Cooperative Agreement P24AC01983

15.963SOUTHWEST BORDER RESOURCE PROTECTION PROGRAMSAM.GOV LINKCLICK HERE FOR THE SAM.GOV ASSISTANCE LISTINGTHIS PROGRAM PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TRIBES AND LOCAL AND STATE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE RESOURCE STEWARDSHIP ACHIEVE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION PROVIDE MEANINGFUL INTERPRETATION AND CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH WHICH WILL LEAD TO INCREASED APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SHARED NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE ALONG OUR INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH MEXICO. CAST BRONZE BELLS ARE UBIQUITOUS THROUGHOUT MISSION SITES THAT CROSS THE BORDER IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES AND NORTHERN MEXICO. AT LIVING CHURCHES THEY ARE OFTEN STILL RUNG. BELL RINGING PRACTICES VARY FROM SITE TO SITE AND CAN BE VERY INTIMATE REFLECTING SPECIFIC CULTURAL CONTEXTS TRADITIONS AND INDIGENOUS PRACTICES. THE FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INTRODUCE A COLLABORATIVE HANDSON WORKSHOP THAT WOULD INVITE PARTICIPANTS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER TO CONSIDER THE CARE OF MISSION BELLS AS CULTURAL HERITAGE OBJECTS INCLUDING PARTICIPANTS FROM NPS INAH TRIBAL MEMBERS BELL RINGERS AND SITE STEWARDS FROM PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELYMANAGED MISSION SITES. BUILDING OFF A PROCESS DEVELOPED WHILE TREATING FOUR 18TH CENTURY CAST BRONZE BELLS AT MISSION SAN XAVIER DEL BAC FROM 20202022 THE WORKSHOP WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DOCUMENTARY EVALUATION CONDITION ASSESSMENT MATERIAL ANALYSIS AND CONSERVATION TREATMENT. THE WORKSHOP WILL ALSO CONSIDER THE PRODUCTS AND TECHNIQUES USEFUL FOR CLEANING MAINTENANCE AND HANGING INTEGRATION OF TREATMENTS WITH CULTURAL TRADITIONS AND SENSITIVITIES BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING OF CURRENT BELLRINGING PRACTICES AND MUSICAL CONSIDERATIONS. BY DISCUSSING BELL RINGING PRACTICES COMPARING CONSERVATION APPROACHES DEMONSTRATING ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR EVALUATION AND DOCUMENTATION THE WORKSHOP WILL SEEK TO BETTER UNDERSTAND BELL USE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN BORDER LANDS PARTICULARLY THE PIMERIA ALTA REGION AND CONSIDER ADAPTABLE MAINTENANCE PROTOCOLS THAT CAN BE SHARED WITH AND CARRIED OUT BY SITE STEWARDS. THE WORKSHOP WILL BUILD UPON WELLESTABLISHED CROSS BORDER PARTNERSHIPS ALREADY ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE MISSIONS INITIATIVESPECIFICALLY THROUGH TICRAT WORKSHOPSWHILE BROADENING THE SCOPE TO CONSIDER A FORMERLY OVERLOOKED CULTURAL OBJECT.