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Cultural heritage
About: Cultural heritage is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 28201 publications have been published within this topic receiving 273875 citations. The topic is also known as: cultural assets & cultural goods.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a TiO 2 -based coating has been investigated in order to evaluate its possible use as a self-cleaning treatment on historical and architectural travertine surfaces.
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TL;DR: In this article, the intersection of state policies and popular attitudes towards urban conservation in Singapore is discussed, and a review of changing state policies which have shaped the built environment is presented.
Abstract: This paper focuses on the intersection of state policies and popular attitudes towards urban conservation in Singapore. It first reviews changing state policies which have shaped the built environm...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined Langkawi's local community's views on their appreciation of the geopark as a tool for heritage conservation, and concluded that the needs for public education programmes, awareness initiatives aimed not only at ensuring community engagement within the development of LangKawi Geopark but also at generating stewardship actions from the community.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a theoretical middle path for the burgeoning field of heritage studies by avoiding the pitfalls of both the reverential approach of "heritage belief" and the overly critical one of 'heritage atheism'.
Abstract: Avoiding the pitfalls of both the reverential approach of ‘heritage belief’ and the overly critical one of ‘heritage atheism’, ‘heritage agnosticism’ is proposed as a theoretical middle path for the burgeoning field of heritage studies The cases of Kyoto and the UNESCO World Heritage arena demonstrate the limits of a purely deconstructive analysis The popular demand for historical veracity and authenticity, lay historicities, the ethnographic study of heritage institutions, and personal attachments to heritage are research topics that will benefit from heritage agnosticism, particularly if it accounts for the full variety of both professional and lay positions and voices
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TL;DR: To be considered for listing as a World Heritage site, properties must meet the conditions of "integrity" and/or "authenticity" and be of "outstanding universal value".
Abstract: To be considered for listing as a World Heritage site, properties must meet the conditions of “integrity” and/or “authenticity” and be of “outstanding universal value.” Identifying and maintaining ...
87 citations