The Patina of Nostalgia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11955836 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Bickford (Box 80, Wentworth Building University of Sydney Sydney NSW 2006, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Publication date | 1981-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0312-2417 • E-ISSN: 2470-0363 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03122417.1981.12092815 |
| OpenAlex | W2257544511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 1 |
What stories do our historic sites tell us? How do we see them? Do they make us increasingly sure about who we are or do they beguile us with the romantic fantasies of the restorers? This paper explores these questions, imbued with the belief expressed in the quotation above: that stories about our past condition the way we see ourselves in the present. Thus historic preservation is not just an intellectual exercise, a conservation practice, or a management operation. It is a political act
Art · Economics · Literature · Management · Project commissioning · Publishing · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Engineering
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| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2024 (37) |
| Highly cited | No |