The network welcomes scholars, historic preservation practitioners, designers, and planners who seek an improved, empirically-substantiated base for preservation policy and practice in order to improve decision-making processes. The network seeks to expand the nature of preservation research to include social science methodologies that focus on cultural, social, and phenomenological experiences related to the interaction of people with older places. Research topics include the application of social science methodologies to preservation research, understanding the phenomena of how people experience age in the built environment, providing an empirical justification for preservation doctrine, uncovering sociocultural values related to heritage, and exploring non-Western heritage values.

Co-chairs: Jeremy Wells Jeremy@heritagestudies.org; April Allen allenapr@msu.edu

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