Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Restoration of Hellifield Peel and the Heritage Debate
- 2 The Origins of the Conservation of Ancient Monuments and the Beginnings of State Control in the United Kingdom
- 3 Practice Perfected: the Ancient Monuments Act of 1913 and the Consolidation of State Preservation Practice
- 4 British Conservation Practice in Cyprus, 1878 to 1939: a Case Study
- 5 Current Directions in England: the Emergence of Cultural Heritage Management and the Use of Conventions, Charters and Principles
- 6 Putting Theory into Practice
- 7 Conclusion: Ending the Tyranny of Ruskin and Morris?
- Appendices
- Bibliography and References
- Index
4 - British Conservation Practice in Cyprus, 1878 to 1939: a Case Study
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2014
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Restoration of Hellifield Peel and the Heritage Debate
- 2 The Origins of the Conservation of Ancient Monuments and the Beginnings of State Control in the United Kingdom
- 3 Practice Perfected: the Ancient Monuments Act of 1913 and the Consolidation of State Preservation Practice
- 4 British Conservation Practice in Cyprus, 1878 to 1939: a Case Study
- 5 Current Directions in England: the Emergence of Cultural Heritage Management and the Use of Conventions, Charters and Principles
- 6 Putting Theory into Practice
- 7 Conclusion: Ending the Tyranny of Ruskin and Morris?
- Appendices
- Bibliography and References
- Index
Summary
For lack of requisite funds and consequent well-considered attention most of that great inheritance is in dire jeopardy and going to pieces. Is it not time that Great Britain, which has inherited this responsibility with the direct control of the island, should play her part as Italy is doing in Rhodes and Tripoli, and France in Syria, Algeria and Tunis? These may be hard times, but the loss of such priceless treasures of antiquity is likely in the long run to lead to a lack of prestige in the world of culture as irreplaceable as are the treasures themselves if allowed to founder.
(The Times 1935b)Introduction
This chapter illustrates how British administrators and preservationists behaved in a multicultural environment, away from the constraints of domestic politics and social conditions. It will also illustrate how a particular approach to preservation practice was translated from Britain to another country, echoing similar imperial practice by French, German and Italian preservation rivals. This case study will indicate that conservation practice is flexible (or at least not rigid) and that contemporary issues in Cultural Heritage Management, particularly the issues of multiculturalism, under-represented heritages, ‘use’ of the historic environment and the role of the heritage manager have been explored in other contexts and are worthy of further research. These issues are discussed in this chapter and pursued in Chapters 5, 6 and 7.
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- Conserving and Managing Ancient MonumentsHeritage, Democracy, and Inclusion, pp. 115 - 148Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014