TY - JOUR
KW - Case-studies
KW - Challenging conservation approach
KW - Conservation
KW - Conservation practice
KW - Conservation practices
KW - Cultural heritages
KW - Heritage sites
KW - Historic preservation
KW - Holistic view
KW - Intangible cultural heritages
KW - Living heritage
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Value-based
KW - case studies
KW - challenging conservation approaches
KW - Intangible cultural heritage
KW - Living heritage
KW - qualitative research
AU - Martina Haselberger
AU - Gabriela Krist
AB - Over recent decades a more holistic view of cultural heritage has emerged, beyond simplistic tangible versus intangible dichotomies. Similarly, conservation has evolved from being material- to value-based, developing living heritage, people-centred and people-culture-nature approaches. As conservation interventions on objects, monuments and sites can affect an associated living culture and vice versa, conservators have a responsibility not only to understand tangible and intangible values, but also the local community and practitioners and bearers of tradition, by considering forms of  usage  and  interaction  with objects/monuments, identifying them before practical conservation starts. Whilst often constraining practice, living heritage can enrich professional work by encouraging participation and creativity through generating new, and adapting existing, approaches. This paper examines some (practical) implications of living heritage for conservation practice, by considering the Patan Durbar Square in Nepal, and the emphasis placed on continued use and community connection, to help conservators assume their social responsibilities and increase awareness of this issue.
BT - Studies in Conservation
DA - aug
DO - 10.1080/00393630.2022.2076778
N2 - Over recent decades a more holistic view of cultural heritage has emerged, beyond simplistic tangible versus intangible dichotomies. Similarly, conservation has evolved from being material- to value-based, developing living heritage, people-centred and people-culture-nature approaches. As conservation interventions on objects, monuments and sites can affect an associated living culture and vice versa, conservators have a responsibility not only to understand tangible and intangible values, but also the local community and practitioners and bearers of tradition, by considering forms of  usage  and  interaction  with objects/monuments, identifying them before practical conservation starts. Whilst often constraining practice, living heritage can enrich professional work by encouraging participation and creativity through generating new, and adapting existing, approaches. This paper examines some (practical) implications of living heritage for conservation practice, by considering the Patan Durbar Square in Nepal, and the emphasis placed on continued use and community connection, to help conservators assume their social responsibilities and increase awareness of this issue.
PY - 2022
SP - 96
EP - 104
T2 - Studies in Conservation
TI - Applied Conservation Practice Within a Living Heritage Site
VL - 67
SN - 0039-3630
ER -