Back to the Future. Technology and Tradition

Technology and tradition are often perceived as contradictory or as even mutually impeding. In fact, they are complementary concepts that have evolved over time and been interpreted and implemented differently. Technology has always been reflecting the intellectual framework of its time, as it is represented in science fiction movies like Back to the Future as a frame of the inaugural lecture of Prof. Dr. Uta Pottgiesser, Professor of Heritage and Technology. Heritage and Technology aims to further clarify and evaluate the role of technology in heritage. The lecture describes that the understanding of tradition as a knowledge transfer contributes to holistic approaches and intervention strategies for the conservation of heritage. Within these approaches the application of technology will be manifold instead of a one-recipe-only and is embedded into the larger integrated assessment frameworks based on values and resulting in design solutions.

U. Pottgiesser

27-11-2019 15:00:00