Valuing the Past, or, Untangling the Social, Political, and Economic Importance of Cultural Heritage Sites

2015 ◽  
pp. 161-175
Author(s):  
Brenda Trofanenko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social

Preserving the Medieval City of Ani

2014 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 528-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Muslim Country ◽  
Cultural Heritage Management ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Silk Road

Despite its architectural fame, the medieval city of Ani in eastern Turkey, once an Armenian capital on the Silk Road, was endangered until recently. Preserving the Medieval City of Ani: Cultural Heritage between Contest and Reconciliation traces the evolution of Ani since the late nineteenth century as an object of preservation and the subject of debate about heritage. As a primarily non-Muslim site in a modern, majority-Muslim country, Ani poses dilemmas shared by other cultural heritage sites in postconflict societies: it presents economic opportunity through tourism, but its history prompts questions about a painful recent past the state refuses to acknowledge. Analyzing the recent developments in cultural heritage management in Turkey involving international heritage organizations, especially for Christian and Armenian monuments, and highlighting the civil society debate about rediscovering long-suppressed episodes of Turkish history, Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh argues that despite daunting difficulties beleaguering acknowledgment of the past, cultural heritage can provide a medium for reconciliation rather than contestation.

scholarly journals Comparative analysis of information tendency and application features for projection mapping technologies at cultural heritage sites

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hengyi Li ◽  
Hiromu Ito
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Interactive Technologies ◽  
Projection Mapping ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Information Characteristics ◽  
Digital Projection ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractWith the rapid development of interactive technologies using projection mapping (PJM), these digital technologies have introduced new interpretative possibilities for the presentation of cultural heritage sites. PJM attracts more visitors with greater expectations to cultural heritage sites through its excellent visual effects and guidance capabilities. In the past decade, especially after 2015, design events have frequently introduced digital projections to cultural heritage sightseeing spots worldwide. However, this trend has also led to the emergence of many digital projection events that merely exhibit beautiful projection effects on buildings and neglect to show the history and value of the cultural heritage site. Based on this phenomenon, this study compiled and analyzed 45 related cases of PJM applications at cultural heritage sites around the world from the past 5 years. These 45 examples were studied by disassembling the projection content, analyzing the information characteristics exhibited in each projection video, and arranging the obtained data on a timeline chart for analysis. According to the data, two information characteristics of PJM at cultural heritage sites can be observed: “the relationship between projection content and heritage” and “information tendency.” The advantages and limitations of these characteristics were distinguished and suggestions for the application of PJM on cultural heritage sites were derived. These results can be used as a reference for other research studies on visitors to cultural heritage sites and improving digital interpretation and presentation designs.

Conservation and Heritage As Creative Processes of Future-Making

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-290
Author(s):  
Cornelius Holtorf
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Creative Processes ◽  
Conservation Ethics ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
To Come

AbstractAccording to the logic of the conservation ethics, the heritage sector has the duty to conserve cultural heritage because it has inherent value and constitutes a non-renewable resource that once destroyed cannot be substituted and, therefore, must be preserved for the benefit of future generations. In this article, I argue, however, that the cultural heritage of the past is not a comprehensive legacy that theoretically, at any point, might have been considered complete but, rather, that it can be understood as frequently updated manifestations of changing perceptions of the past over time. The most important question for conservation and heritage management, thus, is not how much heritage of any one period may or may not survive intact into the future but, instead, which heritage, as our legacy to the generations to come, will benefit future societies the most. In particular, I am calling for more research into the possible significance of heritage in addressing some of the social consequences of climate change.

Israeli love and its implications for heritage and archeological sites In Hebron governorate

2018 ◽  
Vol 226 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Dr.. Sami Mohammed Alqam
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Historical Buildings ◽  
Historical Legacy ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Military Orders ◽  
The Right ◽  
Israeli Occupation

     The heritage sites in Hebron Governorate in all its details represent a historical history connected to the past and the present, Reflecting the heritage of the Palestinian people and its originality and roots in its land, and gives a precise picture of the features of successive civilizations that ruled the region, However, this historical legacy is threatened by destruction due to the policy of the Israeli occupation authorities to confiscate, demolish or Judaize buildings so that the occupation authorities strive to loot the goods of the Palestinian people and obliterate, destroy or confiscate their cultural heritage, And all that indicates the right to his land and sanctities; in an attempt to falsify historical facts; As a result of this policy occurred Palestinian architecture in Hebron, As a component of the Palestinian culture in the range of targeting the occupation authorities; they have confiscated many of the Palestinian historical buildings, whether residential or religious or archaeological sites, issuing a series of military orders backed by the army and the Israeli police, and pasted biblical accounts of these buildings; As well as resorting to the policy of theft and forgery.

scholarly journals Conservation of Cultural Heritage: Issues along the Thapathali-Teku stretch of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal

Heritage ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 2228-2242
Author(s):  
Anita Tamrakar ◽  
Rishi Ram Parajuli
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Management Plan ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Daily Ritual ◽  
Bagmati River ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Financial Issues

The Bagmati, an auspicious and sacred river, is adorned with Ghat, Dharmashalas, Pati, Sattals, Temples, Brahmanaal etc. at various stretches within the valley for the facilitations of the devotees from the daily ritual bath to the last right of cremation. The Bagmati has been associated with the peoples of the Kathmandu valley, making it a highly significant cultural space of their devoutness. Authorities fail to recognize the significance of the site in terms of time, lack of proper policies, management plan, resources for safeguarding and conservation; several issues and challenges arise regarding the conservation of the site. Apart from technical issues such as material originality, financial issues, environmental issues, degradation of river water quality, development pressure and encroachment have ruined the site. This paper presents the significance of the 19th century cultural heritage sites along the Bagmati River from Thapathali to Teku Dobhan, which has not been prioritized for safeguarding. This also addresses the restoration, reconstruction, conservation and preparation of the management plan. In order to safeguard the past legacy of this site for the future generations, the holistic approach of conservation has to be opted for.

scholarly journals Sergiu Musteata, Past for the Future and Future for the Past: Preservation and Promotion of the World Heritage Sites. An introduction

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-8
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Efficient Management ◽  
The World ◽  
Common Resource ◽  
Cultural Heritage Preservation

Cultural Heritage is a common resource of people across the world, representing humanity’s relationship with the past and its traditions. Cultural heritage is diverse, and people have a common responsibility to understand and safeguard it for future generations (cf. ICOMOS, Venice Charter 1964). The UNESCO, Council of Europe and other international organizations have adopted several conventions in the area of cultural heritage preservation that set common rules and standards. All signatory countries have accordingly accepted to establish efficient management of and to safeguard the cultural heritage. As such, cultural heritage emerges as a key element of individual and social well-being, and its protection, management and planning entail rights and responsibilities for everyone.

scholarly journals Cultural Heritage Across European Borders

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-103
Author(s):  
Philip McDermott ◽  
Sara McDowell
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
European Unity

Does cultural heritage create either bridges of engagement or walls of division within and beyond Europe? To capture these diverse interpretations, we provide some initial discussion on the concept of heritage and how this relates to identity, memory and the past. In order to introduce the various studies that comprise the forum, we identify a series of collective themes explored by our contributors. These are: the use of heritage sites and practices as a means of exploring questions of European unity; the idea of a decolonizing heritage alongside the reframing of contested transcultural encounters; and finally, the potential for heritage as a form of conflict resolution.

scholarly journals Material Compromises in the Planning of a ‘Traditional Village’ in Southwest China

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Suvi Rautio
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Southwest China ◽  
Guizhou Province ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Policies

Ethnic minority villages across Southwest China have recently experienced a dramatic increase in cultural heritage projects. Following new policies of rural development and the growth of tourism, villages are being converted into heritage sites to preserve the aesthetics of rurality and ethnicity. This article describes how architect scholars plan to create a ‘Chinese Traditional Village’ in a Dong autonomous district of Guizhou province, focusing in particular on the constraints of those plans and the negotiations. Rather than looking at plans as the end product, this article sheds light on the social dynamics of planning to reconsider the capacity for compromise between the interests and perspectives of planners, officials, and local inhabitants. Lasting compromises appear specifically in the materiality of buildings, pathways, and public space.

scholarly journals World Heritage Sites on Wikipedia: Cultural Heritage Activism in a Context of Constrained Agency

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Marwick ◽  
Prema Smith
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Data Science ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Distributions ◽  
Cultural Sites

UNESCO World Heritage sites are places of outstanding significance, and often key sources of information that influence how people interact with the past today. The process of inscription on the UNESCO list is complicated and intersects with political and commercial controversies. But how well are these controversies known to the public? Wikipedia pages on these sites offer a unique dataset for insights into public understanding of heritage controversies. The unique technicity of Wikipedia, with its bot ecosystem and editing mechanics, shapes how knowledge about cultural heritage is constructed, and how controversies are negotiated and communicated. In this article we investigate the patterns of production, consumption and spatial and temporal distributions of Wikipedia pages for World Heritage cultural sites. We find that Wikipedia provides a distinctive context for investigating how people experience and relate to the past in the present. The agency of participants is highly constrained, but distinctive, behind-the-scenes expressions of cultural heritage activism are evident. Concerns about state-like actors, violence and destruction, deal-making, etc. in the World Heritage inscription process are present, but rare on Wikipedia’s World Heritage pages. Instead hyper-local, and process issues dominate controversies on Wikipedia. We describe how this kind of research, drawing on big data and data science methods, contributes to digital heritage studies, and also reveals its limitations.

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