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Preserving and documenting the Cultural Heritage
The phenomenon of preservation may be described as a physical process that depends on conceptual facts. When observed from a conceptual point of view, ‘values’ cause the divergences in the preservation process, which could be named as the pre-requisites of the construction. Values carry emotional and physical points of view. The emotional context, of course, depends on recognizing and remembering while physical context depends on direction of research. They are indicators of cultural characteristics and historical identity. ‘Cultural values’1, moreover, explains the meanings attributed to the cultural property, which meanings will be preserved, and the reasons for their preservation. On behalf of this context, the preservation process may be defined as the preservation of the cultural heritage within an effective system. This effective system is aimed at attaining the total quality as a result of a synthesis of the technology, technique, and material originally deployed with those of the present. Besides, one of the most important input in the preservation process is the priorities of the intervention to be held, as the latter will determine the decisions and types of intervention during the implementation phase of the preservation project. As a significant paradox, the most important parameter that shapes both a preservation project and its process appears to be the risks that consist of indefinite input preventing the project from a proper definition of its context. Since all physical problems and the social status of the cultural property to be preserved have direct impact upon the design process of the preservation project, these priorities and the risks should be clarified in the course of pre-assessment phase at the beginning of the preservation process.
Preserving and documenting the Cultural Heritage
The phenomenon of preservation may be described as a physical process that depends on conceptual facts. When observed from a conceptual point of view, ‘values’ cause the divergences in the preservation process, which could be named as the pre-requisites of the construction. Values carry emotional and physical points of view. The emotional context, of course, depends on recognizing and remembering while physical context depends on direction of research. They are indicators of cultural characteristics and historical identity. ‘Cultural values’1, moreover, explains the meanings attributed to the cultural property, which meanings will be preserved, and the reasons for their preservation. On behalf of this context, the preservation process may be defined as the preservation of the cultural heritage within an effective system. This effective system is aimed at attaining the total quality as a result of a synthesis of the technology, technique, and material originally deployed with those of the present. Besides, one of the most important input in the preservation process is the priorities of the intervention to be held, as the latter will determine the decisions and types of intervention during the implementation phase of the preservation project. As a significant paradox, the most important parameter that shapes both a preservation project and its process appears to be the risks that consist of indefinite input preventing the project from a proper definition of its context. Since all physical problems and the social status of the cultural property to be preserved have direct impact upon the design process of the preservation project, these priorities and the risks should be clarified in the course of pre-assessment phase at the beginning of the preservation process.
Preserving and documenting the Cultural Heritage
Özkut, Deniz (author)
2019-06-20
ARCC Conference Repository; 2008: Changes of Paradigms | The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
710
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