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The last two decades have seen an explosion of philosophical, scientific, and technical discussion of restoration. However, scholars have given little systematic attention to the empirical study of the place of values in restoration activity. This article is an initial effort to fill the empirical gap, and to suggest how an understanding of the values of individuals involved in restoration projects can advance the development of restoration theory and practice. We employ Q-methodology to identify four restoration discourses held by restorationists. We show that restorationists value restoration in different ways, and that these discourses reflect the scholarly debates over the utility of restoration.
Michael Vincent John T. Woolley (Thu,) studied this question.