Publications
Haselberger, Martina, and Gabriela Krist. 2022. “Applied Conservation Practice Within a Living Heritage Site.” Studies in Conservation 67/sup1: 96-104. DOI:10.1080/00393630.2022.2076778
Haselberger, Martina, Rohit Ranjitkar, and Gabriela Krist. 2022. “The Bigger Picture of Recovery: Conservation Challenges related to Living Heritage and Value and Belief Systems in the Preservation and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage at Patan Durbar Square.” In Heritage Reconstruction and People: Integrated Recovery after Trauma, no editor, 275-292. n.p: n.p.
Haselberger, Martina, and Gabriela Krist. 2022. “Architecture for Gods and People – Conservation and Reconstruction of Sacred Architecture, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu Valley.” In 30 Jahre und darüber hinaus – Entwicklungszusammenarbeit Alpen – Himalaya / 30 years and beyond – Development Cooperation Alps-Himalaya, edited by Kurt Luger, 175-182. Salzburg: Offset 5020 Druckerei & Verlag.
Haselberger, Martina, Rohit Ranjitkar, and Gabriela Krist. 2021. “Post-Earthquake Recover and Conservation-Restoration in Patan, Nepal.” In Analysis of Case Studies in Recovery and Reconstruction, Case Studies, Vol. 2, edited by ICOMOS-ICCROM, 6-37. Rome: ICCROM & ICOMOS.
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Haselberger, Martina, and Gabriela Krist. 2020. “Tracking Trends: A Study of Post-Earthquake Approaches to Conservation in Patan, Nepal.” Studies in Conservation 65/Issue sup1: Special issue: IIC 2020 Edinburgh Congress preprints. DOI:10.1080/00393630.2020.1758872
Haselberger, Martina, Katharina Fuchs and Gabriela Krist. 2020. “Material Conservation-Restoration.” In Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust, The Restoration of the Krishna Temple, Patan – Nepal, 2015-2018, edited by Neeta Das, 105-123. Kathmandu: n.p.
Haselberger, Martina, and Gabriela Krist. 2020. “Earthquake Response and Conservation Measures at the Royal Palace and Durbar Square in Patan, Nepal – Review and forecast.” In Quo vadis, cultural heritage preservation, Proceedings of the International Conference Litomyšl, 8-9 November 2018, edited by Univerzita Pardubice, 110-129. Litomyšl: Univerzita Pardubice.
Lectures
Bhandarkhal Tank Pavilion and Tusha Hiti: Conservation and Maintenance of (Step) Wells in Patan, Nepal
Lecture by Martina Haselberger and Gabriela Krist at the International Workshop “Early medieval irrigation systems in the Kathmandu Valley: Evaluating lessons from the past for the future” (15-16 December 2023, Vienna)
Applied Conservation Practice within a Living Heritage Site
Lecture by Martina Haselberger (co-author Gabriela Krist) at the IIC 2022 Congress “Conservation and Change: Response, Adaption and Leadership” (5-9 September 2022, Wellington and online)
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The Bigger Picture of Recovery: Conservation Challenges related to Living Heritage and Value and Belief Systems in the Preservation and Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage at Patan Durbar Square
Lecture by Martina Haselberger and Rohit Ranjitkar (co-author Gabriela Krist) at the International Conference “Integrated Reconstruction and Post-Trauma Impact on Communities and Socio-Economic Aspects of Recovery” (8-10 November 2021, Manama and online)
Tracking Trends: A Study of Post-Earthquake Approaches in Conservation in Patan, Nepal
Lecture by Martina Haselberger (co-author Gabriela Krist) at the IIC 2020 Congress “Current Practices and Challenges in Built Heritage Conservation” (2-6 November 2020, online)
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Conservation practice within a living World Heritage site: The Patan Durbar Square in Nepal
Lecture by Martina Haselberger in the framework of the side programme to the exhibition Conservator at Work (16.11.2023, Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab / Postsparkasse Vienna)
Cultural Heritage Preservation in Nepal
Lecture by Martina Haselberger as part of the Seminar ‘Conservation of Cultural Heritage across Borders’ (29.07.2021, online, Institute of Conservation, Embassy of Austria, New Delhi)
Conserving Living Patan – Implications of a living culture on conservation-restoration
Lecture by Martina Haselberger in the framework of the International Summer School Tangible Cultural Heritage – Intangible Cultural Heritage – Conservation (24.09.2021, online, Institute of Conservation)
„Welterbe ist mehr“ Immaterielle Aspekte kulturellen Erbes
Lecture by Gabriela Krist and Martina Haselberger at the 16. Österreichische Welterbestätten-Konferenz in Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna (13.10.2021, Schloss Schönbrunn, Österreichische UNESCO-Kommission, Schönbrunn Group)
Symposia and Conferences
Organisation – International Summer School Remote Tangible Cultural Heritage – Intangible Cultural Heritage – Conservation
23.-24.09.2021, online, Institute of Conservation
Participation – Terra 2022, 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage. “Looking back, moving forward. Advances in Conservation”
07.-11.06.2022, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Participation – International Conference on Integrated Reconstruction and Post-Trauma Impact on Communities and Socio-Economic Aspects of Recovery
08.-10.11.2021, Manama, Bahrain / online, Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage
Participation – International Conference on Integrated Reconstruction and Post-Trauma Impact on Communities and Socio-Economic Aspects of Recovery
08.-10.11.2021, Manama, Bahrain / online, Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage
Participation – 29th Biennial IIC Congress “Conservation & Change: Response, Adaption and Leadership”
05.-09.09.2022, Wellington, online, IIC
International Symposium “Early Medieval Irrigation Systems in the Kathmandu Valley: Evaluating Lessons from the Past for the Future”
15.-16.12.2023, Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien
Closing Symposium “Reflecting Conservation Forward”
December 12-13, 2024, Vienna
The symposium with its extensive national, international and interdisciplinary program was successfully organised and attended by 45 people on site and online.
Head of project Gabriela Krist opened the event with a review of the IoC’s 15 years involvement in conservation at Patan Darbar Square. Marija Milchin, Katharina Fuchs and Meral Hietz gave insights into their specialist fields of stone and metal conservation conducted in Patan. Martina Haselberger presented the IoC’s long-term Collection Care project at the Patan Museum and drew the attention to conservation in a Living Heritage Site.
Guest speakers from Nepal provided insights into their work in the field of cultural heritage conservation. Suresh Man Lakhe spoke about the Patan Museum and care of its collections, Pranam Hora about the participation of local communities in conservation projects and Saroj Maharjan about traditional conservation practices in Nepal. Rohijt Ranjitkar, director of the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust (KVPT) presented the NGO’s conservation and restoration efforts after the devastating earthquake in 2015, and Padma Maharjan introduced listeners to the Traditional Buildings Inventory in Nepal.
Nina Mirnig from the Austrian Academy of Science highlighted the importance of documenting inscriptions as a source of knowledge in Nepal, while Rajan Khatiwoda from the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities talked about digital preservation of cultural heritage in Nepal.