The meaning of heritage is changing. From pastness to presentness, from preservation to participation, and from tangible to intangible, heritage is increasingly understood as a dynamic, social, and intangible process across many disciplines. Consequently, the role and remit of the built heritage practitioner - and in particular the architectural conservationist - is becoming progressively complex and in need of a critical gaze. Is restoration really a falsehood from beginning to end? Should the condition of existing materials determine the conservation method? Is authenticity really an inherent quality within old buildings? By engaging with a critical interpretation of heritage, this book makes space for practitioners to consider the evolution of their own role within a rapidly changing context of built heritage practice. Reinforced by a shift in emphasis from materials to meanings, a 'socio-material outlook' is proposed which champions an enhanced focus on intangible heritage within the built heritage sector, whilst still acknowledging the physical condition of old buildings is a priority for many stakeholders.
This book has been written with practitioners, students, and educators of architectural conservation in mind - although will also be of relevance to the broader built heritage industry; as well as academics, researchers, and heritage students with a passion for contemporary dialogues in heritage studies.
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Sally Stone, Reader in Adaptive Reuse, Manchester School Architecture
Djabarouti successfully brings Critical Heritage Theory into meaningful dialogue with conservation practice. The result is a major contribution to integrating these key (but all too often disparate) approaches. This important book is a future classic in the making.
Dr Nigel Walter, Conservation Architect, author of Narrative Theory in Conservation