Applications Closed
Studying and Preserving Manuscripts and Other Heritage Materials of the Ismaili Communities
- Introduce participants to different categories of heritage materials, their historical contexts and distinguishing aspects.
- Facilitate an understanding of different skill sets involved in the study, preservation and managing different categories of heritage materials.
- Explore various aspects of collection care from preservation, conservation, assessment and environmental monitoring to digitisation and record-keeping.
- Provide some skills in identifying potential owners and repositories of cultural heritage within the ITREBs’ jurisdictions and creating relationships with them.
- Provide a hands-on experience of working with actual examples from the heritage materials held at the IIS.
