Open AccessTHE CONSERVATOR’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DETERIORATION OF MONUMENTS
Author(s) -
Bogusław Szmygin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ochrona dziedzictwa kulturowego
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2657-9278
pISSN - 2543-6422
DOI - 10.35784/odk.1101
Subject(s) - cultural heritage , environmental ethics , diversity (politics) , nature conservation , sustainable development , world heritage , environmental planning , political science , sociology , business , law and economics , law , geography , philosophy , ecology , tourism , biology
Over the last decades, built heritage and the conditions of its protection have changed a lot. There has been a significant increase in the number and diversity of monuments. The expectations of contemporary societies regarding the use of heritage have changed as well. As a consequence, the ownership, protection, financing and use of heritage has been privatized. These conditions should be reflected in conservation theory. Conservation theory should be realistic - it should indicate how to protect and use heritage in practice. Therefore, it is necessary to scientifically develop a modern conservation theory. The application of conservation theory which does not take into account contemporary conditions contributes to chaos in the protection of monuments and facilitates the destruction of their values. Therefore, the development of contemporary conservation theory can also be considered an ethical problem.