Keywords
Wood
Churches
Conservation
Criteria
Authenticity
Key Words Plus
Church architecture - Chiloé (Chile)
conservation and restoration Churches - Chiloé (Chile)
conservation and restoration Architectural heritage
history - Chiloé (Chile)
How to Cite
Abstract
The churches of Chiloé maintain the heritage of the Jesuits. Not only do these churches keep their religious function; they also preserve a series of social structures and specific purposes within society. They are the living heritage of a very particular culture which is characterized by some aspects that remain and others that change. These intangible values are used as a base for concrete measures in the restoration process carried out in these churches. Following this road, a culture of conservation is sought, with the involvement and efforts of many persons and institutions. The conservation and restoration of existing buildings goes beyond being a technical and architectonical issue. Although working with physical objects offers useful solutions, it is more important that these solutions be in harmony with the values that represent the cultural goods, often tangible and intangible expressions inherited from a wide range of times, as there can be: visions of the world, spiritual interests, esthetic rules, building techniques, etc. This is what is being tried to rescue: the accumulated knowledge, skills and habits of a society. In short, the question is seeking the dialogue between new and old, between tradition and modernity, between local and global, between the cultured and the popular, between the tangible and intangible; seeking the past, the present and the future of a society and its beliefs.Apuntes is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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