ABSTRACT
This chapter explores what an enhancement of craftsmanship in the conservation process implicates in terms of conservation theory. The conservation of Ingatorp tithe barn, Sweden, started off when the barn was found to originate from the 13th century. The conservation process has involved different agents of expertise and trans-disciplinary judgments but also community-led initiatives for education, dialogue-seminars and hands-on participation. The chapter describes the following question: How may craftsmanship be enhanced in the conservation process? What does augmented involvement of craftsmen implicates in terms of conservation theory? The craftsmen were to select wood from local forests and to apply historical procedures of craftsmanship in the physical interventions. The crafted architecture connects to the contemporary wooden gothic churches, with boxed timber, high pitched roofs and leaning gables. The stand to use craftsmanship, construction technology and tools that correspond or connect with those used original calls for a deeper analysis in regard of conservation theory.
