Cultural heritage management and the effect of corruption in Nigeria: hampering sustainable development via cultural heritage destruction

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Terngu Sylvanus Nomishan ◽  
Paul-Kolade Tubi ◽  
Dimas Solomon Gubam
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Cultural Heritage Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Government ◽  
Economic Sustainable Development ◽  
Illicit Trafficking

PurposeThe aim of this research is to discuss the effect of corruption on conventional management of cultural heritage (CH) resources in Nigeria. It identifies the means by which the effect can be curtailed to bring about proper management system in the CH sector and pave the way for economic/sustainable development through cultural tourism in the country.Design/methodology/approachThe research draws from both exploratory and comparative approaches. It took a study of selected locations and museums in the six geopolitical zones of the country, with a review of literatures on cultural heritage management (CHM). It also gives summarized information on the present overall effect of corruption in the CH sector of Nigeria.FindingsThe research reveals that there are some levels of mismanagement and destruction of CH resources in the country. This is manifested in acts of museum theft, illicit trafficking, unlawful possession and general mishandling of CH, as well as the deterioration of facilities in the sector. The research gathered that the problem came as a result of wrongful appointment of none heritage experts as heads of heritage-related institutions and agencies. It also results from lack of required attention by the government and other relevant stakeholders (such as community leaders/members, academics and law enforcement agencies, inter alia) toward CH preservation, protection, management and promotion for sustainable development. The research recommends that the government and other CH stakeholders (mentioned above) should make efforts to address the issues discussed, so as to improve the management of CH in the country for sustainable development.Originality/valuePrior to this research, there has been no publication addressing the effect of corruption on CHM in this context and location. The article makes recommendations that call for action and also set grounds for future discourse.

scholarly journals Use of GIS Tools in Sustainable Heritage Management—The Importance of Data Generalization in Spatial Modeling

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5616
Author(s):  
Mateusz Ciski ◽  
Krzysztof Rząsa ◽  
Marek Ogryzek
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Spatial Sense ◽  
Gis Tools ◽  
Spatial Management ◽  
Historical Objects ◽  
Data Generalization

Cultural heritage is a very important element affecting the sustainable development. To analyze the various forms of spatial management inscribed into sustainable development, information on the location of objects and their concentration at specific areas is necessary. The main goal of the article was to show the possibility of using various GIS tools in modeling the distribution of historical objects. For spatial analysis, it is optimal to use the point location of objects. Often, however, it is extremely difficult, laborious, expensive, and sometimes impossible to obtain. Thus, various map content generalizations were analyzed in the article; the main goal was to find the level for which the data with an acceptable loss of accuracy can be generalized. Such analyses can be extremely useful in sustainable heritage management. Article also shows how cultural heritage fits into the sustainable heritage management. The research included non-movable monuments in Poland. The obtained results showed the universality of this type of research both in the thematic sense (can be used for various types of objects) and spatial sense (can be performed locally, at the country level, or even at the continental level).

scholarly journals Outdoor Education, the Enhancement and Sustainability of Cultural Heritage: Medieval Madrid

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1106
Author(s):  
María-Luisa Gómez-Ruiz ◽  
Francisco-José Morales-Yago ◽  
María-Luisa de Lázaro-Torres
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Outdoor Education ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Future Teachers ◽  
Teaching Competencies ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Goals

Education has a crucial role to play in helping meet the Sustainable Development Goals, for which the initial training of university teachers, and its evaluation, are all essential. In this context, the authors developed an outdoor work task, consisting of an orientation game in ‘medieval Madrid’. The main objective was to show future teachers how they can enable their own students to value cultural heritage in order to acquire sustainability competencies. The task was evaluated by participants using a questionnaire, in order to make them aware of the acquired competencies. A gamification component was added to the outdoor task to create a healthy competitive environment. In this way, future teachers were able to observe how a teaching activity is evaluated; learn how to organize a didactic activity that can be extrapolated to other territorial and heritage realities; and employ their mobile devices to learn the foundations of sustainability in heritage management. Additionally, they acquired teaching competencies that promoted quality education and contributed towards two of the Sustainable Development Goals, specifically: 4 “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” and 11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”.

Assessment of the perception of cultural heritage as an adaptive re-use and sustainable development strategy

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 430-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huriye Armagan Dogan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Development Strategy ◽  
Potential Model ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Assessment Process ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Cultural Heritage Management ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a model which can measure the effect of perception on the assessment of cultural heritage by analysing the façades of buildings for adaptive re-use and sustainable development strategy. Design/methodology/approach This paper focusses on the correlation between adaptive re-use and sustainability of cultural heritage, by analysing the invisible social context which has an impact on the establishment of adaptive re-use strategies. The method adopted included literature review and applied experiments for extending the methodology of Langston on the adaptive re-use potential model in order to establish a new tool which can be applied to cultural heritage. The assessment process followed the integrated cultural heritage management approach to identify the indicators which can be implemented on cultural heritage, and, furthermore, for the sustainability of the environment. Findings The results demonstrate that the perception of the society can rely on different indicators which affect people to assert an artefact as cultural heritage. Furthermore, these indicators can have an impact on the adaptive re-use strategies regarding the interaction with society. Societies’ perception should not be omitted, and they need to be integrated while evaluating and developing the strategy of adaptive re-use. Therefore, a holistic approach to this process can bring continuity and sustainability to the environment. Originality/value No similar prior studies on the perception of cultural heritage as an approach to adaptive re-use strategies have been carried out. Therefore, it is hoped that this model can lead and guide, and, furthermore, be adopted in other similar situations in the assessment and decision-making process of adaptive re-use.

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