Previous Academic Qualifications: Georgian Technical University, the Faculty of Architecture, MA in Architecture, 1993-1998
PhD Program: Art History and Theory
Publications
- “Role of Architecture in Museum Business”; Scientific Conference “Museum and Cultural Heritage”, National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia, 2015. ISSN: 1512-0872. ISBN: 978-9941-0-8380-8. pp. 102-117.
- "Open Air Museums in Japan – Gaze from Europe", Open Air Museums 2015 – Unheard Voices, International Yearbook. Publisher - Open Air Museum OLD VILLAGE, Sirogojno, Serbia. ISBN 978-86-82447-90-0, pp 114-139 (in English and Serbian).
- “How the Past Began – At the Origins of the First Open Air Museum in the Caucasus”; OPEN AIR MUSEUMS 2014, FOUNDING FATHERS. International Yearbook, Open air museum OLD VILLAGE, Sirogojno, Serbia. ISBN: 978-86-82447-69-6, pp. 251-281 (in English and Serbian).
- “The Open Air Museum in Ajara – Prerequisites for Founding and Basic Principles of a Master Plan”, Bulletin of the Georgian National Museum, IV (49-B), Series of Social Science, Tbilisi, pp. 551-572.
- “Traditions as Tools for Building of Sustainable Open Air Museums in Georgia”; Conference Proceeding (International conference NOTION OF CULTURE AS A FORCE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, New Approach for South Caucasus), Tbilisi, 2013, pp. 63-67.
- “The Open Air Museums – Keeping Past, Creating Future, Sustainable Museums in Georgia”, Conference Proceeding (International Conference on Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management, Rome, Italy), October, Rome, Italy, 2013, pp. 483-498.
- “Georgian National Museum, G. Chitaia Open Air Ethnographic Museum”; Guideline and Catalog, (Compiler with Prof. T. Tsagareishvili), Tbilisi, Georgia, 2010.
Participation in Conferences
- „The Role of Architecture in Museum Business”; Scientific Conference Dedicated to the International Museum Day “Museum and Cultural Heritage”. Tbilisi, Georgia. May 20-22, 2015.
- “Is Everything New Always a Well Forgotten Old? About the Innovative Ways of Presenting Heritage in Open Air Museums”; ICOM/ICME (International Committee for Museums of Ethnography) Annual Conference, Zagreb, Croatia. October 14-16, 2014.
- “Open Air Museum Tbilisi”, 40th International Conference of ICOM/ICAMT (International Committee for Architecture and Museum Technics), Tbilisi, Georgia. September 22-24, 2014.
- “Sustainable Museums in Georgia”, International Conference on Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management, Rome, Italy, October 11-12, 2013.
- “Traditions as Tools For Building of Sustainable Open Air Museums in Georgia”; International Conference “Notion of Culture as a Force for Economic Growth, New Approach for South Caucasus”, Tbilisi, Georgia, September 26-28, 2013.
- “Tbilisi Open Air Ethnographic Museum”, 26th International Conference of AEOM (Association of European Open-Air Museums). Bavaria, South Germany, August, 27-31, 2013.
- “Open Air Museums – Keeping Past, Creating Future”, 23rd ICOM General Conference. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. August 10-17, 2013.