DISCUSSION SERIES PANEL: ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND CONSERVATION
February 10, 2021 .11:30a Central.
The event will be held online via Zoom, and is free and open to the public.
Sam Fox School announces guest speakers for spring. Join us for “Architectural History and Conservation”, a panel discussion presented as part of the tenth year of DISCUSSIONS in Architectural History and Theory.
The featured panelists will explore several questions: Whose memory is being preserved and why? What are the main forces of historic conservation today? What's the next big historic preservation battle?
Panelists:
Fallon Aidoo (University of New Orleans)
Daniel M. Abramson (Boston University)
Maristella Casciato (Getty Research Institute)
Michelangelo Sabatino (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Dr. Fallon Aidoo will discuss tools and techniques of architectural conservation—landmark designation to development regulation—that lie in the hands of local and state government, their consultants and the citizenry appointed to their commissions. Responsible for a small part of historic preservation projects relative to architects practicing restoration and adaptive reuse, historic district and landmark commissioners receive far too little attention from architectural theorists and historians. In this presentation, I discuss how, why, at whose behest, under what circumstances and to what end historic district commissioners produce, uphold or set aside architectural standards of historic preservation. Cases presented elucidate how architectural knowledge bearers regulate equity among and expertise of culture bearers—trained tradespeople, experienced caretakers and grassroots managers who steward the built environment. Ultimately, I share racial and economic justice in historic cities, towns and villages of the United States—New Orleans to Sag Harbor, NY—hinges on knowing how preservationists’ architectural reviews can harm and heal.