01971nas a2200253   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001900043653001700062653001300079653002500092653001500117653001400132653001600146653001100162653001100173100001500184245007200199856015000271300001200421490000700433520125700440022002001697                                       d10aAuthentication10aAuthenticity10aheritage10aImage reconstruction10aIntangible10aPersonnel10aRestoration10aSkills10aUNESCO1 aF. Hassard00aTowards a new vision of restoration in the context of global change  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84862514770&doi=10.1080%2f19455220903059842&partnerID=40&md5=be9a4bf07ae74c25e83085b5e17f8564  a149-1630 v323 aThere is currently much discussion in the UK around skills and other workforce development issues within the cultural heritage sector. This coincides with wider debate within the international heritage community around the meaning and purpose of heritage preservation in the context of globalisation. Issues around representation, access, ownership and diversity, inclusivity and human rights are today associated with concepts of authenticity, values and democracy in a global setting and embodied today, for example, by the United Nations in the concept of intangible heritage-which refers to aspects of  living  heritage. This paper brings to light, through an assessment of key international heritage charters, declarations and political conventions, how changes in attitudes towards the past have lead to the formal re-constitution of the heritage field in recent times. Attention is drawn to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization s (UNESCO s) guidelines for safeguarding intangible heritage, our current understanding of authenticity, and the influence this has on the practice of restoration. The paper is intended to inform current discussion on skills and other workforce development issues in and beyond the UK.  a19455224 (ISSN)