Right, you can't keep a culture in stasis. It always changes. There's something to be said for protectionism though (e.g. language laws), with varying degrees o

Right, you can't keep a culture in stasis. It always changes. There's something to be said for protectionism though (e.g. language laws), with varying degrees of success (Japan quashed Christianity quite well, brutally). There's a reason behind the choice in semantics particularly when it comes to traditional cultures. We don't call it "preserving culture" when historians and archivists document things.