Conservation and racism

[Dennis Piechota]

Sanchita Balachandran

​, conservator at the Johns Hopkin Archaeological Museum,​

​ gave a wonderful presentation at the Montreal 2016 annual meeting of AIC​. It was the only talk I've seen that received a standing ovation!

Speaking of

​how we, in our preservation efforts can

​

support

​a ​

racis

​t view of the past, 

Sanchita indicts and challenges

​all ​

conservators.

​ ​

​A

 version of her paper

​ is​

on the AIC blog, Conservators Converse (click text to go directly to her post). 

​It's an important paper and I recommend you read it if you haven't already.​

Dennis

Dennis Piechota
Archaeological Conservator
Fiske Center for Archaeological Research
UMass Boston
Office: 617-287-6829

"The past is always what the future makes of it." Grosz and Eisenman, 2001

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Architecture from the Outside: Essays on Virtual and Real Space,