Climatic and Environmental Threats to Cultural Heritage

Robyn Sloggett is an internationally recognised expert in Cultural Materials Conservation. She holds the Cripps Foundations Chair of Cultural Materials Conservation and is Director of the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation. She has qualifications in Art History, Philosophy and Cultural Materials Conservation. Her work has been recognised by a number of national awards including as a Member of the Order of Australia. In 2021 she was awarded the Marles Medal from the University of Melbourne, which recognises excellence in research impact and was awarded for 'interdisciplinary, cross-cultural research in arts conservation and the significant impact it has had on the communities with who she has collaborated.' Dr Marcelle Scott is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne’s Grimwade Centre for the Conservation of Cultural Material where her research focuses on conservation theory, ethics, and pedagogy. She draws on her extensive industry experience to research, develop, and deliver interdisciplinary and people-led models of cultural materials conservation. Her current research focusses on work-integrated learning and community-based conservation partnerships and programs. She is a recipient of the AICCM Medal, Professional Member of the AICCM, and Fellow of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC).

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Story of Climate Change: Narratives as influencers; Chapter 2 Finding unexpected data from the historical record; Chapter 3 My Country is Changing: Indigenous perspectives on climate change; Chapter 4 Climate change and rock art: a valuable resource at risk; Chapter 5 Oral histories of natural disasters in Timor Leste; Chapter 6 Changed responses to the changing threat of climate-induced fire and drought; Chapter 7 The Local in the Global: community impact and response; Chapter 8 Issues for Institutions: the imperative for heritage organisations to lead the way; Chapter 9 Conservation Education and Climate Change: What would a resilience-based conservation curriculum look like?; Epilogue; Index.