The micropolitics of public archaeology: Working with the ejido in Michoacán, Mexico

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna S Cohen ◽  
Rodrigo Solinis-Casparius
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Interpersonal Relations ◽  
Policy Science ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Political Theater ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Cultural Patrimony ◽  
Western Mexico ◽  
Local Practices

Approximately 90% of Mexican archaeological sites are on communal ejido lands and yet the Mexican Constitution stipulates that all cultural heritage is the property of the federal government. Considering this disconnect between federal and local practices, how can archaeologists work with ejido communities to help preserve cultural patrimony? This article explores the micropolitics associated with archaeological fieldwork on communal ejido lands in Western Mexico. We show how long-standing practices based on local histories, community political theater, and interpersonal relations shape fieldwork and cultural conservation initiatives in important and unintended ways. In our study near the site of Angamuco, Michoacán, we draw upon ethnographic and archival research and outreach projects over five field seasons, and address the tensions that emerge when informal micropolitical and formal top–down sociopolitical practices interface. We show how aspects of a policy science approach are appropriate for long-term community-supported archaeology and cultural heritage management.

scholarly journals ONTOLOGY AND PRESENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE: A CASE STUDY OF QIONG-LIN SETTLEMENT IN KINMEN

2021 ◽  
Vol XLVI-M-1-2021 ◽  
pp. 895-900
Author(s):  
Y. N. Yen ◽  
W. B. Yang
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
National Database ◽  
Physical Thing ◽  
Basic Work ◽  
International Data

Abstract. The management and interpretation of cultural heritage is an important international conservation issue. The construction of long-term sustainable international exchange information will help to present and promote the interpretation of intention for the cultural heritage. The Arches system platform of this study presents the concept of the life cycle of cultural heritage, and establishes the thesauri and metadata in the management and maintenance stage of Taiwan's monuments, which can mapping to the entity of relevant ontology, covering the contents required by previous visits and related needs interviews, while the detailed description part is still filled with the entity of description; the presentation platform is no longer limited to the vertical or horizontal query of the existing national database and can integrate categories, keywords, maps and other ways to present related knowledge, and expand to the system according to a physical thing, actor, activity and other entities, so as to enhance the functionality of user search. We should make long-term planning to establish complete metadata and ontology model of the tangible and intangible life cycle, provide the development direction of the national cultural heritage database and provide the basic work of international data exchange in the future.

scholarly journals Monitoring and Managing Human Stressors to Coastal Cultural Heritage in Svalbard

Humanities ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanne Bech Holmgaard ◽  
Alma Elizabeth Thuestad ◽  
Elin Rose Myrvoll ◽  
Stine Barlindhaug
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
International History ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Climate And Environmental Change ◽  
Wear And Tear ◽  
Sustainable Use And Management

Svalbard’s cultural heritage sites are important remnants of an international history in the High North. Cultural heritage in the Arctic is being impacted by climate and environmental change as well as increased human activity. Tourism is a potential cause of transformation in cultural heritage sites, such as increased wear and tear, creation of paths and traces as people walk through cultural environments. Cultural heritage management is therefore an increasingly challenging endeavor as management authorities must take under consideration multiple impacts and threats to cultural heritage sites in a changing environment. Based on research conducted in Svalbard from 2014 to 2016 on methods for long-term systematic cultural heritage monitoring, this paper will discuss dilemmas for a sustainable use and management of vulnerable cultural heritage sites in the Arctic.

The Value and Valuation of Maritime Cultural Heritage

2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Claesson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
The Social ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Conservation Projects ◽  
Support Resource

AbstractMaritime cultural heritage is made up of finite and nonrenewable cultural resources including coastal or submerged prehistoric and indigenous archaeological sites and landscapes, historic waterfront structures, the remnants of seagoing vessels, and the maritime traditions and lifeways of the past and present. To date, evaluative tools used to assess the social and economic “value” of this heritage are extremely limited, the lack of which often results in the loss of maritime cultural resources and unrealized socioeconomic opportunities. Market and nonmarket valuations, derived from ecological economics and ecosystem assessments, are viable techniques that may be integrated into existing U.S. environmental and historic preservation regulatory procedures to support resource significance determinations. In doing so, decision-making regarding maritime cultural heritage can include assessments of the short- and long-term trade-offs of human actions, and can examine the socioeconomic costs and benefits of heritage conservation projects.

scholarly journals Re-Discovering Ancient Landscapes: Archaeological Survey of Mound Features from Historical Maps in Northwest India and Implications for Investigating the Large-Scale Distribution of Cultural Heritage Sites in South Asia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (18) ◽  
pp. 2089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Green ◽  
Orengo ◽  
Alam ◽  
Garcia-Molsosa ◽  
Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Ancient Landscapes ◽  
Northwest India

Incomplete datasets curtail the ability of archaeologists to investigate ancient landscapes, and there are archaeological sites whose locations remain unknown in many parts of the world. To address this problem, we need additional sources of site location data. While remote sensing data can often be used to address this challenge, it is enhanced when integrated with the spatial data found in old and sometimes forgotten sources. The Survey of India 1” to 1-mile maps from the early twentieth century are one such dataset. These maps documented the location of many cultural heritage sites throughout South Asia, including the locations of numerous mound features. An initial study georeferenced a sample of these maps covering northwest India and extracted the location of many potential archaeological sites—historical map mound features. Although numerous historical map mound features were recorded, it was unknown whether these locations corresponded to extant archaeological sites. This article presents the results of archaeological surveys that visited the locations of a sample of these historical map mound features. These surveys revealed which features are associated with extant archaeological sites, which were other kinds of landscape features, and which may represent archaeological mounds that have been destroyed since the maps were completed nearly a century ago. Their results suggest that there remain many unreported cultural heritage sites on the plains of northwest India and the mound features recorded on these maps best correlate with older archaeological sites. They also highlight other possible changes in the large-scale and long-term distribution of settlements in the region. The article concludes that northwest India has witnessed profound changes in its ancient settlement landscapes, creating in a long-term sequence of landscapes that link the past to the present and create a foundation for future research and preservation initiatives.

scholarly journals Coastal Erosion of Arctic Cultural Heritage in Danger: A Case Study from Svalbard, Norway

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 784
Author(s):  
Ionut Cristi Nicu ◽  
Lena Rubensdotter ◽  
Knut Stalsberg ◽  
Erich Nau
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Erosion Rate ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Rate Analysis ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Cultural Heritage Objects

Strong cultural heritage management relies on a thorough evaluation of the threats faced by heritage sites, both in the present and in the future. In this study, we analysed the changes in the position of Hiorthhamn shoreline (Svalbard), which is affecting coastal cultural heritage sites, for a period of 93 years (1927–2020). Shoreline changes were mapped by using maps, ortophotos, drone images, terrestrial laser scanning (TLS), and topographic surveys. Also, TLS was used to 3D document the endangered coastal cultural heritage sites. Detailed sedimentological and morphological mapping was made in the field and from the newly acquired drone images in order to understand shoreline-landscape interaction and to depict changes occurring from 2019 to 2020. Short-term (2019–2020) and long-term (1927–2020) shoreline erosion/accretion was made with the help of the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) and prompted a subdivision of three sectors, based on change pattern. Compared to a previous long-term analysis (1927–2019), this year’s average erosion rate analysis (expressed by the EPR parameter) for the 93-year period is −0.14 m/yr. This shift in mean development is due to a newly formed spit-bar in Sector 2. Referring strictly to Sector 1, where the protected cultural heritage objects are located, the erosion rate increased from the previous analysis of –0.76 m/yr to −0.77 m/yr. The shoreline forecast analysis highlights that half of the protected cultural heritage objects will likely disappear over the next decade and almost all the cultural heritage objects analysed in this study will disappear in roughly two decades. This shows the great danger the Arctic’s cultural heritage sites is in if no mitigation measures are undertaken by the local authorities.

10. Cultural heritage

2021 ◽  
pp. 141-152
Author(s):  
Ian Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Land Grabbing ◽  
Building Projects ◽  
Cultural Heritage Management ◽  
The Arab Spring ◽  
The Impact

‘Cultural heritage’ discusses the impact of the events of the Arab Spring in 2011 on pharaonic cultural heritage. The first real indication of any threat to Egyptian heritage arrived on 28 January 2011, when protesters set fire to the headquarters of the ruling National Democratic Party in downtown Cairo, which was immediately next door to the Egyptian Museum. In addition to theft from museums or archaeological sites, there was also the phenomenon of ‘land-grabbing’ either for agriculture or building projects. There have been some very innovative approaches to cultural heritage management in Egypt, including the establishment of Egypt's new museums, such as regional museums and the Grand Egyptian Museum.

The ‘Messak Project’: Archaeological Research for Cultural Heritage Management in SW Libya

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Biagetti ◽  
Emanuele Cancellieri ◽  
Mauro Cremaschi ◽  
Christine Gauthier ◽  
Yves Gauthier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Stone Tools ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Cultural Heritage Management ◽  
Potential Risks ◽  
Archaeological Landscape

The Messak plateau contains remarkable evidence of human occupation during prehistoric and historic times, such as rock art engravings, megalithic monuments, and scatters of stone tools. Since 1980 these remains have been heavily affected by oil extraction-related operations, and it has only been over the last decade that these operations were adequately supported by archaeological mitigation strategies. The ‘Messak Project’ was originally conceived as a three-year programme (2010–2012) focusing on a range of co-ordinated actions to increase the knowledge of the area, to assess any damage and potential risks, and to preserve and manage the cultural heritage. Uprisings in Libya led to the sudden interruption of the project in late February 2011. Nevertheless, major results of the projects include: the compilation of a database of circa 10,000 sites, including hundreds of unpublished sites from previous surveys; the discovery of circa 2500 new archaeological sites; and the drawing of a set of GIS-based maps. In this paper we firstly introduce the materials and methods of the ‘Messak Project’, and secondly, we present an updated overview of the archaeological landscape of the Messak in the light of the project’s recent achievements.

scholarly journals Et forsvar for hus som har kommet i knestående

Nordlit ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Reidar Bertelsen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Stable Condition ◽  
Professional Staff ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Archaeological Sites ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Cultural Heritage Management ◽  
Modern Context

<p>Norwegian cultural heritage management is based on a developed and strict legislation. The administration is placed under the Ministry of Environment and the different categories of cultural heritage are handled by a professional staff with different academic backgrounds, relevant to the categories. The ideology of cultural heritage management has changed through time and the present motto is “Vern gjennom bruk” (Protection through use).</p><p>The legislation, the categories linked to different academic disciplines, the motto and the influence of the demands derived from a modern lifestyle add up to an interesting contrast in the handling of buildings. Priority is given to buildings in a relatively stable condition of decay, called archaeological sites, and to buildings with a potential for use in a modern context after reconstruction, called architectural monuments.</p><p>Buildings between these two categories, especially those that are in a state of dynamic decay, are in general ignored or destroyed. This paper discusses the resources we overlook by this policy and practice of management. The author argues that an exposure of the process of dynamic decay has a potential for a deeper understanding of both history and cultural heritage.</p>

scholarly journals Heritage Management. The Natural and Cultural Divide

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Heleen Van Londen ◽  
Marjo Schlaman ◽  
Arkadiusz Marciniak
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Ecological Benefits ◽  
Cultural Divide ◽  
Nature And Culture ◽  
Fundamental Error ◽  
Age Of Enlightenment ◽  
Western European

In 2005, David Lowenthal commented on the dissimilar approaches to natural and cultural heritage and how these differences impact the protection and management of these heritages. His analysis touches on the western European perceptions of nature and culture that go back to the Age of Enlightenment. In his article, the motivation for safeguarding heritage stands out, as nature conservationists emphasize the long-term economic or ecological benefits, while cultural heritage managers point towards cultural or aesthetic benefits (Lowenthal 2005: 87). Others have made similar statements, some eight years later, calling the divide between the domains a fundamental error (Renes 2013; Harrison 2013).

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