ANKOBER-ETHIOPIA — Conservation Co-Creation

2003 - 2006

Ankober Eco-Tourism, Medhane Alem Church, Ankober, Ethiopia

Consultant in Heritage Conservation - Design and implementation of the Museum of the Medhane Alem community, Ankober monastery, in partnership with representatives of the Christian Orthodox Community - Preventive conservation strategy and local care practices for the museum collection (in storage and on display) in conjunction with the local eco-lodge and reforestation project - Proposal for interventive conservation treatment of manuscripts, icons and ceremonial artefacts.

National Museums of Ethiopia - Institute of Ethiopian Studies Museum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Consultant in Preventive Conservation - Preventive conservation training for museum professionals - “Train the Trainers” - Monitoring and analysis of environmental conditions in storage and on display - Implementation of preventive conservation plan for museum exhibition, environmental conditions, techniques of support.

Abstract PhD Thesis A. Deisser 2007 — Abstract PhD Thesis A. Deisser 2007

The "treasure", 2005.

The "treasure", 2005.

The Ankober Palace hill, capital of Shewa, early 19th century (Pankhurst and Gérard 1996: 90).

The Ankober Palace hill, capital of Shewa, early 19th century (Pankhurst and Gérard 1996: 90).

Unfolding the textiles under the protection of the community guard. Women find letters hidden in textiles by their family members, 2007.

Unfolding the textiles under the protection of the community guard. Women find letters hidden in textiles by their family members, 2007.

Transformation of the museum building by the local community, 2007.

Transformation of the museum building by the local community, 2007.

Student contest in poetry at the site of the High Court of Poetry at Ankober, 2005.

Student contest in poetry at the site of the High Court of Poetry at Ankober, 2005.

Students reading manuscripts at Ankober, 1913-1915, (Pankhurst and Gérard 1996: 59).

Students reading manuscripts at Ankober, 1913-1915, (Pankhurst and Gérard 1996: 59).

Surface cleaning of textiles by the women of the community and transfer of the manuscripts by the students, 2007.

Surface cleaning of textiles by the women of the community and transfer of the manuscripts by the students, 2007.

Display of ceremonial wooden sticks, 'Gabis', ceremonial umbrellas and manuscripts in the new "Safe-House" (Deisser 2007).

Display of ceremonial wooden sticks, 'Gabis', ceremonial umbrellas and manuscripts in the new "Safe-House" (Deisser 2007).

Meeting of the ‘Friends of the Heritage’ Committee, held at the Church Equabet, April 2003.

Meeting of the ‘Friends of the Heritage’ Committee, held at the Church Equabet, April 2003.

The "treasure", 2005.

The Ankober Palace hill, capital of Shewa, early 19th century (Pankhurst and Gérard 1996: 90).

Unfolding the textiles under the protection of the community guard. Women find letters hidden in textiles by their family members, 2007.

Transformation of the museum building by the local community, 2007.

Students reading manuscripts at Ankober, 1913-1915, (Pankhurst and Gérard 1996: 59).

Surface cleaning of textiles by the women of the community and transfer of the manuscripts by the students, 2007.

Display of ceremonial wooden sticks, 'Gabis', ceremonial umbrellas and manuscripts in the new "Safe-House" (Deisser 2007).

Meeting of the ‘Friends of the Heritage’ Committee, held at the Church Equabet, April 2003.

Conservation Co-Creation

Conservation Co-Creation is a platform dedicated to all persons interested by the conservation of cultural and natural heritage through co-creation practices. This is a site where to share information, experiences, inspirations from theoretical, practical and scientific perspectives.

Conservation co-creation is a model/concept of value based on the ideas articulated by Anne-Marie Deisser (Conservator) and Josephine Rodriguez (Human Resource), that conservation is a response to the dynamic environment of socio-cultural and natural life.Conservation and co-creation is the association of models of practice and principles that already exist but which are not systematically implemented in the field of conservation.

This site aims at sharing the implementation of such models in a wide variety of tangible and intangible aspects (education, science, arts, craftsmanship).