Book contents
- Caring for Cultural Heritage
- The Law in Context Series
- Caring for Cultural Heritage
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Caring for Cultural Heritage
- 3 Nested Practices of Care for Cultural Heritage
- 4 Translating How and Why Communities Care about Cultural Heritage
- 5 Creating Communities of Care
- 6 Quotidian Care
- 7 Navigating Harm to Cultural Heritage
- 8 The Rhetoric of Saving for the Nation
- 9 Challenging the Status quo
- 10 Conclusion
- Index
2 - Caring for Cultural Heritage
A Conceptual Framework
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 November 2023
- Caring for Cultural Heritage
- The Law in Context Series
- Caring for Cultural Heritage
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Caring for Cultural Heritage
- 3 Nested Practices of Care for Cultural Heritage
- 4 Translating How and Why Communities Care about Cultural Heritage
- 5 Creating Communities of Care
- 6 Quotidian Care
- 7 Navigating Harm to Cultural Heritage
- 8 The Rhetoric of Saving for the Nation
- 9 Challenging the Status quo
- 10 Conclusion
- Index
Summary
This chapter defines care in the context of cultural heritage, drawing on the work of Joan Tronto, who treats care as both a disposition and a process. Central to this is the notion that care represents how people care about cultural heritage, but also the action of caring for it. Given the multitude of communities that care about, and care for, cultural heritage, it is clear that care is relational in nature. Building on the work of other academics who have analysed the nature of care, this chapter applies these to the context of cultural heritage and identifies the central elements of care as (a) developing and sustaining relationships; (b) acknowledging and assuming responsibilities; and (c) identifying and maintaining the appropriate care in the circumstances and revisiting this regularly. The need for caution with the concept of care is addressed, in particular to ensure that care is not paternalistic. Any system of care needs to build in space for revisiting the current allocation of care to determine whether it remains appropriate.
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- Caring for Cultural HeritageAn Integrated Approach to Legal and Ethical Initiatives in the United Kingdom, pp. 32 - 55Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023