Global Heritage, Religion, and Secularism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trinidad Rico
Keyword(s):  
Religion And Spirituality ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
Institutional Initiatives ◽  
Preservation History

Religion and spirituality have been scarcely addressed in heritage preservation history, discourse, and practice. More recently, increased interest in the intersections between the study of religion and heritage preservation in both academic studies and institutional initiatives highlight obstacles that the field has yet to overcome theoretically and methodologically. This Element surveys the convergences of religious and heritage traditions. It argues that the critical heritage turn has not adequately considered the legacy of secularism that underpins the history and contemporary practices of heritage preservation. This omission is what has left the field of heritage studies ill-equipped to support the study and management of a heritage of religion broadly construed.

Is There an “Islamic” Practice for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage?

2020 ◽  
pp. 689-705
Author(s):  
Trinidad Rico
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The Other ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
The One ◽  
Cultural Heritage Preservation ◽  
The Way

This discussion features an ongoing conversation that seeks to reveal the way that preservation practices arise from or react to uniquely “Islamic” articulations of material and immaterial cultural traditions. Although the aim of this debate is to further ethical cultural heritage preservation practices, it reveals a tension between two intellectual debates within critical heritage studies: on the one hand, a concern for the study, articulation, and stewardship of alternative heritage preservation approaches and, on the other hand, a concern with a tendency in heritage preservation to Orientalize “non-Western” heritage preservation practices as forcefully distinct from long-established “Western” practices.

scholarly journals Percepções sobre patrimônio cultural, efetividades e possibilidades

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (34) ◽  
pp. 326-336
Author(s):  
Alejandra Saladino ◽  
Tiago Silva Alves Muniz
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Archaeological Heritage ◽  
Heritage Education ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
Cultural Heritage Preservation

As Perguntas Respostas (QA) abaixo convidam à reflexão sobre patrimônio cultural, sua institucionalização, conflitos/negociação e abordagens desde o patrimônio aplicado aos estudos de patrimônio crítico. Aspectos sobre patrimônio integral, educação patrimonial, patrimônio arqueológico e sua relação com museus, profissionais da arqueologia e sociedade são alguns dos tópicos aqui abordados. Para debater tais tópicos, Alejandra Saladino, museóloga, especialista em conservação, mestra em arqueologia e professora Departamento de Estudos e Processos Museológicos da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) e do Mestrado Profissional em Preservação do Patrimônio Cultural (IPHAN) compartilha seu ponto de vista mirado para uma sociedade sustentável. Abstract: The Questions Answers (QA) below invites to reflect on cultural heritage, its institutionalization, conflicts / negotiation and approaches from applied heritage to critical heritage studies. Aspects about integral heritage, heritage education, archaeological heritage and its relationship with museums, archeology professionals and society are some of the topics covered here. To discuss such topics, Alejandra Saladino, museologist, conservation specialist, master in archeology and professor Department of Museological Studies and Processes at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) and the Professional Master in Cultural Heritage Preservation (IPHAN) shares their point of view aimed at a sustainable society.

Heritage values and legal rules

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeremy C. Wells ◽  
Lucas Lixinski
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
Fundamental Shift ◽  
New Framework

Purpose Existing regulatory frameworks for identifying and treating historic buildings and places reflect deference to expert rule, which privileges the values of a small number of heritage experts over the values of the majority of people who visit, work, and reside in historic environments. The purpose of this paper is to explore a fundamental shift in how US federal and local preservation laws address built heritage by suggesting a dynamic, adaptive regulatory framework that incorporates heterodox approaches to heritage and therefore is capable of accommodating contemporary sociocultural values. Design/methodology/approach The overall approach used is a comparative literature review from the fields of heterodox/orthodox heritage, heterodox/orthodox law, adaptive management, and participatory methods to inform the creation of a dynamic, adaptive regulatory framework. Findings Tools such as dialogical democracy and participatory action research are sufficiently pragmatic in implementation to envision how an adaptive regulatory framework could be implemented. This new framework would likely require heterodox definitions of law that move beyond justice as a primary purpose and broaden the nature of legal goods that can be protected while addressing discourses of power to benefit a larger group of stakeholders. Practical implications The authors suggest that an adaptive regulatory framework would be particularly beneficial for architectural and urban conservation planning, as it foregrounds considerations other than property rights in decision-making processes. While such a goal appears to be theoretically possible, the challenge will be to translate the theory of an adaptive regulatory framework into practice as there does not appear to be any precedent for its implementation. There will be issues with the need for increased resources to implement this framework. Originality/value To date, there have been few, if any, attempts to address critical heritage studies theory in the context of the regulatory environment. This paper appears to be the first such investigation in the literature.

scholarly journals Re-entering the house. Scenographic and artistic interventions and interactions in the historic house museum

1970 ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Hedvig Mårdh
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
House Museums ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Historic House Museums ◽  
Museum Design ◽  
House Museum ◽  
Historic House ◽  
Historic House Museum ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
Artistic Interventions

Scenographic and artistic interventions and interactions have gained in signi cance within the elds of exhibition and museum design since the 1990s. is article speci cally focuses on historic house museums, and how they use their theatrical and scenographic assets in order to recharge and reinvent themselves. e author discusses the di erent aims and tasks these interventions and interactions take on, and the attitudes that make them happen. Further, the author argues that the eld of art history should address these changes in museological practice, and should investigate new possible readings of the historic house, the objects within, and artistic interventions. is would also show the relevance of art history to the eld of critical heritage studies in a period that is characterized by the heritage boom and the new experience industry. 

scholarly journals Designing ‘Critical’ Heritage Experiences: Immersion, Enchantment and Autonomy

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin J. Sterling
Keyword(s):  
Experience Design ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
The Past ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Experiential Design ◽  
Moral Model ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
Heritage Interpretation ◽  
Point Of Departure

This article investigates the critical potential of newly emerging approaches to heritage experience design. Moving away from a familiar critique of heritage experiences as inauthentic or overly commercial, I consider three aspects of the experiential that might (re)shape critical engagements with the past in the present. Building on the work of Kidd ( 2018 ), the first engages with the growing trend for ‘immersive’ experiences in museums and heritage sites. The second draws on Perry’s notion of archaeological ‘enchantment’ (2019) as a new ‘moral model’ for the field. The third applies Bishop’s ( 2012 ) reading of artistic ‘autonomy’ to specially designed heritage experiences. These concepts are then explored in relation to Critical Heritage Studies and tested against four micro case studies that engage in different ways with the experience of heritage. The theorisation put forward here serves as a point of departure for the two-year research project New Trajectories in Curatorial Experience Design (Feb 19–Jan 21), which aims to document and analyse emerging trends in experiential design within the heritage sector. In particular, this position paper highlights specific points of intervention where new forms of critical-creative practice might open up heritage interpretation to alternative experiential strategies and outcomes.

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