In this module, students will develop an awareness of how principles affect conservation-restoration actions, and the importance of reflecting on the role of the conservator-restorer as a figure amongst the different stakeholders (owners, cultural heritage officers, curators, communities, etc.).

By the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- explain the principles of conservation-restoration, their role in developing an intervention project and in sharing it with different stakeholders;
- consider how stakeholder expectations and changing perceptions of cultural objects or monuments influence an intervention;
- understand how conservation-restoration projects often involve compromises based on multiple issues and opposing interests;
- develop a well-founded conservation concept and communicate it in a professional context reflecting relevant principles in conservation-restoration and ethical norms, such as codes of ethics;
- adopt the position of the conservator-restorer at the interface between objects or sites and stakeholders and take decisions on behalf of cultural heritage and its maintenance based on professional principles.