What to Save and Why

Abstract

Abstract This book is about the ethics of conserving and preserving things, from heirlooms to artworks, traditions to places. Each chapter discusses a different normative question that we face when we confront the challenge of saving things: What should we save? Why? From what should things be saved? How? By whom should they be saved? And for whom? The book argues that questions about what to save and why are inextricably bound up with the prospect of saving our sense of self. The role of identity in conservation points toward the importance of conservation practices that allow relevant people and communities to confront and manage change on terms that allow them to exercise their agency. After all, in managing the changes to things we care about, we are simultaneously shaping our understanding of who we are, both individually and collectively.

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