Why Do Some Pasts Refuse to Die? | Margaret Comer | TEDxAstana

Good afternoon. Why does some parts of the past live on while others disappear. How do cities decide which buildings to preserve and which to tear down or which people to include in a history textbook and which to omit.These are not random events. Even a house accidentally destroyed in a fire can be rebuilt exactly as it was or in a totally new fashion. Similarly, someone, some volunteer or curator decides which objects will be put on display in a museum and what the labels about them will say.These decisio ...