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082			_a702.88 _bVIN
100			_aVinas, Salvador Munoz _965500
245			_aContemporary theory of conservation
260			_aLondon _bRoutledge _c2011
300			_axiii,239p.
505			_aContents Acknowledgements Preface xi Chapter 1 What is conservation? 1 A brief history of conservation 1 Issues in the definition of conservation 7 Too many tasks 7 Too many objects 8 Too many professionals 9 Conservators' conservation 13 A note on the use of the terms 14 Preservation and restoration 15 Preservation 15 Restoration 16 Preservation and restoration act together 18 Preservation and restoration are different 19 Preventive and informational preservation 21 Preventive preservation 21 Informational preservation. 23 Chapter 2 The objects of conservation 27 What shall be conserved? 27 The Mustang paradox 27 The evolution of conservation objects 29 Problems of traditional categories 31 Art, archaeology and antiquities 31 Historic works 35 Riegl's 'monuments' 36 Heritage 37 The nihilist turn 41 The communicative turn 43 What is a symbol? 45 Webs of meaning 46 Too many symbols 50 Refining the communicative turn 50 Symbolic strength as a criterion 50 Which meanings make up a conservation object? 51 Mechanisms of symbolization 55 Changing meanings. 57 Two exceptions: Riegl's 'deliberate monuments' and recent artworks 58 Ethno-historical evidence 59 Summing up 62 Chapter 3 Truth, objectivity and scientific conservation 65 The pursuit of truth in classical theories of conservation 65 Aestheticist theories 67 Scientific conservation 69 An observation on the role of architects in conservation theory 71 What is 'scientific conservation'? 74 The (missing) theoretical body of scientific conservation 78 The principles of scientific conservation 81 Material fetichism 82 Belief in scientific enquiry 87 The pragmatic argument 88 Summing up. 89 Chapter 4 The decline of truth and objectivity 91 The tautological argument: authenticity and truth in conservation objects 91 Legibility 99 The notion of damage under scrutiny 101 The argument of unsuitability: subjective and intangible needs in conservation 105 Chapter 5 A brief excursion into the real world 115 Conservation and science 115 Lack of communication 117 The insufficiency of hard sciences 120 Complexity 120 An infinite variety of objects 125 A vindication of conservators' technical knowledge 129 Lack of technological knowledge 141 Technoscience 144 Chapter 6 From objects to subjects. 147 Radical subjectivism 147 Re-examining the problem: inter-subjectivism 150 The expert's zone: objectivism and authority 153 From the experts' zone to the trading zone: the emergence of the subject 158 Affected people 158 The stakeholders 160 The trading zone 163 Clashes in meanings: inter- and intra-cultural issues in conservation 165 Chapter 7 The reasons for conservation 171 Reasons for conservation 171 From the conservation of truths to the conservation of meanings 173 Expressive conservation 176 Functional and value-led conservation 177 Chapter 8 Sustainable conservation 183 The criticism of reversibility. 183 Minimum intervention. 188 From minimum intervention to maximum benefit 191 The principle of sustainability 194 Chapter 9 From theory to practice: a revolution of common sense 199 Discernible restoration 199 Adaptiv ethics 202 The risks of negotiatory conservation 205 Evidential conservation 205 Genial Conservation 206 Demagogic conservation 208 Exerting authority : the role of the experts in contemporary conservation 209 Conclusion : a revolution of common sense 212 Bibliography 215 Subject index 229 Proper names index 233 Author index 237
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