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video made as part of presentation comparing conservation to being a handmaid (of teleogy) 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)
conservation geenrally attempts to remove/mitigate decay mechanisms 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 through technological advance)
