scholarly journals COVID-19 on the Ground: Managing the Heritage Sites of a Pandemic

Heritage ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 2140-2162
Author(s):  
Dirk H. R. Spennemann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Standard Methodology ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
And Function ◽  
Moon Landing ◽  
Near Future

The standard methodology for the assessment of cultural heritage significance relies on hindsight, with a passage of time elapsed between the creation of the site or object and its assessment. There are, however, cases where heritage significance is instant (e.g., sites associated with the first Moon landing). This paper argues that hindsight will not be required to determine that the COVID-19 pandemic will come to be considered as a significant historic event, as COVID-19 has already manifested itself as a social, cultural and economic disruptor on a global scale with a mortality in the millions. Heritage professionals have the unique opportunity to assess and document places and structures associated with the pandemic, that are poised to be worthy of a heritage listing in the near future, while they are still in use and function as intended. This paper discusses the nature of the sites and structures and explores possible management approaches to safeguard evidence of the pandemic for future generations.

scholarly journals A Framework Proposal for Regional-Scale Flood-Risk Assessment of Cultural Heritage Sites and Application to the Castile and León Region (Central Spain)

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Garrote ◽  
Andrés Díez-Herrero ◽  
Cristina Escudero ◽  
Inés García
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Flood Risk ◽  
Flood Hazard ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Natural Phenomenon ◽  
Risk Level ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Extreme Flood ◽  
The Creation

Floods, at present, may constitute the natural phenomenon with the greatest impact on the deterioration of cultural heritage, which is the reason why the study of flood risk becomes essential in any attempt to manage cultural heritage (archaeological sites, historic buildings, artworks, etc.) This management of cultural heritage is complicated when it is distributed over a wide territory. This is precisely the situation in the region of Castile and León (Spain), in which 2155 cultural heritage elements are registered in the Catalog of Cultural Heritage Sites of Castile and León, and these are distributed along the 94,226 km2 of this region. Given this scenario, the present study proposes a methodological framework of flood risk analysis for these cultural heritage sites and elements. This assessment is based on two main processing tools to be developed in addition: on the one hand, the creation of a GIS database in which to establish the spatial relationship between the cultural heritage elements and the flow-prone areas for different flood return periods and, on the other hand, the creation of a risk matrix in which different variables are regarded as associated both to flood hazard (return period, flow depth, and river flooding typology) and to flood vulnerability (construction typology, and construction structural relationship with the hydraulic environment). The combination of both tools has allowed us to establish each cultural heritage flood risk level, making its categorization of risk possible. Of all the cultural heritage sites considered, 18 of them are categorized under an Extreme flood risk level; and another 24 show a High potential flood risk level. Therefore, these are about 25% to 30% of all cultural heritage sites in Castile and León. This flood risk categorization, with a scientific basis of the cultural heritage sites at risk, makes it possible to define territories of high flood risk clustering; where local scale analyses for mitigation measures against flood risk are necessary.

scholarly journals ARISTOCRATIC SOCIETY ESTATES AS PHENOMENON OF HISTORICAL AND CITY PLANNING LIFE OF ST.-PETERSBURG (THE STROGANOV’S ESTATE CASE STUDIES)

2019 ◽  
pp. 67-76
Author(s):  
E. A. KOZYREVA
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Original Form ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
Manor House ◽  
Park Area ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The City

The paper studies the phenomenon of the aristocratic society estates as a part of history and city-forming aspect in the development of St.-Petersburg and its surroundings. The relevance of this paper is that at present time a lot of attention is paid to adaptation of the cultural heritage monuments, including estates. The aim of the paper is to identify the estates of the aristocratic society and propose measures for their preservation. The unique characteristics include: accommodation in previously undeveloped territories, large park area, a manor house and park buildings that are not utilitarian in nature. The analytical method of research is used. The history and formation, construction and reconstruction of the of Stroganov‟s estate is one of the examples of the aristocratic society estates. This estate was created by talented and outstanding architects, but already in the 19th century, that territory began to develop for needs of the city. The estate relates to the category of lost estates, since the buildings were preserved to our days in the original form, and only the manor house and guardhouses are preserved. It can be concluded that such monuments of the cultural heritage should be preserved for future generations as important characteristics of the urban planning and cultural life of St.-Petersburg. It is proposed to use public-private partnership for the implementation of projects on this type of cultural heritage sites.

scholarly journals SYNTHESIS: A Platform of Platforms for Integrated Management, Curation, and Visualization of Digital Cultural Experiences through VR and AR Technologies

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stelios C.A. Thomopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Multimedia Material ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
Digital Material ◽  
Innovative System ◽  
The Creation

SYNTHESIS is a platform of platforms (PoP) for the management, curation, and creation of digital cultural experiences related to cultural heritage material (artifacts), and their visualization through mobile applications and virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technologies. The digital cultural experiences may relate to specific cultural heritage monuments or exhibits of museum collections and may reside either on site or remotely. The platform provides a comprehensive supervisory tool that allows curators to select digital artifacts from different databases around the topic of interest, associate them through narratives that translate them into a sequence of semantic correlations that can be visualized using VR/AR technologies. The SYNTHESIS of platforms contributes to the creation of a new condition for the promotion of cultural heritage sites, museums, and exhibits, and facilitates the management and interaction of the user-visitor with them. The platform contributes to the creation of an innovative system for the management and curation of large volume of digital material related to an exhibit and consequently its promotion by unifying the stages of: (a) production of digital content; (b) connection of additional digital multimedia material related to the digital content; (c) curation of the digital content and transformation to a digital experience in accordance to a desired narrative; and (d) visualization of the digital experience in-situ or remotely with the use of mobile apps and VR/AR technologies.

scholarly journals Cultural Heritage of Ukraine: the Problems of Study, Conservation and Use

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-74
Author(s):  
Nataliia Chorna ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Historical Methods ◽  
Historical Past ◽  
Near Future

The purpose of this article is to study the theoretical and methodological and practical aspects of the problem of study, conservation and use of cultural heritage sites of Ukraine, taking into account present challenges and opportunities. The research methodology is represented by a set of general-scientific and special historical methods of scientific knowledge, the principles of historicism, scientificity, systematization and complexity. The scientific novelty of this article involves an attempt to understand, from a holistic perspective, the problem of study, conservation and use of cultural heritage of Ukraine, based on the analysis of the relevant legal and regulatory framework and researches made by the contemporaries on the studied subject, as well as today's realities we are witnessing. Conclusions. A brief historical insight into the origins of interest in the problem of study, conservation and use of cultural heritage sites in Ukraine has certified a relatively short period of its antiquity, although this interest has significantly increased over the course of time. At present time, the defined range of issues is extremely relevant, because in a certain area there are a number of problems, the unresolved nature of which in the near future threatens the physical loss of many unique monuments of antiquity, which together make the basis for the reconstruction of the historical past of the Ukrainian people, testify to the ethno- and nation-genesis of Ukrainian heritage, its identity and separateness. The problems which need to be resolved as soon as possible include the improvement of regulatory and legal support for the protection of cultural heritage sites, the organization and implementation of monument protection activities, registration of cultural monuments, their study, protection and restoration. Taking care of the future that, in the opinion of the most Ukrainian citizens, as well as the public authorities, is connected with Europe and the values it promotes, these problems need to be resolved already in the near future.

scholarly journals Redevelopment of the cultural heritage object (the case of the “Nurov’s Estate”)

2021 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 01014
Author(s):  
Marina Bareicheva ◽  
Ekaterina Kubina ◽  
Liudmila Daineko
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Cultural Heritage Object ◽  
The World ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The City

The problem of redevelopment of cultural heritage sites is relevant and in demand all over the world, because such spaces carry the history and spirit of not only a particular place, but of an entire city. Many international and Russian researchers note that the revitalization and development of such sites will help to preserve the history and heritage of the city. In addition, there are many examples of the successful implementation of redevelopment projects and the creation of relevant and popular spaces on their territory. In this article we consider the project for the redevelopment of the Nurov Estate ensemble, located in Ekaterinburg (Russia). The project was carried out in cooperation with the owner of the object (development company) and is based on the concept of Art-cluster. For this project were calculated and considered indicators of commercial efficiency of projects.

Digital Cultural Heritage

2022 ◽  
pp. 183-202
Author(s):  
F. Füsun İstanbullu Dinçer ◽  
Seda Özdemir Akgül
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Virtual Museums ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Digital Cultural Heritage

This chapter aims to give information about how the digitalization process is using technologies suitable for today's conditions in the transmission of cultural heritage to future generations and its preservation, what methods are being employed, the concept of digital heritage, the developments that took place and the projects that were carried out in the digitization of cultural heritage. In addition, it is also aimed in this chapter to evaluate the cultural heritage sites within the framework of this new understanding and to examine how these areas can be redefined with new technical possibilities. At this point, after reviewing the literature about the cultural and digital heritage, the importance of cultural heritage is referred to in detail. Finally, a case study is conducted by the authors via compiling the V-must.net website established to develop virtual museums, blog comments, and academic studies carried out in respect to this project.

Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage for Future Generations

2018 ◽  
pp. 295-308
Author(s):  
Ashwani Kumar Aggarwal
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
3D Models ◽  
3D Modelling ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Historical Monuments ◽  
The World ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Digital Modelling

Due to weathering and natural disasters, several cultural heritage buildings are devastated all around the world. It becomes necessary to preserve these historical monuments for future generations. Therefore, 3D modelling of historical monuments is a great tool to preserve these monuments as a digital heritage. The advantage of digital modelling of heritage sites also helps archaeologists to study the various aspects of that site while sitting at their own place without any need to travel to actual physical site. It saves time as well as reduces traveling cost. Moreover, many archaeologists can participate remotely to give their suggestions for future constructions. Also, digital archive of 3D models helps in restoration of devastated parts of buildings.

scholarly journals Prefacio II

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Nicola Masini
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Continuous Growth ◽  
World Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
World Heritage List

Awareness of the importance of preserving and transmitting cultural heritage to future generations has been growing enormously over the last two decades.  An indicator of this is the continuous growth in the number of cultural heritage sites and monuments inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage list, which passed from 551 in 1987 to 1054 in 2016. Furthermore, the gap that once divided Europe and Northern America from other countries in terms of protection policies, development of practices and procedures for the restoration has been reduced. However, in the last two decades the number of World Heritage sites in danger strongly increased, passing from 10 in 1987 to 37 in 2016.

scholarly journals Status of the Cultural Heritage Sites and Structures in Camalig, Province of Albay, Philippines: Basis for Sustainable Tourism Framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Luisa N. Gonzales
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Weighted Mean ◽  
Frequency Distributions ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
The Status ◽  
Coefficient Of Concordance ◽  
Correlational Method

Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts, and intangible attributes of a group or club that are inherited from past generations kept up in the present and preserved for the welfare of future generations. It aimed to determine the natural and human-made attractions, its status along preservations, promotions, and Local Government unit contributions, the problems encountered and solutions recommended.  The study used the descriptive-correlational method of research by employing questionnaires, interviews and documentation of the structures and site to the 5 facilitators, 24 residents and 31 tourists in the community with 60 respondents and used the frequency distributions, percent count, weighted mean and the coefficient of concordance W. Data revealed that the heritage sites and structures were in the form of Natural Attractions and Man-Made attractions and presently considered much preserved, very much promoted with LGU Contribution as much effect, while, there was no significant agreement between the three groups of respondents along the status, and the null hypothesis was rejected. The problems encountered were much pressing, and solutions recommended as very much urgent. Thus, this research will provide to the understanding of the factors associating to the sustainability of the Heritage Site and Structure of a particular locality that can lead to goal fulfillment and, subsequently, impact tourism choice.

Digital Preservation of Cultural Heritage for Future Generations

2017 ◽  
pp. 242-255
Author(s):  
Ashwani Kumar Aggarwal
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
3D Models ◽  
3D Modelling ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Digital Heritage ◽  
Historical Monuments ◽  
The World ◽  
Heritage Buildings ◽  
Digital Modelling

Due to weathering and natural disasters, several cultural heritage buildings are devastated all around the world. It becomes necessary to preserve these historical monuments for future generations. Therefore, 3D modelling of historical monuments is a great tool to preserve these monuments as a digital heritage. The advantage of digital modelling of heritage sites also helps archaeologists to study the various aspects of that site while sitting at their own place without any need to travel to actual physical site. It saves time as well as reduces traveling cost. Moreover, many archaeologists can participate remotely to give their suggestions for future constructions. Also, digital archive of 3D models helps in restoration of devastated parts of buildings.

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