IN
THIS SECTION: Objectives
of the CURA Program:
- Collaboration
- Collection
Documentation
- Interdisciplinary
Research
- Building
a network
- Outcomes
- Value-added
Collaboration
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To utilize the research and teaching resources of the University
of Victoria and its CURA partners to benefit regional arts and
heritage organizations.
- To
encourage innovative research projects of mutual interest to
the collaborating partners.
- To
provide opportunities for professional training and upgrading
in cultural resource management and heritage preservation.
- To
involve student collaboration at the university and community
levels.
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Collection
Documentation
- To
address the need for better managed, documented, and accessible
institutional collections and community cultural property.
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Interdisciplinary
Research
- To
apply a wide array of research strategies to yield integrated
knowledge of cultural property that is accessible to a broad
audience.
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Building
a network
- To
create a communication structure for the support of curatorial
research.
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Outcomes
- To
produce measurable results such as field notes, exhibition catalogues,
publications, digitized collections and web sites.
- To
enrich research and curricula for faculty and students in the
university.
- To
develop professional expertise in regional organizations.
- To
enhance employment opportunities for students participating
in CURA projects.
- To
develop school and public education programs.
- To
advance cultural knowledge informing local, regional and national
identities.
- To
contribute to the cultural, social and economic development
of communities.
- To
establish a web network of heritage organizations to sustain
continuing collaborations and partnerships.
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Value
Added
- To
engage matching funds and resources.
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