A New Approach to the Concepts of Conservation to Identify and Evaluate Railway Heritage through Indicators
The wide railway universe, with its particular and peculiar characteristics, requires the implementation of criteria to improve the identification and conservation of cultural goods. Recently concepts of authenticity, integrity and cultural significance have been identified as fundamental in the sel...
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| author | Borges Breno Albuquerque B. |
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| description | The wide railway universe, with its particular and peculiar characteristics, requires the implementation of criteria to improve the identification and conservation of cultural goods. Recently concepts of authenticity, integrity and cultural significance have been identified as fundamental in the selection of the cultural heritage of humanity. Although we find these concepts being analyzed in theory as independents, through a theoretical-methodological reflection, this PhD research argues that, in practice, they are interconnected, and therefore should be approached together. Following the contemporary theory of conservation, my doctoral research aims at contributing to the conservation of railways’ heritage using this new approach, by proposing new indicators as assessment tools so that conservation institutions will be able to identify railway goods as cultural heritage. The research uses the Railway Complex of Barreiro, in Portugal, as a case study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b4a6f55743d4d8091bf692764ccab282023-05-31T07:00:19ZengSciendoHoST1646-77522020-06-0114118319510.2478/host-2020-0008A New Approach to the Concepts of Conservation to Identify and Evaluate Railway Heritage through IndicatorsBorges Breno Albuquerque B.0Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia (CIUHCT) Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de LisboaThe wide railway universe, with its particular and peculiar characteristics, requires the implementation of criteria to improve the identification and conservation of cultural goods. Recently concepts of authenticity, integrity and cultural significance have been identified as fundamental in the selection of the cultural heritage of humanity. Although we find these concepts being analyzed in theory as independents, through a theoretical-methodological reflection, this PhD research argues that, in practice, they are interconnected, and therefore should be approached together. Following the contemporary theory of conservation, my doctoral research aims at contributing to the conservation of railways’ heritage using this new approach, by proposing new indicators as assessment tools so that conservation institutions will be able to identify railway goods as cultural heritage. The research uses the Railway Complex of Barreiro, in Portugal, as a case study.https://doi.org/10.2478/host-2020-0008railways heritageheritage conservationtheory of conservationconcepts of heritageinstitutions |
| spellingShingle | Borges Breno Albuquerque B. A New Approach to the Concepts of Conservation to Identify and Evaluate Railway Heritage through Indicators HoST railways heritage heritage conservation theory of conservation concepts of heritage institutions |
| title | A New Approach to the Concepts of Conservation to Identify and Evaluate Railway Heritage through Indicators |
| title_full | A New Approach to the Concepts of Conservation to Identify and Evaluate Railway Heritage through Indicators |
| title_fullStr | A New Approach to the Concepts of Conservation to Identify and Evaluate Railway Heritage through Indicators |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Approach to the Concepts of Conservation to Identify and Evaluate Railway Heritage through Indicators |
| title_short | A New Approach to the Concepts of Conservation to Identify and Evaluate Railway Heritage through Indicators |
| title_sort | new approach to the concepts of conservation to identify and evaluate railway heritage through indicators |
| topic | railways heritage heritage conservation theory of conservation concepts of heritage institutions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/host-2020-0008 |
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