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Dates: 6 to 22 November 2013

Place: Mexico City, Mexico

Organizers

• Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (CNCPC-INAH), Mexico City, Mexico
• National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, Japan
• ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property)

Background
From 6th to 13th December 2011, an international Seminar was organized at the Coordinación Nacional de Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (CNCPC-INAH), in order to evaluate the impact on participants from Latin America and Spain who had attended the International Course on Japanese Paper Conservation (JPC), a course jointly organized by the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties in Tokyo and ICCROM since 1992. This Seminar was organized within the framework of ICCROM’s LATAM Programme for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean.

As a result of the Seminar, the first International Course on Paper Conservation in Latin America. Meeting the East took place from 17th to 30th of October 2012, jointly organized by CNCPC-INAH, the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties and ICCROM, aimed for paper conservation professionals from Latin America and the Caribbean. Thanks to the generous contribution from INAH and the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (Japan) a new course will be organised in 2013. One of the aims of this course will be to use traditional knowledge and techniques discussed and taught at the JPC and to apply them, directly or with relevant modifications, to the Latin American context.

The course

• The purpose of this course is to provide the basic concepts of Japanese materials and techniques of paper conservation and to improve the participants’ understanding of the basic characteristics of the Japanese paper tradition.
• The course also aims at offering opportunities to build bridges between the Japanese and the Western paper conservation traditions and to assess the applicability of the Japanese approach, materials and techniques also to non-Japanese cultural heritage, with particular reference to Latin American paper-based cultural heritage.
• Finally, to promote the exchange of experience and information in Latin America and the Caribbean on paper conservation.

Methodology
The course is an intensive two and a half week programme combining theory and practice, through lectures and practical work. High-level interaction is encouraged in the course, with participants playing an important part.

Participants
The international course is open for up to 9 participants from Latin America and the Caribbean. Consideration will also be given to candidates from Spain and Portugal. At least five years of working experience in paper conservation is required. Preference will be given to candidates also involved in training activities or who are at the head of conservation teams.

Teaching team
The teaching team will include Japanese and Latin America instructors from leading institutions.

Working language: Spanish.

Course fee: no course fee.

Scholarships
The selected participants will receive a scholarship covering accommodation, breakfast and lunch during course sessions. Candidates are encouraged to seek financial support from all possible sources, such as governmental institutions, employers, and other funding agencies to cover their travel expenses as well as perdiem for their daily expenses.

Application
Please use the application form and send it by email to:  latam.mexico.papel@gmail.com

Application deadline: 10 June 2013