from Slate -
How Do You Learn a Dead Language?
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An interesting take on the purist approach versus the practical approach to preservation of intangible heritage. Is it better to privilege "use" over "authenticity"? Or can heritage only be truly accessible only if it is transmitted in its original form?

Such searching questions also do have implications on the larger context of heritage preservation and conservation - why are we such sticklers for notions "authenticity" when it is the present audience that we are trying to dialogue with?
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