Critical Built Heritage Practice and Conservation

Johnathan Djabarouti is a registered architect (ARB), accredited conservation professional (IHBC) and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Following nearly a decade in professional practice working on both new and old buildings in historic contexts, he is currently Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA), UK. In 2018 he received AHRC funding for his PhD project titled The impact of intangible heritage on architectural and building conservation practices in the UK: a socio-material outlook. He has been an Academy Panellist on the RIBA Advanced Conservation Course since 2022 where he teaches delegates about intangible heritage and its relationship to heritage buildings, and in 2023 he secured an AHRC Innovation Scholars Secondment grant to Historic England for his project Intangible heritage and design in historic contexts. His research on the intersections between the conservation/adaptation of built heritage and critical heritage theory have been published and presented widely.

• List of figuresList of tablesList of acronymsForewordAcknowledgements Introduction: appraising norms of practicePart I: from materials to meaningsChapter 1 – antiquity and anxietyChapter 2 – the postmodern heritage turnChapter 3 – evolving perspectives on authenticityPart II: towards an intangible outlookChapter 4 – immaterial manifestations of cultureChapter 5 – immateriality and change in policy and guidanceChapter 6 – deconstructing communal valueChapter 7 – symbolism and spiritualityPart III: architectural conservation as future-oriented practiceChapter 8 – building conservation as memory-making practiceChapter 9 – participatory problemsChapter 10 – a socio-material outlookConcluding remarks: heritage futures and the role of the architectural conservationistIndex

The understanding of heritage has evolved to encompass a complexity of interwoven tangible and intangible aspects. This erudite, accessible book unpacks the subject to create an authoritative and compelling guide to one of the most important issues of the 21st century.Sally Stone, Reader in Adaptive Reuse, Manchester School ArchitectureDjabarouti successfully brings Critical Heritage Theory into meaningful dialogue with conservation practice. The result is a major contribution to integrating these key (but all too often disparate) approaches. This important book is a future classic in the making.Dr Nigel Walter, Conservation Architect, author of Narrative Theory in Conservation