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Title Curated decay : heritage beyond saving / Caitlin DeSilvey.
Author DeSilvey, Caitlin, author.
Publisher Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
Copyright ©2017

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 In Library  Standard  Library Level 8 Annexe  Archaeology A600 DESIL  
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Description 233 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN 9780816694389 paperback : alkaline paper
9780816694365 hardback : alkaline paper
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Library Class Archaeology A600
Subject Historic preservation -- Philosophy.
Cultural property -- Protection.
Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration.

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