Ingrid Scheurmann: Heritage value discourses

This paper will summarise the current theoretical discussions in heritage science (image vs. substance, aesthetic value vs. historical value; identity and alterity) and will reflect in particular on the discipline's evaluation (Denkmalbewertung) of immanent conceptions of history. With reference to the discrepancy between an increasingly boundless definition of the historical monument and a practice which focusses on classical monuments the current options for the preservation of immaterial and intellectual heritage will be discussed. Ingrid Scheurmann has been stand-in professor for Heritage Science and Applied Historical Building research at Dresden University of Technologyand coordinator of the master degree programme Preservation of Historical Monuments and Urban Development, director of Heritage Education at the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz.