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Siân Jones
Researcher at University of Stirling
Publications - 18
Citations - 915
Siân Jones is an academic researcher from University of Stirling. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cultural heritage & Cultural heritage management. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 18 publications receiving 744 citations. Previous affiliations of Siân Jones include University of Manchester.
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Negotiating authentic objects and authentic selves: Beyond the deconstruction of authenticity
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that these inalienable relationships between objects, people and places underpin the ineffable, almost magical, power of authenticity and explain why people employ it as a means of negotiating their place in a world characterized by displacement and fragmentation.
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Wrestling with the Social Value of Heritage: Problems, Dilemmas and Opportunities
TL;DR: The authors argue that traditional, expert-driven modes of significance assessment fail to capture the dynamic, iterative and embodied nature of social value, and that these are best combined with community participatory practices.
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Crafting authenticity: An ethnography of conservation practice
Siân Jones,Thomas Yarrow +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how authenticity is produced through different forms of expertise and skill, as they are negotiated and aligned in the daily practices of conservation, focusing on the traditi...
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Experiencing Authenticity at Heritage Sites: Some Implications for Heritage Management and Conservation
TL;DR: The authors argue that the experience of authenticity is bound up with the network of tangible and intangible relationships that heritage objects invoke with past people and places, and this also explains why people use ideas about auth...
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Science, value and material decay in the conservation of historic environments
TL;DR: In this paper, the intersection between material transformation, scientific intervention and cultural value is examined in the context of three Scottish historic buildings and a series of recommendations aimed at integrating humanities and science-based approaches to transformation in the historic environment are presented.