Saved for the Nation
The Cultural Value of Conservation
Working with the Textile Conservation Centre at Southampton University, we are working to raise awareness of this pressing agenda, and stimulate deeper thought about the role of conservation amongst policymakers, cultural professionals and within the sector itself.
"heritage"
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- Protecting the Lord Protector We're currently doing some work on heritage conservation and the importance of caring for the material world.Two of the core themes will be the symbolic importance of conservation, and the opportunities for engageing people in caring for different heritage and cultural forms and the implications that has for identity.With this in mind, it was interesting to see the work currently being done to clean and restore the statue of Oliver Cromwell on Cromwell Green in front of the Houses of... from : samjones 20th August 2008
- It's a Material World Launch of a new Demos pamphlet, It’s a Material World, by Samuel Jones and John Holden, in Whitehall's Banqueting Centre. The pamphlet demonstrates the social value of caring for the material world, and highlights the importance of conservation as being integral not only to the culture and heritage sector but also social well-being. from : clairecoulier 21st October 2008