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What artificial intelligence (AI) thinks of historic preservation Unless you've been sequestered over the past year, you've probably heard about the growing controversy on artificial intelligence (AI). A recent example…
What artificial intelligence (AI) thinks of historic preservation Unless you've been sequestered over the past year, you've probably heard about the growing controversy on artificial intelligence (AI). A recent example…
A Reparative Call to Change the Administrative Procedure Act Historic preservation is fundamentally a policy-based endeavor, driven by governmental laws, regulations, and guidelines. And because of this basis, it’s also…
My Story and Why I Started Lived Heritage Studies It's really not that fun being an iconoclast, but we need more people willing to challenge the status quo. When I…
What is structural racism in relation to governmental policy? Since the rise of the Black Lives Matter Movement, there has been increasing discussion on the role of structural racism in…
Before I left my position as an associate professor at the University of Maryland in May 2022, I created a curated list of YouTube conference presentations since 2020 that address…
Two weeks ago, I quit my tenured position as an associate professor at the University of Maryland, College Park to explore consulting opportunities in private practice. I am, in effect,…
Are you a researcher, or practitioner who uses applied research, who wants to conduct work related to people-centered historic preservation? Have you tried to find funding to support your research?…
Nearly two decades ago, I became deeply interested in how historic preservation doctrine, represented through orthodox preservation theory and expressed in international and national charters and rules, regulations, and guidelines,…
As I was listening to the session on “A New Framework for Blended Conservation of the Built and Natural Environment” from PastForward 2020 (the US National Trust for Historic Preservation’s…
The International Committee on the Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration (Theophilos) is one of the more active scientific committees in ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites). In…