One of the particularly challenging things about preservation philosphy that frames preservation programs is that this philosophy has to be flexible to adjust to the way that our society is changing. If history is written all the time, every minute, especially in the cyber age, then our priorities for what we need to preserve are constantly changing too. Buffy the Vampire Slayer memorabilia has joined Atari, Star Trek action figures and graphic novels (mentioned by Cloonan) as objects of cultural significance and collective nostalgia. I feel that it's important to be socialogically, politically and culturally aware and to possess an open mind in order to be able to embrace the full range of what is important to people to preserve. I think that there is a continual loosening of hierarchy in terms of what kind of things are prioritized for preservation. I think traditionally, the priority has been established according to how old something is - the more ancient, the more valuable. But more recently the value of an object is determined according to the context that accompanies it, so that greater possibilities for interpretation exist.
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One of the particularly challenging things about preservation philosphy that frames preservation programs is that this philosophy has to be flexible to adjust to the way that our society is changing. If history is written all the time, every minute, especially in the cyber age, then our priorities for what we need to preserve are constantly changing too. Buffy the Vampire Slayer memorabilia has joined Atari, Star Trek action figures and graphic novels (mentioned by Cloonan) as objects of cultural significance and collective nostalgia. I feel that it's important to be socialogically, politically and culturally aware and to possess an open mind in order to be able to embrace the full range of what is important to people to preserve. I think that there is a continual loosening of hierarchy in terms of what kind of things are prioritized for preservation. I think traditionally, the priority has been established according to how old something is - the more ancient, the more valuable. But more recently the value of an object is determined according to the context that accompanies it, so that greater possibilities for interpretation exist.
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