The monumental challenge of preservation : the past in a volatile world /
Cloonan, Michèle Valerie,1955-author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-268) and index.
I. Context. Introduction: We are what we preserve - and don't preserve ; A tale of monuments in two cities -- II. Cultural genocide. To destroy culture : Raphael Lemkin's lessons about genocide and how they relate to the preservation of cultural heritage ; Documenting cultural heritage in Syria -- III. Approaches to preservation. Collecting as preservation ; Worth dying for? : Richard Nickel and historic preservation in Chicago -- IV. Information or object? What are we really trying to preserve : the original or the copy? ; It takes a (virtual) village : some thoughts on digital preservation -- V. The greening of preservation. Sustainable preservation -- VI. Enduring, ephemeral preservation. Preservation : enduring or ephemeral? ; Epilogue: Berlin as a city of reconciliation and preservation.
Historic preservation.
Cultural property