Expands conservation beyond technical practice to include humanities perspectives for a richer understanding
Argues for a broader conception of conservation to address complex preservation challenges
Connects conservation to history, philosophy, and literature for interdisciplinary insights
Focuses on the role of conservators as first responders in cultural heritage preservation
Provides a framework for shaping both the field and the person of the conservator
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Conservators as first responders in a world where our cultural heritage is increasingly at risk
Conservation can be understood as a form of knowing; conservators extract meaning about the past from what remains, while noting what is missing and sometimes repairing it. In this erudite and virtuosic book, the historian Peter N. Miller imagin
