Main entry:

DeSilvey, Caitlin, author.

Title & Author:

Curated decay : heritage beyond saving / Caitlin DeSilvey.

Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
©2017

Description:

233 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Postpreservation : looking past loss -- Memory's ecologies : curating mutability in Montana -- When story meets the storm : unsafe harbor -- Orderly decay : philosophies of nonintervention -- A positive passivity : entropic gardens -- Boundary work : on expertise and ambiguity -- Palliative curation : the death of a lighthouse -- Beyond saving : care without conservation.

Summary:

Transporting readers from derelict homesteads to Cold War test sites, Curated Decay presents an unparalleled provocation to conventional thinking on the conservation of cultural heritage. Caitlin DeSilvey proposes rethinking the care of certain vulnerable sites in terms of ecology and entropy, explaining how we must adopt an ethical stance that allows us to collaborate with - rather than defend against - natural processes.

ISBN:

9780816694365 (hc ; acid-free paper)
0816694362 (hc ; acid-free paper)
9780816694389 (pb ; acid-free paper)
0816694389 (pb ; acid-free paper)
(ePub)
9781452953724
(ebk.)
9781452953717

Subject:

Historic preservation Philosophy.
Cultural property Protection.
Historic sites Conservation and restoration.
Préservation historique Philosophie.
Lieux historiques Conservation et restauration.
21.62 history of architecture.
Baufälligkeit
Konservierung
Kulturerbe

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294744
Call No.: BIB 240584
Status: External loan