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Historic Preservation and Conservation

2007

Roger Williams University

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Waite Potter House: Community Preservation Committee (Cpc) Application For Stabilization Of Stone-End Chimney, Anne W. Baker Jan 2007

Waite Potter House: Community Preservation Committee (Cpc) Application For Stabilization Of Stone-End Chimney, Anne W. Baker

Documentation

Project Submission Sheet submitted by Anne W. Baker to the Westport Community Preservation Committee (CPC) for the Stabilization of the the stone-end chimney from further deterioration. Submission date: 11/16/2006 - 4/12/2007

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Waite Potter House: Community Preservation Committee (Cpc) Application For Waterproofing Of Restored Brick And Stone Chimneys, Anne W. Baker Jan 2007

Waite Potter House: Community Preservation Committee (Cpc) Application For Waterproofing Of Restored Brick And Stone Chimneys, Anne W. Baker

Documentation

Project Submission Sheet submitted by Anne W. Baker on December 22, 2007 for the Waterproofing the Waite Potter restored brick and stone chimney.

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The Plurality Of Truth In Culture, Context, And Heritage: A (Mostly) Post-Structuralist Analysis Of Urban Conservation Charters, Jeremy C. Wells Jan 2007

The Plurality Of Truth In Culture, Context, And Heritage: A (Mostly) Post-Structuralist Analysis Of Urban Conservation Charters, Jeremy C. Wells

Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications

This paper analyzes international heritage conservation charters through the post-structuralist lens of relative and perspective-driven “truths,” fragmentation, and dramatic settings. The “SPAB Manifesto,” the Athens Charter, the Venice Charter, the Burra Charter, and the Nara Document on Authenticity are evaluated within the framework of discursive theories established by Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jürgen Habermas, and Gilles Deleuze in regard to cultural meanings and absolute and relative truths. Preservation doctrine through the Venice Charter engages in a positivist truth based on the substantiation of material fetishes. These early doctrines imbue the materiality of the object with truth as an absolute rather …

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