Susanne Rawson, Phd Email & Phone Number

Experienced Material Culture Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in museums and heritage institutions. Strong education and professional skills in Cultural Resource Management, Archaeology, Conservation Issues, and Museums.I grew up in a National Register of Historical Places home built in 1851 as part of an idealistic communal society in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was hence influenced from a young age by the natural setting and admiration for the past. My formative years were further spent in the Southern USA where I developed a deeper appreciation for the historical and social influences of coastal environments on identify. An exploration of geography and a desire to gain experience in new environments has led me to reside in Taranaki with my family, where I am developing my appreciation for the Aotearoa New Zealand past through community-based research on underwater and near water heritage sites. I believe that more open, wide-reaching and transparent communication with realistic goals and resources can lead to better understandings of the past and find future directions for the preservation of significant heritage sites and objects. Through my work as a cultural materials conservator and PhD candidate at Victoria University Wellington, I strive to acknowledge matauranga Māori and reshape heritage practices to incorporate public interactions with the past. My work is informed over the past 16 years by serving in many roles related to cultural heritage preservation, material culture, and archaeology including non-profit, education, and private practice environments with a variety of materials and in locations from the Arctic to the Antarctic, South America and across the Near East and Africa.https://www.hpfssolutions.com (NZ Based Practice)https://artifactpreservationblog.wordpress.com (Conservation Blog)https://victoria.academia.edu/SusanneGrieveRawson (Academic Publications)

Listed skills include Conservation Issues, Archaeology, Museums, Cultural Heritage, and 16 others.