Publicomos

Réf.

41926

Type

chapter

Titre

A variety of conservation principles and methods - The basis of contemporary heritage preservation

Langues

English

Auteurs

Szmygin, Bogusław

Auteurs institutionnels

ICOMOS Spain

Lieu de publication

Madrid

Pays de publication

Spain

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS Spain

Date

2002

Pages

p. 196-198

Titre de la source

Estrategias relativas al patrimonio cultural mundial. La salvaguarda en un mundo globalizado. Principios, practicas y perspectivas. 13th ICOMOS General Assembly and Scientific Symposium. Actas

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 13th General Assembly: Strategies for the World’s Cultural Heritage - Preservation in a Globalised World - Principles, Practices, Perspectives

Lieu de conférence

Madrid, Spain

Date de conférence

1-5 December 2002

Mots-clés

conservation of cultural heritage / concepts / definitions / conservation measures / theory of conservation / principles / doctrine

Résumé en anglais

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 offields, 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 withits description which conservation is faced with?

URL

http://international.icomos.org/madrid2002/actas/196.pdf

Document joint

196.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)

Document source

44337 - Spanish #44337