Material Authenticity of the Ephemeral

When engaging with cultural heritage, we encounter questions of authenticity, ephemerality and materiality in diverse, but unavoidably intertwined ways. This volume studies these interrelations and possible approaches to associated challenges by bringing together contributions from conservation science, material culture studies and museum studies. The temporal scope of the objects discussed stretches from a rather robust existence in time and space to the fleeting moment of a performance. The m ...