Abstract
The current application of digital workflows for the understanding, promotion and participation in the conservation of heritage sites involves several technical challenges and should be governed by serious ethical engagement. Recording consists of capturing (or mapping) the physical characteristics of character-defining elements that provide the significance of cultural heritage sites. Usually, the outcome of this work represents the cornerstone information serving for their conservation, whatever it uses actively for maintaining them or for ensuring a posterity record in case of destruction. The records produced could guide the decision-making process at different levels by property owners, site managers, public officials, and conservators around the world, as well as to present historical knowledge and values of these resources. Rigorous documentation may also serve a broader purpose: over time, it becomes the primary means by which scholars and the public apprehends a site that has since changed radically or disappeared. This contribution is aimed at providing an overview of the potential application and threats of technology utilised by a heritage recording professional by addressing the need to develop ethical principles that can improve the heritage recording practice at large.
Highlights
This contribution is the result of over two decades of heritage recording professional practice, training guidance and research experience
This paper provides the role of visual information digitally gathered of historic conservation, with an eye to national and international standards for such work
Pace increasing in technology development, longevity and reliability of digital records Historically the heritage recording activities included assessment reports, measured drawings, photography, photogrammetry, non-destructive investigation and other techniques to set the foundation of knowledge for what needs to be addressed and how to approach treatment
Summary
This contribution is the result of over two decades of heritage recording professional practice, training guidance and research experience. Pace increasing in technology development, longevity and reliability of digital records Historically the heritage recording activities included assessment reports, measured drawings, photography, photogrammetry, non-destructive investigation and other techniques to set the foundation of knowledge for what needs to be addressed and how to approach treatment.
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