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+{{:death.ogg|}} [Death: //Urs Lang//. Nurse: //Erin Sims.//]
-video made as part of presentation comparing conservation to being a handmaid (of teleogy) against entropy
+video made as part of presentation comparing conservation to being a handmaiden (of teleology) against entropy
 shown at the Chersonesos, Ukraine in 2004 whilst working on conservation of ancient stelae for Chersonesos Heritage Authority and Univ. of Texas.
-btw. generally decay is preserved - only in design museology/conservation are attempts made to reassert 'original' design ie. to remove accretions of time (and so unlike in an ethnographic context)
+btw. generally decay (ie. loss) is preserved because it is information - only in design museology/conservation are attempts made to reassert 'original' design ie. to remove accretions of time and restore design features (and so unlike in archaeological/ethnographic contexts)
-conservation generally attempts to remove/mitigate decay mechanisms where possible
+conservation generally attempts to mitigate the mechanisms that cause decay where possible
-in digital conservation the same applies ie. transcoding allows for preservation/transmission of the cultural artefact, but material substrate is also preserved/retained (eg. format substrates) in the name of probabilistic science (ie. future proofing for narrowing probability of data loss through technological advance)
+in digital conservation the same applies ie. transcoding allows for preservation/transmission of the cultural artefact, but material substrate is also preserved/retained (eg. format substrates) in the name of probabilistic science (ie. future proofing for narrowing probability of data loss/interpretation through technological advance)

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