scholarly journals Discussion and Reflection on Several Core Issues in the Grand Canal Heritage Conservation Planning Under the Background of Application for World Heritage

2015 ◽  
Vol XL-5/W7 ◽  
pp. 471-474
Author(s):  
D. Yao ◽  
D. S. Dai ◽  
Y. Z. Tang ◽  
G. Y. Zhu ◽  
X. Chen
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Conservation Planning ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Grand Canal ◽  
The Core ◽  
Key Issues

At the turn of the century, a series of new heritage concepts have appeared in the area of international cultural heritage protection, such as cultural landscape, cultural route, heritage corridor, heritage canal, which presents the development of people’s recognition of cultural heritage. According to The Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention, management planning must be contained in the material used to apply for world heritage. The State Administration of Cultural Heritage designed the mission and work schedule of China’s Grand Canal conservation planning in 2008. This research will introduce the working system of China’s Grand Canal conservation planning on three levels: city, province and nation. It will also summarize the characteristics of the core technologies in China’s Grand Canal conservation planning, including key issues like the identification of the core characteristic of China’s Grand Canal, value assessment and determination of the protection scope. Through reviewing, thinking and analyzing the previous accomplishments, the research will offer some advices for the similar world heritage conservation planning after.

Tourism value assessment of linear cultural heritage: the case of the Beijing–Hangzhou Grand Canal in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Shuying Zhang ◽  
Jiaming Liu ◽  
Tao Pei ◽  
Chung-Shing Chan ◽  
Mengdi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Value Assessment ◽  
Grand Canal

scholarly journals Heritage Conservation, UNESCO and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Eastern Canada

Ethnologies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 383-403
Author(s):  
Richard MacKinnon
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Near Future

Since Canada has signed the UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of 1972, it has had some eighteen cultural and natural sites selected for the World Heritage List that represent internationally significant nature reserves and natural wonders, significant Canadian architectural history, important sites representing Canadian aboriginal culture and geological treasures of world-wide importance. These internationally significant sites have put Canada on the world stage in both the heritage conservation field and in the national and international tourism sector. What Canada has decided to inscribe on this list has had a major impact at the local, regional, national and international arenas. The author of this paper reflects on some of the ancillary guiding charters and conventions since the World Heritage Convention was implemented that have led to where we are today in the field of heritage conservation in Canada. He goes on to predict some areas where heritage conservation will be going in Canada in the near future. He argues that Canada could likewise have its rich intangible culture play a similarly significant role if the Canadian government signed the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage of 2003. Last, he discusses some of the recent developments in eastern Canada in intangible cultural heritage, conservation and the sustaining of traditions.

scholarly journals Ontology-Driven Cultural Heritage Conservation: A Case of The Analects of Confucius

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 287
Author(s):  
Fengxiang Wang ◽  
Tong Wei ◽  
Jun Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Explicit Representation ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Representation System ◽  
The Core ◽  
Cultural Heritage Conservation ◽  
The Analects ◽  
Main Ideas

Confucianism, recognized as the belief system of Chinese, is one of the most important intangible cultural heritages of China. The main ideas of its founder, Confucius, are written in The Analects of Confucius. However, its scattered chapters and the obscurity of ancient Chinese have prevented many people from understanding it. In order to overcome this difficulty, it needs some modern ways to reveal the vague connotation of Confucianism. This paper aims to describe how to construct the Lunyu ontology in which all concepts are abstract within the core scope, i.e., morality of Confucianism. The key task of this project lies in identifying essential characteristics, a notion that is compliant with the ISO principles on Terminology (ISO 1087 and 704), according to which a concept is defined as a combination of essential characteristics. This paper proposed an approach in the practice of identifying essential characteristics of abstract concepts from different meanings of its Chinese terms in The Analects of Confucius. With this work, Lunyu ontology established a semantic, formal, and explicit representation system for concepts of Confucianism, and the new proposed approach provides a useful reference for other researchers.

scholarly journals Preparation and Submission of the Nomination File of the Oasis of Figuig (Morocco) for Inscription on the World Heritage List: Impacts and Uses of a GIS

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 140-148
Author(s):  
Laurence Gillot ◽  
André Del
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Scientific Data ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Tourism Management ◽  
World Heritage List ◽  
The World

At the request of the municipality of Figuig, a team of scientists, working under the supervision of Professor Jean-Pierre Vallat of the University Paris Diderot and the School of architecture Paris-Val-de-Seine, was entrusted with the task of drawing up and inventory and making an analysis of the cultural properties of the oasis. This program has been led in order to assist the local authorities in the preparation of the nomination file for the inscription of the oasis on the World Heritage List. The oasis is regarded as a matter of fact as a cultural landscape, composed by an important cultural heritage, both material and immaterial. Figuig is indeed characterized by a rich architecture, particularly the ksour (fortified villages) with mud brick houses. Figuig also comprises a palm grove irrigated by a complex network of canals and “foggaras” (pits). Moreover, all the individual and collectives practices connected to the palm grove and to the ksour constitute an important immaterial cultural heritage. The bulk of scientific data (from archaeological, geographical, historical, anthropological investigations) calls for a coherent archiving in order to insure the heritage, environmental and tourism management of the oasis. For this purpose, a GIS would be useful. As a scientific and management tool, the GIS is a precious device which makes it possible to produce thematic (archaeological, historical, touristic, etc.) mappings and inventories. In parallel with these scientific initiatives, the training of the various stakeholders in the practice of the GIS is being developed. Individuals from the municipality, the cooperation offices and the tourism sector are thus developing new competencies. In this respect, the GIS should be a shared tool with multiple applications: scientific researches, heritage management, urban development, tourism management, etc. In this context, this paper sets to analyse the stakes, perspectives and applications of the GIS regarding the necessary development of the oasis whilst protecting its heritage, and ensuring good governance, transparency and justification in the framework of generally binding protective measures.

scholarly journals Konserveringsbegrebet i det 20. århundrede

1970 ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Beate Knuth Federspiel
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Heritage Conservation ◽  
Technical Equipment ◽  
World War

The concept of conservation in the 20th century The professionalisation of conservation took shape during the 20th century and is marked by the increasing application of advanced technical equipment in examinations and treatments, along with the strengthening of the theoretical and methodological approach, and the establishing of formalized education in conservation. This development is analysed against the background of the international situation after the 2nd World War in particular with regard to the organisational and conceptual structure in the field of culture. The article discusses some of the central concepts in heritage conservation as reflected in legal instruments to protect cultural heritage and their consequences for conservation theory and practice – in particular the notion of ’culture’ and ’world heritage’ in the age of globalisation. 

Cultural landscapes: exploring local people's understanding of cultural practices as “heritage”

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena Settimini
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Wine Production ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Decision Making Processes

PurposeA vital testimony of human presence landscape is recognised and protected by international, national and local documents as an identity resource and one of the factors that contribute to the identity building processes (UNESCO, 1994; European Landscape Convention, 2000). The validation of landscape as cultural heritage presents not only new challenges but also opportunities for the heritage sector. In fact, a landscape plays a dual role: as part of the cultural heritage, which has to be preserved for its values, and as a “living” site, where individuals and groups live and work. This implies that the acknowledgement of its cultural significance should not be exclusively determined on the basis of discipline-driven frameworks and benchmarks but should rather be the result of a shared awareness within local communities.Design/methodology/approachThrough the analysis of the vineyard landscape of Langhe-Roero and Monferrato (Italy), the author discusses how the selection of a World Heritage site driven by “outstanding universal values” risks presenting a top-down approach to heritage processes.FindingsIn this article, the author explores how people living in this cultural landscape articulate their understandings of heritage values, and she addresses issues concerning their participation in decision-making processes, questioning whose values and meanings do the “outstanding universal value” legitimise or not.Originality/valueWhat the author argues is that the World Heritage listing's focus on extraordinary values risks constructing heritage around a consensus that privileges only some actors, whose voices and stories enliven the prestige of the wine production of this cultural landscape, omitting other values, memories and practices from the identity and meaning making processes. Does the identification and representation processes validated through World Heritage status capture how a landscape is understood by individuals and groups living within it? If not, how do these differences affect people's engagement? A further point of discussion is whether individuals and groups want to be engaged in decision-making processes and on which terms.

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