Questions before answers

If you don't have the answers, then you have space for the questions! In trying to preserve our heritage and "do right by" artifacts, it is imperative we ask the right questions first. The way conservators are trained, however,is to get caught up in naming ("this is a Flemish bond and that is a French polished door") even though we know from neuroscience that the minute we name something, our minds categorize it in ways that stop us from seeing detail and correlation