Résumé en anglais
Dinu Bumbaru in "Authenticité : patrimoine véritable ou illusion désincarnée ?" ("Authenticity: veritable heritage or disembodied illusion?") argues that it is difficult to restrict the definition of heritage and only too easy to extend it to nearly everything. Collective memory, formerly the property of historians, archaeologists and architects, now accepts the contribution of the populace, which brings an entirely new dimension. Where does extending the heritage leave authenticity? Is a railway station more authentic if it conserves its architecture or its passengers? Where is authenticity in the real world where everything is heritage and everything changes?