Values at work!
Quantitative value assessment (QVA)
A practical tool to quantify the distribution of value in cultural heritage
Summer Workshop Announcement
When 3 – 7 July 2017
Where Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA), Jubelpark 1,
1000 Brussels, Belgium
By José Luiz Pedersoli Jr., Scientia Pro Cultura, Brazil
(for a short biography cfr. KIK-IRPA website)
We take advantage of the rare fact that the teacher will be in Europe this
summer! José Luiz Pédersoli Jr. is an international expert in the field of
conservation of cultural heritage, with an emphasis on risk management,
conservation science and value assessment.
His teaching of this ‘valuable’ and very useful matter during the workshop is
not only based on the latest research, but also comes from years and years of
practical experience.
Why The value or significance of a heritage collection, building or
site is not distributed equally among the different elements or items that make
them up (i.e., not all objects of a collection have equal importance, not all
parts of a heritage building are equally valuable, not all elements of a
heritage site contribute equally to determine its value or significance).
Depending on the characteristics of these elements/items - and on the mission
of the organization responsible for the heritage property - there are often
significant differences in their relative value.
The successful management and long-term preservation of a heritage collection,
building or site depends on a clear understanding of how their overall
value/significance is distributed among their components. This knowledge is
essential to ensure that our preservation decisions will maximize the value of
the heritage property over time. This is especially true in those situations
where the cultural property is complex, the resources are limited, and
priorities have to be established. What to do first? Which parts of the
heritage asset deserve special attention, and why? What is the cost-benefit
ratio of different (preventive) conservation options in terms of how much they
preserve [or protect or safeguard] of the value of the heritage asset for a
certain cost? By doing so, the organization will be able to clearly quantify
the benefits of financial resources used to preserve/protect its heritage
property.
A quantitative value assessment of the heritage collections, buildings and
sites will allow heritage managers to address these questions and make
decisions in a more effective and transparent way. Quantifying the relative
importance of the different elements/items that make up a heritage collection,
building or site, and using this information in an objective way, to help
prioritize the allocation of resources for preventive conservation,
maintenance, security, insurance, disaster preparedness, and
conservation-restoration will certainly improve the benefits of each Euro spent.
The quantitative value assessment to be presented is also essential for
quantitative risk assessments (in case the organization decides to do so),
since the impact of risks to heritage assets is quantified in terms of the
'expected loss of value in the heritage asset'.
How The Summer Workshop will take you step by step through the
methodology for quantitative value assessment of cultural heritage. It will
provide you with the concepts and tools to do so, showing practical examples of
its use, and applying it in a real case study so that the learnt concepts and
tools can be immediately put to practice in your own collection or heritage
property. The methodology involves the development and description of criteria
for value assessment (based on the institutional mission), weighing of these
criteria, calculation of the relative importance of each component based on the
results of the scoring, and development of a 'Value Pie' for the heritage asset.
Preliminary Program
Day 1
· General introduction.
· Participants present themselves (name, institution,
job/responsibilities).
· Introduction to Quantitative value assessment (QVA) of heritage assets:
WHAT does it mean? WHY do it? The workshop will focus on HOW to do it.
· EXERCISE 1: INSTITUTIONAL MISSION. This is STEP 1 of the QVA method,
i.e. to review the institutional mission.
· EXERCISE 2: IDENTIFICATION OF KEY ATTRIBUTES (characteristics,
qualities). This is STEP 2 of the QVA method, i.e. to identify the key
'attributes' that determine the importance of the collection to fulfil the
institutional mission.
Day 2
· Recap of Day 1.
· EXERCISE 3: DEFINITION OF KEY ATTRIBUTES. This is STEP 3 of the QVA
method, i.e. to clearly define the key 'attributes' that determine the
importance of the collection to fulfil the institutional mission.
· EXERCISE 4: ASSIGNING WEIGHTS TO THE ATTRIBUTES. This is STEP 4 of the
QVA method, i.e. to assign weights to the key 'attributes' that determine the
importance of the collection to fulfil the institutional mission.
· Presentation, discussion and refinement of a suitable RATIO SCALE.
Day 3
· Recap of Day 2.
· EXERCISE 5: SCORING THE OCCURRENCE OF EACH ATTRIBUTE IN THE COMPONENTS
OF THE COLLECTION. This is STEP 5 of the QVA method, i.e. to score the level of
occurrence of the key 'attributes' in the different components of the
collection.
· EXERCISE 6: CALCULATE THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE COMPONENTS OF THE
COLLECTION. This is STEP 6 of the QVA method, i.e. to calculate the relative
importance of the different components of the collection.
Day 4
· Recap of Day 3.
· EXERCISE 7: BUILD THE 'VALUE PIE' FOR THE COLLECTION. This is STEP 7 of
the QVA method, i.e. to calculate how much (%) each component represents of the
total value of the collection (100%).
· Discuss the application of the QVA results in the planning and
decision-making processes concerning the preservation of the (value of the)
collection and the fulfilment of the Museum mission.
· Scaling up the results of the workshop exercise to larger and more
complex heritage assets.
· Questions and Answers.
Day 5
· Recap of the QVA methodology.
· Case studies on other value and significance assessments in Belgium and
how they complement or fit with QVA.
Who Heritage professionals: collection managers, curators, museum
directors, external advisors who guide value assessment processes, heritage
professionals responsible for accessioning and de-accessioning, heritage
professionals involved in a decision making process; heritage professionals
working on the mission and vision for a heritage property, cultural heritage
consultants, preventive conservators,…
The participants will be up to 20 heritage professionals. The 20
first people that apply will be accepted, the following applicants will be
placed on the waiting list.
Working language English
Cost €486
(this price for the 5-day workshop includes lunches, beverages throughout the
day, hand-outs and other course-materials)
To apply Please use the application form (administration + short CV) via
this KIK-IRPA-link:
http://www.kikirpa.be/EN/32/0/news/1429/index.htm?%27%20title=%27Workshop%20Values%20at%20work
Send the application form back to:
[email protected] & [email protected] (or mail them if
you need more information)
Application deadline is: 19th of June 2017
The subject of your email needs to be :
APPLICATION VALUES AT WORK
The selection will be communicated by email as soon as we receive your
application form.
Take note: the registration is only valid after receiving your payment (to be
paid as soon as your application has been accepted).
Marjolijn DEBULPAEP
Head of the Preventive Conservation Unit, Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage
(KIK-IRPA), Parc du Cinquantenaire 1, B - 1000 Brussels. Tel. :
+32/2/739.68.32.
Website KIK-IRPA : <http://www.kikirpa.be/> http://www.kikirpa.be – E-mail :
<mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]
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