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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: The protection of cultural heritage sites is normally evaluated in terms of universal and scholarly significance criteria, although increasingly the contributions of sites and monuments to the economic and social well-being of communities have been recognized as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: The protection of cultural heritage sites is normally evaluated in terms of universal and scholarly significance criteria, although increasingly the contributions of sites and monuments to the economic and social well-being of communities have been recognized. Human rights discourse, despite its many problems and limitations, offers a possible mechanism for evaluating heritage in terms of social justice and well-being. A cultural heritage right based on descent is particularly problematic and cannot be supported by archaeological, historical, and anthropological theories. A cultural heritage right based on whether people are in practice able to participate in sites and objects in such a way as to fulfill their capabilities is an alternative, as long as it also includes responsibilities to other communities with conflicting interests. However, few archaeologists and heritage managers have the training and expertise to work out short- and long-term economic and social benefits of artifacts, sites, and monuments, and they have limited experience in facilitating human capabili
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TL;DR: In this article, a review of the term heritage, now identified as an industry, but also a problematic notion located in the dialectic of the universal and the particular, is presented.
Abstract: This article is based on research undertaken in Quebec city focusing on heritage interpretation and the promotion of 'national identity' The discussion opens with a review of the term heritage, now identified as an 'industry', but also a problematic notion located in the dialectic of the universal and the particular An assessment of the historic quarter, a World Heritage Site, provides the basis for a critique of the differing perspectives and identities used by the various stakeholders, including local residents and visitor groups These various perspectives, on what is a contested 'national' heritage site, are manifested in the promotion of the capital city of New France and separatist Quebec and the benign but nonetheless federal presence represented by Parks Canada, the National Battlefield and National Defence Commissions, which together control and interpret the key heritage sites In giving a voice to the local, the paper articulates the concerns of a declining but increasingly vocal resident gro
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02 Sep 2003
TL;DR: The World Heritage Committee has laid down six detailed criteria to assist the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), its professional adviser on cultural heritage, in evaluating this quality, the application of which has been refined and substantially modified since 1975.
Abstract: This chapter takes as its point of departure the basic criterion of ‘outstanding universal value’ prescribed at the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention. The
World Heritage Committee has laid down six detailed criteria to assist the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), its professional adviser on
cultural heritage, in evaluating this quality, the application of which has been
refined and substantially modified since 1975. It goes on to lay stress on the implicit
conflict between the perceptions and aspirations of European and certain LatinAmerican and Asian countries, which are well endowed with sites and monuments
from acknowledged cultural traditions (classical antiquity, pre-Hispanic cultures
of Latin America, Renaissance Europe, imperial China), and those whose cultures
are predominantly non-monumental (sub-Saharan Africa, Oceania). It highlights
aspects of human achievement that are only slowly beginning to be recognized as
of universal significance, such as traditional landscapes, vernacular architecture
and the industrial heritage.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a case study from Queensland, Australia, of a community-initiated and controlled heritage project is presented, which outlines and discusses the implications that this project has to an understanding of the nature of heritage, the processes of its management and the role of expertise within management.
Abstract: Community involvement in heritage management is an issue that is increasingly being debated within heritage studies and management agencies. This paper examines a case study from Queensland, Australia, of a community-initiated and controlled heritage project. The paper outlines and discusses the implications that this project has to an understanding of the nature of heritage, the processes of its management and the role of expertise within management. It argues that the development of a management process that is meaningfully inclusive at a community level must overthrow the ways in which heritage is defined and understood. Not only must concepts of intangible heritage be developed, but also concepts of heritage must usefully incorporate an understanding of the nature of intangible experiences and values that are associated with the physical aspects of heritage. Moreover, it is important to understand that these experiences and values are themselves open to management and regulation. Subsequently, an incl...
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