The Object of Conservation: An Ethnography of Heritage Practice

by Sian Jones and Thomas Yarrow

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  • Revealing the hidden labour of keeping things as they are, the book highlights the ethical commitments and dilemmas involved in trying to care well. In doing so, it reveals how conservation objects are made literally to matter.
  • Taking debates in the interdisciplinary field of heritage studies forward in important new directions, the book engages with themes of broader interest within the arts, humanities and social sciences, shedding new light on time, authenticity, modernity, materiality, expert knowledge and the politics of care.
  • ISBN13 9781138655676
  • Publish Date 14 April 2022
  • Publish Status Forthcoming
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 248
  • Language English