HERITAGE OTTAWA

A new book by Christina Cameron examines current trends in cultural heritage conservation and their influence on heritage practice.

Evolving Heritage Conservation Practice in the 21st Century draws on fourteen Montreal Round Tables of the Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage at the University of Montreal, held between 2006 and 2018. These meetings linked theory and practice by considering the doctrinal underpinnings of heritage conservation policy as well as practical solutions at the site level. 

Whether understood through the perspective of World Heritage, historic urban landscapes, heritage tourism, climate change or the nature-culture nexus, challenging issues call for innovative approaches to protect and conserve our heritage places. 

Part of a series entitled Creativity, Heritage and the City, the new book brings together the voices of different stakeholders in the heritage conservation process, ranging from scholars, experts, site managers and government officials to young professionals and students.  Chapters written by participants at various Round Table sessions explore fourteen international debates on difficult conservation issues encountered by the World Heritage Committee and heritage generally in the first two decades of the twenty-first century.

The book is available in hardcover or ebook format via the publisher's website.

Christina Cameron is the Canada Research Chair on Built Heritage at Université de Montréal, Ottawa, Canada.