Tag: heritage care
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workshop: relativeness of public and private
The project’s first workshop “Relativeness of public and private” took place in October 2015. Some of the papers presented there have been included in the section Texts.
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michal novotný – public, private and legislature
Summary of a paper presented at the 1st workshop “Relativeness of public and private” in Prague on 9 October 2015
Professor Švácha has described one case of conflict between the private and public interest in the field of conservation. He has offered it for reflection from the ethical, legal, and art philosophy angles. I will try to interest you in a reflection focusing on the legal side of the matter. I believe it may be useful to be acquainted with how the law operates with the concepts public and private.
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rostislav švácha – what is private and what is public in a great work of art?
Summary of a paper presented at the 1st workshop “Relativeness of public and private” in Prague on 9 October 2015
As a historian of architecture, I come across the relationship between public and private most frequently in heritage conservation. A typical situation I often encounter is when a building is in private ownership and the owners want to do something like demolishing it, whereas the public interest tries to limit the owner’s rights and requires the protection of such a building if it is thought to be in some way rare and valuable.
