CONTEXT 183 : MARCH 2025 7 interventions to historic fabric. The decade-long saga of the ‘correct’ approach to saving Clandon is one that has important lessons for virtually every current practitioner. This issue also addresses the Georgian Group’s Architectural Awards 2024, now in their 20th year, recognising exemplary conservation and restoration projects in the UK. It also continues the series of articles on the design and development of Georgian and Regency exterior door furniture, illustrating over 30 examples, emphasising both their aesthetic and historic value, and their usefulness in providing dating evidence. War Memorials Trust Bulletin As part of its public engagement programme, the War Memorials Trust has been doing excellent work via its bulletin in identifying war memorials in photos in unknown locations. Although its regular appeals for information continue to meet with success, more local knowledge from heritage professionals would be invaluable. What is also worth highlighting to practitioners is situations where ownership of a memorial cannot be established because legislation still exists on the statute books under the War Memorials (Local Authorities Powers) Act of 1923 (and subsequent amendments). This enables local councils to carry out work to war memorials within their area whether they officially own them or not, but it does not oblige them to do so. Nevertheless, where a war memorial is found to be contributing positively to a conservation area, but its ownership is unclear, it is possible that the 1923 statute could be invoked. It is not a piece of legislation that appears prominently, if at all, in any book on historic building law. Historic Environment Policy and Practice The latest issue of Historic Environment Policy and Practice (Vol 15, No 3 2024) notes that many of the papers submitted to the journal aim to understand the context in which heritage professionals work: the relationship between policy and practice. The emphasis of the current papers is very much on assessing where theory lends a hand in better practice. The opening paper in the current issue begins with the observation that in India the procurement of work through traditional methods of tendering and contracting has typically resulted in poor project performance. To understand how this situation has emerged, the four authors describe the heritage conservation sector and analyse project management contracts. They argue that an awareness of institutional practice is essential in dealing with the level of uncertainty in Indian conservation. This has obvious implications elsewhere. Another paper explores postconflict religious heritage protection, examining the relationship between policy and practice, using the example of the conservation of churches in northern Cyprus. This is achieved through an approach inspired by what is known as actor-network theory, assessing those responsible for protecting religious heritage sites abandoned by displaced communities. Analysis and empirical data from exhaustive fieldwork has categorised how sites have been used and their state of preservation. This has revealed multiple networks of users and activities, and which networks are active, in a complex situation where the island is divided among Greeks and Turks. A further paper looks at the destruction and disappearance of villages caused by mass migration and rapid urbanisation that has led to the depopulation and abandonment of rural settlements in China. The government response has been to create multiple officially recognised typologies to restore, protect and showcase traditional villages. By examining the implementation process of this ‘village conservation project’, the study reveals the motivations and impacts of their efforts in listing villages for conservation and development. It provides an introduction to understanding conservation practices in rural China. The geopolitical range and the subject matter of the papers illustrates that if there are changes to the practice of historic environment management, these may be found in a deeper understanding of practice itself. Moreover, the theories of practice which have emerged in the papers shows that the interest lies not only in academic institutions but also among those working in practical implementation. Bob Kindred MBE 11 mm Volume 15 Number 4 2024 The Historic Environment POLICY & PRACTICE POLICY & PRACTICE The Historic Environment ISSN 1756-7505 Volume 15 Number 4 2024 ISSN 1756-7505 www.tandfonline.com/yhen The Historic Environment POLICY & PRACTICE Volume 15 Number 4 2024 CONTENTS Editorial Editorial 15.4 Politics, Philosophy and Economics Michael Dawson 443 Research Articles Intangible Cultural Heritage and UK Built Heritage Practice: Opportunities and Future Directions Johnathan Djabarouti 450 Towards Enhanced Built Cultural Heritage Conservation Practices: Perceptions on Industry 5.0 Principles and Enabling Technologies Alejandro Jiménez Rios, Maria Nogal, Vagelis Plevris, Rafael Ramirez and Margarita L. Petrou 466 Reconstruction as a Tool for ‘Ideological Preservation’ in the Three Former Ottoman Capitals of Turkey Pnar Aykaç 493 The Dilemma of Urban Heritage Conservation in Post-Con ict Bamiyan: A Critical Analysis of Causes, Failures, Consequences and Prospects Reza Abouei and Mahdi Tavasoli 517 Energy Ef ciency and Socio-Cultural Values in Public Policy in the City of Stockholm Stina Hagelqvist, Mattias Legnér and Paula Femenías 540 Unmasking Dominant Features in a Transformed Cultural Landscape Marta Rusnak, Andrew Tadeusz Duchowski, Agnieszka Tomaszewicz, Izabela Garaszczuk, Anna Brdulak, Małgorzata Biegańska, Zo a Koszewicz and Daria Dobrasiak 564 Determination of Shoreline Variability for Adaptation of Maritime Built Heritage to Climate Change: A Case of Southern Kenya Coast Wallace Njiiri, Mugwima Njuguna and Ephraim Wahome 594 Underwater Cultural Heritage in World Heritage Sites: Figures and Insights into Possibilities and Realities Elena Perez-Alvaro, Martijn Manders and Chris Underwood 611 The Importance of the Listed Buildings Resurvey in England (1982–1989) Al e Robinson 644 Taylor & Francis takes seriously its commitment to sustainability. 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