JRhodes asked: <If anyone can steer me to the "NARA document"> Rev, I've looked at the booklet, but it was not mine. It's available through ICCROM -- you may purchase online if desired -- just follow the link: http://www.iccrom.org/eng/index.htm Choose: publications for sale; theory. Sounds like a great idea for a confab. Been dealing with this a lot lately. Hope I'm free to attend. Bruce Popkin > -----Original Message----- > From: JRhodes [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 1:52 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Authenticity > > ][<en: > > You are certainly welcome to attend the gathering, as are other > non-lurkers...let me know who so I can be prepared. It's pretty > informal though. No big whoop. > > If anyone can steer me to the "NARA document" or ICAMOS' reporting on > their sessions, or for that matter other good reading on > authenticity, I would be appreciative. Bob Silman gave me a copy of > Walter Benjamin, Illuminations, "The Work of Art in the Age of > Mechanical Reproduction", a slowly digested read, but with some great > insights..."The presence of the original is the prerequisite to the > concept of authenticity." Sounds pretty basic to me, but as Deb said > in her recent response, trouble comes when project participants are > not agreed on the definitions. I find that you can argue yourself > blue in the face over principles, but only when you share a common > vocabulary and get down to examples of where principles may or may > not apply do you find room for individual opinion and expression. > And I believe that even in historic preservation there is room for > interpretation, individual expression and...artistic approach, just > as when the buildings were new. If it were easy to do well everyone > would be doing it well. And you know all aren't. > > Ask your difficult questions. Ask them on line. I'm sure others > here would be interested. > > Cheers! > Rev. Jim