Central Asia - Frank J. Korom (ed.): Constructing Tibetan culture: contemporary perspectives. (World Heritage Studies on Transnationalism and Multiculturalism.) viii, 230 pp. Quebec: World Heritage Press, 1977. US$19.95.

The World Heritage thematic study for Central Asia has been produced as a contribution to supporting the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in Central Asia. It provides a response to a Decision of the World Heritage Committee in order to identify outstanding areas with potential for future nomination to the World Heritage List with primary focus on criteria (ix) and (x) at the regional scale. The approach applied in this study, focusing on criteria (ix) and (x), follows that from the 2013 study on terrestrial biodiversity and the World Heritage List. Criteria (ix) and (x) are clearly the primary ones for recognition of extant biodiversity values, and they have been applied to a wide range of biodiversity features, including ecosystems, species, and ecological and/or biological processes. Although this study is an initial assessment, most areas and sites recommended here have appeared repeatedly as being of particular interest for biodiversity conservation during the work process, whether through literature analysis or in discussions with experts and specialists. The recommendations reflect the current level of knowledge that should be strengthened in the future, to ensure that the identified areas and sites are well supported with the necessary data and empirical evidence to address the requirements of the Operational Guidelines.

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Psychology and World Heritage? Reflections on Time, Memory, and Imagination for a Heritage Context

International Journal of Cultural Property ◽

10.1017/s0940739120000168 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 259-276

Author(s):

Ciarán Benson

Keyword(s):

Collective Memory ◽

Semantic Memory ◽

Building Blocks ◽

World Heritage ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Common Humanity ◽

World Heritage Sites ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Heritage Studies ◽

The Future

AbstractConcepts of memory—specifically notions of collective memory—are associated in heritage studies with the central idea of authenticity. In this article I review what is relevant in the psychology of memory to these discourses, and reflect on this association of collective memory and authenticity in heritage studies, notably in the 1994 Nara Document on Authenticity. Concepts of time are central to this review. The idea of world heritage is, it is suggested, a future-oriented ideal for a common humanity. The metaphorical underpinnings of our vernacular uses of time-concepts, such as past and future, are examined. Psychological considerations of memory as retrieval or reconstruction are then outlined. The distinction between kinds of memory, notably episodic and semantic memory, is then presented. These, it is argued, are building blocks for collective memory, which, in turn, is the seedbed for the underemphasized but potent idea of collective imagination. If the primary function of memory is actually oriented to the future, then imagination is what puts kinds of memory to work in both predicting and creating the future. Our ability to imagine—to mentally project forward—is heavily dependent on what we know—that is, on semantic memory. The article concludes with some reflections on the policy implications of this analysis for the visitor to world heritage sites.

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World Heritage thematic study for Central Asia: priority sites for World Heritage nomination under criteria (ix) and (x)

10.2305/iucn.ch.2020.02.en ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Hervé Lethier

Keyword(s):

Central Asia ◽

World Heritage

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Approaching Human Rights at the World Heritage Committee: Capturing Situated Conversations, Complexity, and Dynamism in Global Heritage Processes

International Journal of Cultural Property ◽

10.1017/s0940739118000048 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 85-110

Author(s):

Peter Bille Larsen ◽

Kristal Buckley

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Human Rights ◽

World Heritage ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Unesco World Heritage ◽

Heritage Studies ◽

The World ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Rights Discourse ◽

Point Of Departure

Abstract:Social scientists are increasingly approaching the World Heritage Committee itself as an entry-point to understanding global heritage processes and phenomena. This article explores the subject of human rights in the operations of the World Heritage Committee—the decision-making body established by the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention. It seeks to address the epistemological and methodological implications of approaching the World Heritage Committee as a point of departure for understanding global heritage and rights dynamics. It builds on an “event ethnography” undertaken by the authors to understand how rights discourse appeared in multiple contexts during the Thirty-Ninth World Heritage Committee session held in Bonn, Germany, in June 2015.In this article, we discuss the methodological and ontological implications of studying rights discourses in the context of World Heritage events and processes. We have a particular interest in the interplay of formal and informal dynamics, revealing the entangled and multi-sited processes that shape and are shaped by the annual event. While much of the debate and analysis in heritage studies is understandably concerned with formal decision-making processes and position-taking, this work demonstrates the significance of a range of informal dynamics in appreciating future possibilities.

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Reflexiones en torno a la conservación integrada, compartida y participativa del paisaje cultural. El caso de Paranapiacaba

revista PH ◽

10.33349/2015.0.3620 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 170

Author(s):

Vanessa Gayego Bello Figueiredo

Keyword(s):

World Heritage ◽

University Of Technology ◽

Heritage Studies

Una relación armoniosa entre la conservación patrimonial y el desarrollo socio-económico es un reto siempre presente en la gestión de sitios históricos. Enfoques recientes, como el de paisaje cultural, se centran en la interdisciplinariedad y en el territorio como claves para la formulación de políticas integradas que superen las dicotomías clásicas, incluyendo el distanciamiento en la gestión de los distintos patrimonios: natural, cultural, material e inmaterial. Tomando como referencia el Programa de Desarrollo Sostenible de Paranapiacaba (Santo André-SP, Brasil), el artículo muestra cómo las políticas sectoriales se diseñaron e implementaron, destacando las enseñanzas extraídas de esta experiencia.A través de la descentralización administrativa se materialzó, entre 2001 y 2008, la integración de las políticas culturales, de conservación medioambiental, turismo comunitario, desarrollo social, planificación urbana y participación ciudadana. Esta experiencia, debido a sus innovaciones y logros, ha sido reconocida por organismos nacionales de Brasil, como el IPHAN y el Ministério das Cidades, y por organismos internacionales como el Programa Mundial de Estudios del Patrimonio de la Universidad Tecnológica de Brandeburgo (Programa World Heritage Studies da Brandenburg University of Technology) y el Laboratorio Internacional de Paisajes Culturales de la UPC-Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña.

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Journal of World Heritage Studies, Special Issue: Proceedings of the First Capacity Building Workshop on Nature-Culture Linkages in Heritage Conservation in Asia and the Pacific

Devenir - Revista de estudios sobre patrimonio edificado ◽

10.21754/devenir.v5i10.606 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (10) ◽

pp. 183

Author(s):

Víctor Peña Guillén

Keyword(s):

Capacity Building ◽

World Heritage ◽

Heritage Conservation ◽

Special Issue ◽

The Pacific ◽

Heritage Studies

Como indica el título título, el volumen en cuestión registra y comunica de manera científica lo transmitido durante la conferencia y taller llevados a cabo en Tsukuba, Japón, en setiembre de 2016,en torno tema general paisaje agrícola.Este evento fue organizado por la Universidad de Tsukuba, y contó con la participación y auspicio del Centro de Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO, la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturalezay los Recursos Naturales (IUCN), el Centro Internacional para el estudio de la Preservación y Restauración del Patrimonio Cultural, y el Consejo Internacional de Monumentos y Sitios (ICOMOS).

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