiction list: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byauth/rushfield/conservation-fiction/ - Conservation Fiction blog posts: http://www.conservators-converse.org/tag/conservation-fiction/ - ‘The Public Face of Conservation’ (2013) via Archetype: https://www.archetype.co.uk/publication-details.php?id=186 - Articheck app: https://portal.articheck.com/ Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/thecword Hosted by Jenny Mathiasson, Kloe Rumsey, and Christina Rozeik. Intro and outro music by DDmyzik used under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license. A Wooden Dice production, 2017.