Melanie, M.A. Sustainable Cultural Heritage
Centro di Conservazione Archeologica, Italy
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AUR grad students find going to the Centro di Conservazione Archeologica a unique experience on many levels. Beautiful and iconic works of antiquity have been brought back to life by Roberto Nardi鈥檚 award winning team and the location of the Centro in a renovated 13th听century Franciscan monastery in the Apennine hills is stunning. The food is pretty good, too! Summer 2017 was Melanie Banks鈥� turn to experience life as an intern at the Centro:
鈥淎s an intern under the tutelage of Roberto Nardi at the CCA, I received first hand on-site experience in conservation practices. While working alongside the student program that CCA runs annually to train students entering the conservation field, I was able to further my interests in practicing conservation in the lab and in the field during a rewarding internship. The main goal for my internship project was to create a narrative on the summer program through student interviews and on-site work. In interviewing alumni of the program and working alongside the summer 2017 students on conservation projects, mosaic treatment and archaeological excavations, I learned first hand about their experiences, their future goals and their diverse educational backgrounds. With the goal of creating a website and developing fundraising campaigns and tools for student scholarships, I was able to further the goals of CCA in training future generations in cultural heritage preservation.鈥�
Interns under the tutelage of Roberto Nardi at the CCA