Title: A variety of conservation principles and methods - The basis of contemporary heritage preservation
Abstract: The requisite of each discipline is the definition of the subject
of its interests. Moreover, this definition should be constantly
updated.
The subject of heritage preservation and conservation is
heritage. What is our modern understanding of heritage?
Heritage is not presently defined objectively. The notion of
heritage is extremely wide; it may include almost all elements
of culture and nature. A single object and a town, a wooden
cottage and a palace complex, a pyramid built thousands
years ago and a 30-year-old building- are all treated as the
elements of cultural heritage. The elements of Japanese
heritage are the actors of the traditional Kabuki theatre, in
Australia, Ayers Rock, which aborigines believe to be a holy
mountain, is preserved, in Africa, heritage includes tribe
customs. Heritage may mean names of streets, systems of
fields, recipes for alcohol production.
Such a variety cannot be defined as a whole and explicitly. A
closed definition of heritage is not possible.
What is the reason of this variety and hence problems with
its description which conservation is faced with?
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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