Notice catalographique « Development of science and research applied to cultural heritage, 1947-2007 : four witness seminars held at University College London, 8th-9th December 2010 »

• Kandiah, Michael D.
• Cassar, May

• Institute of Contemporary British History
• AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme

• From the end of World War II up till the present day, the development of the application of science to cultural heritage (which may be interpreted variously as archaeological science, conservation science, building science and more recently heritage science) has ebbed – and sometimes flowed – according to changes in policy, the economy and socio-cultural priorities. Nevertheless, the trend has been toward slow growth and some improvement. The more recent focus of funding on heritage science research has seen renewed interest in research to support our understanding and the conservation of cultural heritage. New researchers and practitioners are demonstrating interest in the field. The Science and Heritage Programme has enabled thirty five Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and fifty seven non-academic organisations to deliver twenty five Science and Heritage Programme projects. Of the seventeen HEIs and fifty-seven non-academic organisations hosting project partners and collaborators, twelve are located outside the UK (five in the EU and seven overseas).
• Mindful of the saying: ‘if we do not learn our history, we are doomed to repeat it’, the Science and Heritage Programme jointly organised with the Institute of Contemporary British History at King’s College London a series of seminars to explore our individual and collective memories of the development of science and heritage in the second half of the twentieth century and early twenty-first century with a special though not exclusive focus on the UK. The aim is also to introduce heritage science to the wider research community from which researchers from a range of disciplines are contributing to the field. While the early pioneers in archaeological science, building science and conservation science may have passed away, the generations that have personally known some of these pioneers – Brommelle, Fielden, Hawkes, Plenderleith, Thomson, Werner – or have worked with others associated with them, or been influenced by them, are here to share their story.

Organising partners..........................................6
What is a witness seminar?..............................7
Aims of Science and Heritage...........................8
Glossary.........................................................9

Background paper:
Science and Heritage: Strategies for surviving turbulent times, May Cassar...........................................................10

Seminar I: How Have Concepts of Time and Change Matured?...17
Participants...........................................................................18
Chronology............................................................................19
Introductory paper, Carl Heron..................................................20
Questions for consideration......................................................25
Seminar transcript...................................................................26

Seminar II: How Has the Emergence of Heritage Science Come About?.................................................................................59
Participants............................................................................60
Chronology.............................................................................62
Introductory paper, David Saunders...........................................64
Questions for consideration......................................................71
Seminar transcript...................................................................72

Seminar III: How Has Our Use of Evidence Changed?..................106
Participants..............................................................................107
Chronology...............................................................................109
Introductory paper, Nancy Bell...................................................113
Questions for consideration........................................................118
Seminar transcript.....................................................................119

Seminar IV: How Has the Way We Work Been Transformed?........154
Participants...............................................................................155
Chronology.................................................................................157
Introductory paper, John Fidler.....................................................161
Questions for consideration.........................................................174
Seminar transcript......................................................................175

Annexes

• Cultural property - Seminars
• Cultural property - Conservation and restoration - Management
• Biens culturels - Séminaires (Groupes de travail)
• Biens culturels - Conservation et restauration - Gestion

• 9781910049051
• 9781910049051