Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus do Monte da Caparica, 2829-516 Portugal

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Lia Jorge has a degree in Art History by Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (FLUP), as well as a BA(hons) in Conservation by Camberwell College of Arts – University of the Arts London. She has also attained an MA degree in Museum Studies by ISCTE – IUL, inLisbon.

 Between 2004 and 2005, she has worked as a volunteer at Museu da Música (Lisbon) and at theCummingMuseum(London). She then went on for a conservation internship at the Museu Nacional de Etnologia.

 Between 2007 and 2009, she worked in the research and conservation of the African collection of Henrique de Carvalho at Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa, a project funded by he Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia – MCES.

In 2009, she was awarded an Inovart scholaship by the Direcção Geral das Artes – Ministério da Cultura, which led her to undertake a 6-month internship at Museu Afro-Brasileiro, in Salvador, Brazil, where she was involved in the study and conservation of the museum’s collection of candomblé garments.

In 2010, she was responsible for the conservation of the ethnographic collection at the Academia de Ciências de Lisboa, while running her own conservation studio, in the context of which she oriented a number of short courses and workshops in the conservation and museum-studies area.

            She has considerable experience in research in the heritage context, having presented the following works:

• From Rural Estate to Urban – the Evolution of Landscape in the Boroughs of Benfica, Carnide and São Domingos de Benfica (submitted in 2003, as a final project for the Art History Degree at FLUP)

• The Study and Conservation of a Maori Piu Piu Skirt and Belt (submitted in 2006, as a final project for the BAhons Conservation at Camberwell College of Arts – University of the Arts London)

• The Henrique de Carvalho Collection at the Sociedade de Geografia de Lisboa: its Study and Conservation Plan (submitted in 2008, as a final thesis for the MA in Museum Studies at ISCTE – IUL,Lisbon).

Her main interests are:

• Heritage research, as way of rendering it understandable and visible to the local/global community, thus promoting its empowerment and safeguard in the long run.
• Object’s conservation (with a focus on ethnographic and local history artefacts), ensuring its survival in optimized conditions over time.
• Object’s interpretation and display.
• Teaching in the heritage area, ensuring that the best practices for objects’ study, display and preservation are accessible and can be followed by all – professionals and the general public alike.