ABSTRACT
This chapter seeks to trace the way in which the perception of monuments has been constrained by notions of them as either ‘living’ or ‘dead’. The pinnacle of this approach was typified in the United Kingdom by the Office of Works consolidation process of the 1920s and 30s, which invoked a limited interpretation of the word ‘use’ in its application to monuments. In more recent years, the heritage management vocabulary has adopted words such as ‘value’ and ‘significance’ alongside ‘use’. The chapter continues with an examination of the relationship between the evolving notions of monuments, the heritage and the role of the heritage manager.
