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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 article, the authors present an exploratory, empirical study focusing on both the nature and relevance of corporate heritage identity as employed by managers for corporate identity management purposes, and provide a normative framework of actionable categories of activities related to the management and implementation of substantive corporate heritage identities dimensions.
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TL;DR: The World Heritage Convention embraces the idea of a common cultural and natural heritage and acknowledges their similarities and equal importance to humankind as discussed by the authors, and it seeks to establish a system of international co-operation and assistance designed to support States Parties to the Convention in their efforts to identify and conserve that heritage.
Abstract: The World Heritage Convention embraces the idea of a common cultural and natural heritage and acknowledges their similarities and equal importance to humankind. It seeks to establish a system of international co-operation and assistance designed to support States Parties to the Convention in their efforts to identify and conserve that heritage. One of the key elements of this strategy is the establishment of the World Heritage List, on which may be inscribed cultural, natural, and mixed cultural and natural properties that meet the criteria of being of outstanding universal value. This chapter explores the process of inscription, the relevant duties of the States Parties, considerations of enforcement and compliance, the roles of the World Heritage Committee and its advisory bodies, protection mechanisms and international assistance, and the function of the List of World Heritage in Danger. It concludes with an outlook on current and future challenges.
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01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that over the life of the World Heritage Convention, the use of authenticity has not been well understood as a qualifying condition for inscription; that introduction of the complementary integrity requirement has simply compounded confusion; and finally that use of the concepts need to be restructured to improve their effective application for the benefit of World Heritage properties.
Abstract: This paper contends that over the life of the World Heritage Convention, the use of authenticity has not been well understood as a qualifying condition for inscription; that introduction of the complementary integrity requirement has simply compounded confusion; that the ideas which lie behind the two concepts are however critically important for managing nominations to the World Heritage List and improving conservation activity on World Heritage properties; and finally that use of the concepts need to be restructured to improve their effective application for the benefit of World Heritage properties. The paper contends that the key to restructuring use of the concepts is first recognizing the critical conceptual distinction between authenticity and integrity in measuring and designing strategies for improving the state of conservation of World Heritage properties, namely that authenticity may be understood as the ability of a property to convey its significance over time, and integrity understood as the ability of a property to secure or sustain its significance over time. The paper shows how the restructuring of the two concepts, defined in this way, can provide tangible indicators for applying the unified concepts in a number of contexts. Finally, the paper extends this approach and proposes an illustrative framework which could be explored for application to a range of heritage typologies found on the World Heritage List (archaeological sites, historic towns, architectural monuments and complexes and cultural landscapes).
102 citations