Managing Historic Sites and Buildings: Reconciling Presentation and PreservationDavid Baker, Gill Chitty Managing Historic Sites and Buildings looks at the choices and the tensions that exist in conservation and interpretation of the heritage. Preservation and presentation are central activities, arguably means and ends in the conservation of the historic environment. But are they self-reinforcing or do they work against each other? In a series of essays which span form prehistoric sacred site to Second World war military remains, from medieval monastery to 1970s housing estate, we look at contemporary concerns and debates about the way the past is shaped, physically and metaphorically , by these two aspects of heritage management. Starting from the position that the fundamental purpose of the whole process is to communicate understanding about the human past, these essays examine how far the ideologies, strategies, tactics and techniques of preservation and presentation are mutually supportive. the success of integrated approaches that are inclusive of social, economic and green environmental concerns is understood, but the value of developing truly sustainable management for individual historic places is only just becoming evident. At the heart of such an approach lies a crucial relationship between the activity of preserving historic places and of promoting understanding of their significance. |
Contents
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1 Visiting Avebury
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2 Hadrians Wall
| 35 |
3 Community Archaeology Bringing It Back to Local Communities
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4 Setting and Structure the Conservation of Wigmore Castle
| 61 |
5 Norton Priory a Resource for the Community
| 71 |
6 The Tradition of Historical Consciousness the Case of Stokesay Castle
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7 Churches and Cathedrals
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8 Brodsworth Hall the Preservation of a Country House
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9 Time to leap the Fence Historic Parks and Gardens
| 127 |
10 Preservation Restoration and Presentation of the Industrial Heritage a Case Study of the Ironbridge Gorge
| 141 |
11 Conservation of Twentiethcentury Buildings New Rules for the Modern Movement and After?
| 157 |
12 Conserving Recent Military Remains Choices and Challenges for the Twentyfirst Century
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Managing Historic Sites and Buildings: Reconciling Presentation and Preservation Gill Chitty,David Baker No preview available - 1999 |
Managing Historic Sites and Buildings: Reconciling Presentation and Preservation Gill Chitty,David Baker No preview available - 1999 |
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