Curated Decay: Heritage Beyond Saving

by Caitlin DeSilvey

Book Overview

Transporting readers from derelict homesteads to imperiled harbors, postindustrial ruins 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, and explains how we must adopt an ethical stance that allows us to collaborate with--rather than defend against--natural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816694389
• ISBN13: 9780816694389
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.9"