The monumental challenge of preservation: the past in a volatile world

Contents

Introduction : we are what we preserve--and don't preserve -- A tale of monuments in two cities -- To destroy culture : Raphael Lemkin's lessons about genocide and how they relate to the preservation of cultural heritage -- Documenting cultural heritage in Syria -- Collecting as preservation -- Worth dying for? : Richard Nickel and historic preservation in Chicago -- What are we really trying to preserve : the original or the copy? -- It takes a (virtual) village : some thoughts on digital preservation -- Sustainable preservation -- Preservation : enduring or ephemeral -- Epilogue : Berlin as a city of reconciliation and preservation.