Abstract
The recording, documentation and promotion of local cultural heritage has been the subject of significant research from scientists from various fields such as architecture, anthropology, history, folklore, ethnomusicology, and museology. This paper argues that digital technologies could have a catalytic role concerning the operational part of a holistic–interdisciplinary approach to the maintenance of cultural heritage. Simultaneous and bidirectional recording, documentation and promotion of human histories, material elements of space, personal and collective memories, music, dance, singing and other performances, customs, traditions etc. has the effect of improving the understanding of each place and, therefore, contributing to the establishment of sustainable living conditions and environmental balance. At the same time, it facilitates the process of presenting the place’s local identity as well as its tangible and intangible cultural heritage. The paper proposes the design, the creation and the pilot operation of a glocal hybrid (physical and digital) participatory system for monitoring cultural heritage, which consists of (a) spatial recording and projection constructions (open micro-labs); (b) research and documentation centers; and (c) digital databases and mobile applications for interconnection and diffusion of digital content. The system’s implementation domain is considered to be “historic urban landscapes”, i.e., geographical areas with particular cultural features such as traditional settlements, monuments and historical centers, regarded as exceptional universal heritage. In particular, the project’s prime exemplary pilot setup is considered to be operated in specific Greek areas of cultural importance.
Highlights
For Erik Swyngedouw [1], glocalization “refers to the twin process whereby, firstly, institutional/regulatory arrangements shift from the national scale both upwards to supra-national or global scales and downwards to the scale of the individual body or to local, urban or regional configurations and, secondly, economic activities and inter-firm networks are becoming simultaneously more localised/regionalised and transnational”
They analyze a number of relevant phenomena such as the new relations of power and experience arising from the nation-state destabilization, the emergence of networked forms of power, and the crisis of representative democracy
A circular mechanism is created that allows the exploitation of open joint research results by developing innovative and creative activities in many areas related to the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of a historic urban landscape
Summary
For Erik Swyngedouw [1], glocalization “refers to the twin process whereby, firstly, institutional/regulatory arrangements shift from the national scale both upwards to supra-national or global scales and downwards to the scale of the individual body or to local, urban or regional configurations and, secondly, economic activities and inter-firm networks are becoming simultaneously more localised/regionalised and transnational”. Swyngedouw concludes that there is no privileged scale of the exercise of power He stresses that attention should be paid to the political and economic dynamics of this geographical recast, as well as its impact. Heritage 2018, 1 reformulated in ways that could change the geometry of social forces He clearly asserts that glocalization succeeds the globalization process. As a result of glocalization and the redeployment of political and economic scales, he proposes three modes of action: (a) the transition from national forms to units of different (upper or lower) scales; (b) the switch from parties to (ecological, climate change, and justice) movements that act simultaneously at a local, regional, national, and global level; and (c) the move from social classes to new alliances and points of intervention reflecting the concept of “commons” [1]
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