“This is historiography. This is what culture actually looks like: a process of argument, of dissenting and accreting opinion, of gradual and not always correct codification.”
On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and Historiography | booktwo.org
This is a fascinating example of the strengths and weaknesses of print and digital, and as clear a sign of the value of both as I’ve ever come across.
(h/t The Feeling)