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Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | De Waal, Janine |
| author2 | Townsend, Stephen S |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13068 Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa De Waal, Janine Townsend, Stephen S Van Graan, André Conservation of the Built Environment Includes bibliographical references. This dissertation examines the heritage significance of Rust-en-Vrede as a structure with little surviving building fabric from its earliest years, but a rich history of four diverse uses since circa 1808. It is located in Durbanville to the north of Cape Town, an area which has changed over the years from farmland to suburban/urban fabric. The building is styled with a combination of Cape Dutch, Georgian and Victorian architectural elements. The building is not “pure” or mono-stylistic from an architectural point of view. However, its significance is found in its layers of associated meanings. This paper seeks to understand the shifting notions regarding authenticity in conservation. It identifies how a dominant prevailing idea of authenticity was challenged in heritage debates, particularly since the Nara Conference on Authenticity (1994). My intention is to confirm a hypothesis that a building with multiple layers of meaning can be perceived by many to have sufficient heritage significance to satisfy the assertion that it has heritage value. This heritage value can reside in the design, material and workmanship of such a building, with context providing a lesser, but also not insignificant contribution. As Stovel has pointed out, authenticity does not automatically on its own provide the best marker of heritage value.1 Rather, authenticity can be unpacked and qualified in a particular instance to arrive at a composite, nuanced understanding of value that looks beyond the “completeness” of a building. 2015-06-15T06:58:08Z 2015-06-15T06:58:08Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13068 eng application/pdf School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Conservation of the Built Environment De Waal, Janine Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa |
| title_full | Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa |
| title_short | Authenticity and the perceptions of significance : examining Rust-en-Vrede in Durbanville, South Africa |
| title_sort | authenticity and the perceptions of significance examining rust en vrede in durbanville south africa |
| topic | Conservation of the Built Environment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13068 |
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