scholarly journals Re-thinking the validity of the past. Deconstructing what authenticity and integrity mean to the fruition of cultural heritage

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Antonio García-Esparza
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Visual Experience ◽  
Fundamental Issue ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
The Past ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Inside View ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
Heritage Discourse

<p class="Abstracttext-VITRUVIO"><span lang="EN-GB">There is a lively ongoing debate on Critical Heritage Studies and the Authorised Heritage Discourse, but quite a few authors have viewed the issue from a canonical perspective where the wider Cultural Built Heritage visual experience is assessed and valued in relation with authenticity and integrity. The terms static authenticity and dynamic authenticity appear in this text as dependent on heritage connectivity. Two main arguments are developed in this study. Firstly, a general overview of the context is proposed in order to understand the vernacular internationally. Secondly, the article offers an inside view intended to provide an accurate interpretation of how the vernacular is scrutinised and understood. A fundamental issue discussed in this paper is how cultural heritage is ruled, protected, enhanced, experienced and managed on different scales.</span></p>

scholarly journals Digesting the Finnish Nature and Past: Food, Pastness, and the Naturalness of the National in the Wiki-Inventory for Living Heritage

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-111
Author(s):  
Heidi Henriikka Mäkelä
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
The Past ◽  
Complex Processes ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
The Ideal

Abstract This article examines the inventorying of Finnish intangible cultural heritage with regard to UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. I analyse the participatory Wiki-inventory for Living Heritage, concentrating on entries that discuss food and foodways to study how food, materiality, and the national intertwine with practices of producing intangible cultural heritage. The article’s theoretical background draws from the fields of banal nationalism and critical heritage studies. Food is eminently important in narratives of Finnishness: by using the concepts of naturalness and pastness, I show how Finnish food becomes interpreted as ‘authentic’ Finnish heritage. The concepts illuminate the complex processes in which the materiality of food, the Finnish terroir and landscape, narratives of the past, and the consumer who prepares, eats, and digests the heritagised food are tied to each other. These processes reinforce the banality of Finnishness, although the practices of inventorying paradoxically strive for the ideal of cultural diversity that UNESCO promotes.

An Introduction to the Stone Age Archaeology of the Polihali Dam Area, Mokhotlong District, Lesotho

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Tim Forssman ◽  
Matt Lotter ◽  
John Parkington ◽  
Jeremy Hollmann ◽  
Jessica Angel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Management Program ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage Management ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Eastern Highlands

Abstract Much of Lesotho’s cultural heritage has been studied as a result of dam developments. Where dams have been built, heritage studies have provided crucial data for improving our understanding of local archaeological sequences. Ahead of the construction of the Lesotho Highland Development Authority’s (LHDA) new Polihali Dam in Lesotho’s Mokhotlong District and following the recommendations of a heritage assessment (CES 2014), a large-scale five-year cultural heritage management program was launched in 2018 that seeks to excavate and mitigate a number of heritage sites. Here, we provide the background to one of southern Africa’s largest heritage mitigation contracts by contextualising the current research program. We then present the archaeology of Lesotho’s eastern highlands basalt region using data collected during the inception phase of this program. The findings challenge current preconceived notions about the sparsity of archaeological remains for this region.

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.

Heritage and the Use of the Past in East Africa

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Giblin
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Early 21St Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Critical Heritage

This article outlines historical and ongoing uses of the past and academic heritage research into those activities within eastern Africa. The use of the past will be discussed as a deep historical practice in the area that is the EAC in the 21st century, demonstrating how political elites have constructed versions of the past to suit contemporary and future aims for hundreds of years. Then there is an outline of the colonial introduction of formalized Western heritage institutions and legislation in the early 20th century, the subsequent nationalization of these in the mid-20th century, and the late-20th- and early-21st-century internationalization of heritage. These overviews are followed by a discussion of different approaches to heritage research including early studies of museums, traditions, heritage management, archaeological introspections, and more recent “critical heritage studies,” which interrogate the use of the past as a form of cultural production.

The ex/inclusion paradox in heritage management: the Mobarak mosque in The Hague

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-269
Author(s):  
Karim van Knippenberg ◽  
Martijn Duineveld ◽  
Marleen Buizer
Keyword(s):  
Social Inclusion ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
Heritage Discourse

PurposeIn the field of critical heritage studies, it has often been argued that a more inclusive and participatory heritage management approach neutralises differences and can contribute to a more contemporary, plural, democratic and inclusive notion of heritage. Yet, the needs and aspirations of those assumed being excluded from heritage making are not always taken into account, because the analysis and critique often focussed on the dominant heritage discourses, organisations and institutions. This paper conceptualises heritage from below and explores and reconceptualises how subdominant notions of heritage relate to dominant, institutionalised conceptualisations of heritage.Design/methodology/approachBased on a case study of the Mobarak mosque in The Hague, the authors present the multiplicity of subdominant conceptualisations of heritage, the ways heritage is (expected to be) recognised and represented by the community and the complexity of issues of social inclusion/exclusion.FindingsThe authors conclude that inclusive and/or participatory heritage management practices are inclusive in name only when the needs and aspirations of those seemingly being “excluded” are not fully understood and taken into account.Originality/valueA binary heritage/non-heritage framework, the authors argue, is limited to understand matter that matters. Also the authors find that the assumption that there is a growing desire among local community groups to include their histories and related materialities as heritage in the dominant heritage discourse should be challenged.

scholarly journals Patrimônio Aplicado e Estudos de Patrimônio Crítico: engajando a sociedade para sustentabilidade e Patrimônios Futuros - Applied Heritage and Critical Heritage Studies engaging society to sustainability and Heritage Futures

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (34) ◽  
pp. 44-57
Author(s):  
Tiago Silva Alves Muniz
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Contemporary Archaeology ◽  
Educational Methods ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
America Latina ◽  
Global Futures ◽  
The Impact

O presente dossiê tem como objetivo engajando profissionais e a sociedade para sustentabilidade e Patrimônios Futuros. Atividades que refletem sobre museus, patrimônio sensível, educação patrimonial, turismo, arqueologia contemporânea e métodos fazem parte desta edição Cadernos do LEPAARQ, Revista do Laboratório de Ensino e Pesquisa em Antropologia e Arqueologia da Universidade Federal de Pelotas (LEPAARQ-UFPEL). O objetivo aqui é apresentar como museus e atividades internacionais lidam com patrimônio aplicado em diversos contextos e como suas propostas de ações pedagógicas/museológicas podem ser orientadas para o futuro. Para além do impacto da covid-19 no patrimônio cultural (Saladino Muniz, 2020), o dossiê visa dialogar com perspectivas da arqueologia no contemporâneo (Gonzalez-Ruibal, 2006; Hamilakis, 2018; McAtackney McGuire, 2020) abordando engajamento para futuro global considerando o papel do patrimônio cultural (Harrison et al 2020, Holtorf Högberg, 2020), visões desde a América Latina (Muniz Almansa-Sánchez, 2020), interpretações dos patrimônios (Rampim et al 2020) e métodos educacionais (Petersson Holtorf, 2016) no contexto do patrimônio aplicado e por uma saúde planetária (Horton et. Al. 2014). The present special issue aims to engage professionals and society for sustainability and heritage futures. Activities that reflect on museums, sensitive heritage, heritage education, tourism, contemporary archaeology and methods are part of this edition of Cadernos do LEPAARQ - Journal of the Laboratory of Teaching and Research in Anthropology and Archaeology of the Federal University of Pelotas (LEPAARQ-UFPEL). The objective here is to present how museums and international activities deal with applied heritage in different contexts and how their proposals for pedagogical / museological actions can be oriented towards the future. In addition to the impact of covid-19 on cultural heritage (Saladino Muniz, 2020), the special issue aims to dialogue with perspectives on contemporary archaeology (Gonzalez-Ruibal, 2006; Hamilakis, 2018; McAtackney McGuire, 2020), addressing engagement for global futures considering the role of cultural heritage (Harrison et al 2020, Holtorf Högberg, 2020), visions from Latin America (Muniz Almansa-Sánchez, 2020), interpretations of heritage (Rampim et al 2020), contexts of segregation and educational methods (Petersson Holtorf, 2016) in the context of applied heritage and for planetary health (Horton et. Al. 2014).

scholarly journals THE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE MEMORY OF THE GREAT WAR IN GREAT BRITAIN. CONTEMPORARY ANGLO-SAXON HISTORIOGRAPHY

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-35
Author(s):  
Nikolay N. Baranov ◽  
◽  
Olga S. Porshneva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Memory ◽  
First World War ◽  
Great War ◽  
World War ◽  
The Past ◽  
Heritage Studies ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The Great War ◽  
First World

The First World War is called “Great” only among the British. This circumstance underlines its enduring importance for British spiritual, political and everyday culture. The conceptualization of historical events as an act of forming cultural memory, a form of presenting a significant past and its cultural heritage is considered in this article on the basis of the methodology of memory studies and heritage studies, its new direction — critical heritage studies. Within the framework of the latter, cultural heritage is interpreted as a process of permanent rethinking and redefinition of the cultural values of the past, which includes various social actors. The influential participants in this process are researchers: culturologists, historians, literary scholars, sociologists, who not only influence collective ideas about the events of the past, but also interpret their contemporary significance. Accordingly, from a huge number of works devoted to the Great War memorialization the authors of the article focus on those that consider the interaction of various forms of memory and their influence on the evolution of the collective memory of the British; they are created in the mainstream of the historical science of culture and distinguished by a pronounced historical and anthropological approach. The article identifies several conceptual approaches in the development of the problems of the cultural heritage and the memory of the war, analyzes the achievements in a comparative study of the image of war and its evolution in the cultural memory of the British, in studying the interaction of the official and popular, collective and individual forms of war memory, general and specific features of the British and foreign traditions of memory about the First World War. It also interprets the significance of the revisionist historiography in changing the notions of the Great War heritage.

Contemporary Fabrication of Pasts and the Creation of New Identities?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Ludwig ◽  
Yi-Wen Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Theme Parks ◽  
Conservation Practice ◽  
The Past ◽  
Comparative Case Studies ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Heritage Discourse

This chapter examines the selective usage of history, relics and practice to reconstruct specific versions of the past. The open-air Beamish Museum in Durham, UK and the historical theme parks in Hangzhou and Kaifeng, China are used as comparative case studies to unpack first, how ‘heritage’ is conceptualised in each context, and second, how particular versions of the past are selected, (re)invented, disseminated and consumed for contemporary purposes. Set within a theoretical framework of ‘living heritage’ and an analytical framework of the overlapping themes of authenticity, identity and national pride, tourism and education, the chapter examines the different ways in which the appropriation of cultural heritage takes place at each site. In doing so, we draw attention to the disparate interpretations of conservation practice and the idea of ‘living heritage’ in the UK and China and debate their continued relevance in the contemporary heritage discourse.

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 Echo from the underground: the heritage customization of subway infrastructures in Shanghai’s listed areas

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Plácido González Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Visual Methods ◽  
City Branding ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Discursive Analysis ◽  
The Past ◽  
Critical Heritage ◽  
Subway Stations ◽  
Heritage Discourse

AbstractThe design of metro stations constitutes a clear example of the new core role of culture in a city such as Shanghai that remains to be assessed from a critical heritage perspective. As an unexplored dimension of a massive heritage institutional apparatus, metro stations act as ‘white canvases’ where commercial, political and cultural messages are displayed. These messages contribute to city branding while simultaneously influencing the perception and interpretation of the historic urban landscape above ground. This research offers insights into the subway stations located in the listed heritage areas of Shanghai and the architectural, artistic and exhibitive resources that ‘give character’ to these stations. The research applies visual methods and discursive analysis based on direct observation of these ‘characteristic’ elements in metro stations. The paper establishes the argument that the amount and distribution of these characteristic elements in the metro network offers unequal representation of the importance of the heritage areas above. When represented, we argue that such features convey renewed narratives of urban identity according to an authorised heritage discourse in Shanghai. These narratives cater to an image of ideal, harmonious continuity between the past and the future that aims to characterise Shanghai as a Chinese global metropolis.

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