Does Intra-Disciplinary Historic Preservation Scholarship Address the Exigent Issues of Practice? Exploring the Character and Impact of Preservation Knowledge Production in Relation to Critical Heritage Studies, Equity, and Social Justice

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https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2020.1799059Date
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Wells, Jeremy C.
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This data repository originates from research that seeks to understand the relationship, in historic preservation, between equity/social justice and the field’s intra-disciplinary scholarship by using a critical heritage studies lens. Intra-disciplinary scholarship is defined as the scholarly literature produced by the 58 tenured and tenure-track faculty associated with historic preservation degree programs in the United States through the end of 2018. A content analysis of this literature shows a general lack of engagement by authors on issues related to the public’s needs, including topics related to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion. A citation analysis of this literature reveals meager faculty productivity and low impact for intra-disciplinary preservation scholarship. In order for the field to sustain itself, it needs to reconsider its anti-intellectual tendencies, increase its socially-relevant scholarly publications, and embrace more critical, people-centered approaches.
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This data repository consists of the following documents:
- "Wells - Intra-Disciplinary Historic Preservation Scholarship - raw citation metrics.xlsx": Raw citation metrics analyzed for this research.
- "Wells - Intra-Disciplinary Historic Preservation Scholarship - content analysis.pdf": A detailed content analysis of intra-disciplinary preservation scholarship that was summarized in the published journal article.
- "Wells - Intra-Disciplinary Historic Preservation Scholarship -additional tables.pdf": Additional tables on the citation analysis that could not be included in the published journal article.
- "Wells - Intra-Disciplinary Historic Preservation Scholarship (pre-print).pdf": Pre-print, working paper of the published journal article.