ABSTRACT
Focusing on practices of meeting, the chapter highlights how different forms of knowledge are negotiated, differentiated and reconciled. Our analysis foregrounds the role of buildings, monuments and sites as the focus of these meetings, and examines how they have attributed agency in these decision-making processes. It is suggested that rather than making decisions about these, objects of conservation are understood as key actors in drawing together perspectives. This analysis highlights the important but frequently overlooked role of materiality and place in institutional practice. The chapter develops themes introduced in Chapter 2, highlighting how institutional presents are figured with respect to the material remains of the past.
