{"title":"Digital Documentation in Historic Preservation Education and Research: Prospects and Perils","authors":"Brent R. Fortenberry","doi":"10.1353/per.2019.a799464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/per.2019.a799464","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Digital technology is transformative for preservation documentation projects and has the potential to expand research and teaching in diverse areas of the discipline. As its use grows, it is critical to understand how the scholarly community is deploying the various aspects of this technology. This article provides a snapshot of the state of digital documentation in historic preservation research and education in the twenty-first century and unpacks the programmatic and philosophical implications of these techniques for the field. It outlines the various deployments of digital documentation in historic preservation curricula through an intensive survey of NCPE-registered programs and highlights key areas of applied research where digital technology enhances interpretations and deliverables. The conclusion calls for a critical discussion of the principles of digital documentation in historic preservation. This discussion begins a dialogue about dynamic and flexible best practices in digital documentation deployment in research and education, as these technologies become more accessible to academic programs and preservation practitioners in the years ahead.","PeriodicalId":211364,"journal":{"name":"Preservation Education & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130141964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trowels in the Trenches: Archaeology as Social Activism by Christopher P. Barton (review)","authors":"Alberto Ortiz Brito","doi":"10.1353/per.2021.a844117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1353/per.2021.a844117","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":211364,"journal":{"name":"Preservation Education & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123124092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The “Financialization” of Urban Redevelopment: Implications for Historic Preservation","authors":"Rachel Weber","doi":"10.5749/preseducrese.13.2021.0001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5749/preseducrese.13.2021.0001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Drawing on a case study of office buildings in Chicago's Loop during the first decade of the twenty-first century, I argue that the growing financialization of real estate often conflicts with the desire of preservationists to keep historic assets occupied, in good repair, and economically viable.Using trend data and interviews with real estate actors, I show how the financial performance standards governing potential acquisitions, renovations, and new development and the introduction of novel financial instruments tend to privilege new construction. A surfeit of new speculative construction relative to employment growth can cannibalize tenants from older stock and make it even harder for historic buildings to reach high return benchmarks. In this environment, older structures may be demolished or converted to alternative uses in order to tighten the market and create more scarcity. Preservationists dealing with older buildings need to pay attention not only to their financing sources and tax breaks but also to the investors and local governments financing the “new build.”","PeriodicalId":211364,"journal":{"name":"Preservation Education & Research","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127707570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}