Aesthetics and the Management of Heritage

A Philosophical Perspective

Derek Matravers (Anthology Editor) , Zoltán Somhegyi (Anthology Editor)

Aesthetics and the Management of Heritage

A Philosophical Perspective

Derek Matravers (Anthology Editor) , Zoltán Somhegyi (Anthology Editor)

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What role does aesthetics play in decisions about heritage management, including decisions about conservation and restoration?

Heritage faces threats from war, climate catastrophe, lack of funding, gentrification, politically motivated interest in creating fake historical narratives, and so on. In contemporary contexts, decisions about conservation, restoration, or reconstruction tend to attend to local development needs, the norms surrounding modern conservation practices, authenticity, and sustainability-financial and otherwise. In contrast, aesthetic considerations are usually neglected.

Drawing from heritage studies, aesthetics, philosophy of art, philosophy of heritage, philosophy of mind, axiology, conservation, and environmental heritage-and representing ten countries-the contributors to this collection consider the role aesthetics has played in such decisions historically as well as why it remains relevant today.

Edited by Derek Matravers and Zoltán Somhegyi, this volume demonstrates that it is important to subject the principles underlying decisions concerning heritage and conservation to scrutiny, and that aesthetics should be given its proper place among them.

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Introduction, Derek Matravers (Open University and Churchill College, UK) and Zoltán Somhegyi (University of Szeged, Hungary)

1. Truth, Lies, and Monuments, Robert Bevan (independent scholar, UK)
2. Sitedness and Its Implications for the Aesthetics of Heritage, Zoltán Somhegyi (Szeged, Hungary)
3. Rethinking the Role of Aesthetic Judgements in Heritage Conservation, Lisa Giombini (Roma Tre, Italy)
4. (How) Can the Aesthetics of Popular Culture Help Us to Understand Heritage Practices? Max Ryynänen (Aalto University, Finland)
5. Assessing Value in the Management of Heritage, Helen Frowe (Stockholm University) and Derek Matravers (Open University and Churchill College, UK)
6. The Affective Basis of Architectural Conservation, Radu Bumbacea (LMU, Munich, Germany)
7. Resolving Conflicting Conservation Methodologies Through the Digital Preservation of Material Artworks, Madeliene Page (University of Leeds, UK)
8. Tomorrow's Cultural Heritage: Contemporary Art and the Challenge of Conservation, Camilla Palazzolo (University of Genoa, Italy)
9. The Funerals of Art: Aesthetics and the Management of Cultural Heritage, Manuel Martin Gallardo (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)
10. The Age of Monutainment: Loss of Transfiguration in the Renovation of the Amritsar Massacre Memorial, Sukhvinder Shahi (University of Arizona, USA)
11. Architectural Adaptive Reuse and Value Tradeoffs: A Case Study in Heritage Conservation and Aesthetics, Saul Fisher (Mercy University, New York, USA)
12. 'The Value of a Place': A Metonymical Approach to the Question of Value and Protection of Natural World Heritage Sites, Åsa Arketeg (Södertörn University, Sweden)
13. Whose Past? Scripts, Communities and the Politics of Heritage Conservation in Uruguay, Washington Morales-Maciel (Aalto University), Marcos Rostan Davyt (Universidad de Murcia), Tatiana Rimbaud (Universidad de la República), and Miriam Hojman (Universidad de la República)
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