Awareness Of Heritage Research Articles

Gençlerin Somut Kültürel Miras Farkındalığı: Erasmus+ Projesi Deneyiminden Perspektifler

Kültürel miras, ait olduğu toplumdaki somut ve soyut değerli varlıkları, olayları, bilgileri yansıtan kaynaklardır. Bu mirasın çağdaş, bilimsel, yenilikçi ve sürdürülebilir yöntemlerle korunması için toplumsal farkındalık düzeyinin artması gerekmektedir. Özellikle de gençlerin kültürel miras farkındalığını ve koruma süreçlerine katılımlarını artırmayı amaçlayan faaliyetler geliştirilmelidir. Bu çalışmada, gençler arasındaki somut kültürel miras ve korunmasına ilişkin farkındalık düzeyini arttırmaya yönelik “Geçmişten Geleceğe” isimli Erasmus+ Gençlik Değişimi projesi deneyimlerini paylaşmak ve projenin amacına ulaşma/başarılı olma düzeyini değerlendirmek amaçlanmıştır. Sekiz aylık bir takvime yayılan “Geçmişten Geleceğe” Erasmus+ Gençlik Değişimi projesine, üç farklı ülkeden 43 genç katılmıştır. Projede somut kültürel miras varlıkları hakkında “neyi, neden, nasıl koruyoruz?” temalarıyla hazırlanan 14 aktivite gerçekleştirilmiş ve aktivitelere ek olarak katılımcılara anket uygulanmıştır. Projede yapılan aktivitelerin çıktıları uzmanlar tarafından yorumlanarak; elde edilen anket bulguları ise betimleyici analiz kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Sonuç olarak, proje sonunda gençlerin çoğunlukla somut kültürel mirasın tanımı, kapsamı ve sınıflandırmaları hakkında bilgi sahibi oldukları, miras varlığının korunmasının altında yatan sebep olan kültürel miras değerlerini kavradıkları, bu değerlerin en çok toplumsal farkındalık düzeyini arttırarak korunabilineceğinin bilincinde oldukları ve benzer projelere katılma eğiliminde oldukları söylenebilir. Bu sonuçlar, “Geçmişten Geleceğe” Erasmus+ Gençlik Değişimi projesinin gençlerin kültürel mirasa yönelik bilgi, deneyim, duyarlılık ve farkındalık düzeylerini arttırıcı ve koruma süreçlerine katılımlarını teşvik edici bir rol oynadığına işaret etmektedir.

Integrated Approaches to 20th Century Dissonant Heritage in Europe. Multi-vocal perspectives and strategies explored in the Urban Agenda

Dissonant heritage sites represent the many layers of 20th century European history as well as the controversial forms of cultural heritage. Within the Partnership on Culture and Cultural Heritage and its action “Integrated Approaches to Dissonant Heritage”, the Urban Agenda for the EU focuses on potential ways for enhancing the value of 20th century dissonant heritage sites in small towns and peripheral regions of Europe through various integrated approaches. Participating in the Partnership of the Urban Agenda plays is key to raising the public’s awareness of dissonant heritage, and the potential it holds in Europe. An accompanying study and the recommendations that have been developed in February of 2022 show that dissonant heritage sites can help strengthen democracy, education, tourism and sustainable urban and regional development. It is important to make the public aware of dissonant heritage sites and their potential by increasing and coordinating collaboration at the local, regional and national levels; intensifying links and cooperation at the European level; and connecting dissonant heritage with other areas such as education (in and beyond schools), culture, social engagement, and urban or regional planning. Such processes should place greater emphasis on framework conditions in smaller towns and peripheral areas of Europe.

PoeticAR: Reviving Traditional Poetry of the Heritage Site of Jichang Garden via Augmented Reality

As a famed Chinese classical garden, the Jichang Garden was a constant inspiration to many poets in its hundreds of years’ history, who composed a rich body of poems—a valuable intangible cultural heritage. While tourists tend to pay attention to tangible natural scenery and historical architectures, they often neglect intangible cultural heritage—poems. We interviewed 23 tourists and found that augmented reality (AR) was viable for tourists to enjoy the physical scenery and the poetry simultaneously. We developed an initial prototype of PoeticAR, which presents poems based on physical scenery to enhance tourists’ cultural and aesthetic experience. We further revised the prototype based on the ideas generated from a workshop with 18 tourists. We conducted a between-subject user study with 30 tourists to compare PoeticAR with Video. Results showed that PoeticAR significantly motivated tourists’ interest in poems, enhanced the cultural and aesthetic tour experience in Jichang Garden, and increased awareness of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Cultural Heritage sites.

System Architecture Design of a Multimedia Platform to Increase Awareness of Cultural Heritage: A Case Study of Sustainable Cultural Heritage

Cultural heritage (CH) plays a vital role in passing history to the present and also the future, which means it is important to build an efficient and friendly way to broadcast and inherit these past civilizations. Information communication technology (ICT) is one of the popular methods that can attract people’s attention on understanding history or joining in heritage preservation. To achieve that, governments have built a large numbers of official ICT platforms. However, most of them neglected people’s preferences on the retrieval of cultural heritage information. In terms of user experiences, the previous platforms are less than satisfactory in increasing the awareness of the cultural heritage. Thanks to the new technology, 3D models and virtual reality (VR) bring spring life to cultural heritage. This paper developed a new multimedia platform based on people’s preferences to overcome these disadvantages. UML-based web engineering (UWE) is applied to present the web application’s architecture, the database structure, and the platform’s interface. To demonstrate the multimedia platform, Strijp-S, an industry cultural heritage site in the city of Eindhoven (the Netherlands), has been used as a case area. This proposed platform provides a new idea on system architecture design of the multimedia platform and may strengthen the public’s knowledge of cultural heritage, and thereby increase the awareness of cultural heritage to keep it sustainable.

Ancient Sites and Modern People: Raising Awareness of Iron Age Heritage in Central Spain

In the last 30 years, considerable effort has been invested in the public presentation of archaeological sites and, in general, in the dissemination of the heritage bequeathed to us by the pre-Roman communities of the western Iberian Peninsula. In this paper, we critically analyse the most outstanding measures implemented in this area by the different administrations and specialists involved. Similarly, we present the main initiatives undertaken in this regard in recent years by our research team within the framework of the REFIT and VETTONIA projects. Finally, we put forward ten essential proposals for future actions to achieve a more effective dissemination and management of Iron Age heritage.

Applying Geomatics Techniques for Documenting Heritage Buildings in Aswan Region, Egypt: A Case Study of the Temple of Abu Simbel

It has recently become more popular to involve 3-D modeling and digital documentation in the conservation and restoration of heritage sites. The main objective of the current study is to develop a digital documentation process using laser scanning for Abu Simbel Temple, which is one of the most famous archaeological sites in Egypt. We focus on these techniques to replace traditional methods of building heritage documentation. To create the 3-D model with geographic coordinates and measure the rate of deformation, a precise geodetic network of five points was established around the temple. Then, 52 scans of the temple facade and its interior parts were taken using a Trimble TX6 laser scanner. This led to the creation of a 3-D digital model of the temple that includes geometric, structural, architectural, historical data, and non-engineering information (such as appearance, inscriptions, and material details). The 3-D point cloud model outputs exhibit a 6 mm spacing between the points with an error of 4 mm and a standard deviation of 5 mm. In addition, the temple’s virtual tour included 61 panoramic images. This virtual tour can help to increase heritage awareness, promote tourism, and aid in the future restoration of any parts vulnerable to damage.

Narrating Ancient Roman Heritage through Drawings and Digital Architectural Representation: From Historical Archives, UAV and LIDAR to Virtual-Visual Storytelling and HBIM Projects

One of the main objectives of today’s archaeological sites and museums is the development of research, understood as the interpretation and contextualisation of tangible and intangible cultural heritage to broaden the knowledge and accessibility of archaeological parks often unknown to visitors and the public on a large scale. In this perspective, the Appia Antica Archaeological Park aims to support research in digitising infrastructures and archaeological contexts of high historical and cultural value to plan short- and medium-term preservation and maintenance projects. In this context, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are tools with enormous potential in survey, inspection and digitisation, providing the basis for the subsequent phases of data interpretation, representation and material analysis. Thanks to the photorealistic reconstruction of dense structure from motion (DSfM) in the application of structural inspections, today it is possible to intercept the geometry and material conditions of small, medium and large structures, reducing the costs of inspections, limiting the interruption of the public and providing professionals and visitors with a better volumetric understanding of the system. However, inserting information that gradually accumulates throughout the process requires advanced 3D digital representation techniques, such as HBIM (historic building information modelling), scan-to-BIM approach and interactive forms, such as virtual and augmented reality (VR-AR). For these reasons, this study summarises the experience and lessons learned from the UAV inspection of three research case studies at archaeological, architectural, and infrastructure scales to increase awareness of the Roman-built heritage.

Railways as Common Cultural Heritage: Cyprus Government Railway

ABSTRACT Cyprus Government Railway (CGR), which operated between 1905-1951 was constructed during the British Colonial period. Railway heritage is important, since it is part of the common cultural heritage of both Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities living on the island. However, division of the island is a challenge to the conservation of the railway heritage. Unfortunately, little effort has been made by the two communities to document, preserve and reuse railway heritage buildings and related structures. The main goal of the paper is to raise the awareness of the railway heritage in Cyprus and to propose strategies to use this common heritage as a tool for reconciliation in a divided island. The method of the study included archive survey conducted to identify original railway buildings and structures. Secondly, field studies were completed in order to record the present day condition of the railway heritage. Lastly, a vision for the future of the shared heritage has been put forward for inter-communal benefit. CGR is a shared heritage of the both the communities. Due to its potential to contribute to the reconciliation of the society, conservation of the railway heritage is crucial in terms of transferring the culture to the next generations.

Study on the Inheritance Crisis and Strategies of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Huaying Mountain Pole Sliding and Carrying the “Yaomei” in Folk Sports

Taking Huaying Mountain pole sliding and carrying the “Yaomei” as a case study, using research methods such as literature review, field investigation, expert interviews, and case studies, and combining the author’s upbringing in the Huaying Mountain area and immersion in local culture since childhood, this study approaches the national intangible cultural heritage of Huaying Mountain pole sliding and carrying the “Yaomei” from the perspective of intangible cultural heritage to analyze its inheritance crisis and strategies. The findings reveal issues such as the loss and generalization of inheritance content, a single mode of inheritance, the loss of inheritors, and other objective influencing factors. Inheritance strategies proposed include raising public awareness of intangible cultural heritage, strengthening the construction and improvement of cultural centers and museums, increasing government guidance and policy support for heritage investment, and paying more attention to inheritors and inheritance groups.

The effectiveness of a Program based on Museum Education using the Blended Learning to develop the National Heritage Awareness and Learning Motivation for Prep stage students in history

The effectiveness of a Program based on Museum Education using the Blended Learning to develop the National Heritage Awareness and Learning Motivation for Prep stage students in history

Dharohar – A Rich Cultural Heritage of India

Cultural Heritage means to inherent and cultivate the cultural disinclinations from one generation to next generation. It is possible by education as well as following the traditional livelihood of ours; it is conducted formal/consciously or informal/unconsciously. One of the traits of education is to hand on the cultural values and behaviour pattern of the society to its young and potential members. By this, means society achieves a basic social conformity and ensures that traditional modes of life are preserved. This has been called the conservative function of education. Handing on tradition is bound at times to be in conflict with a desire to initiate change. When a society is changing slowly, the new elements of its culture can be more easily absorbed. However, the rapid changes in the industrial society in the changing scenario have led to much conflict between old and new habits of life and thought. Here there are two contradictory functions of education which are both necessary and it can be shown that there are conditions of society under which these can be reconciled. [9]Hence in order to emphasize the need to link education and cultural heritage, its inheritance, preservation and cultivation, I decided to have a study of awareness of cultural heritage among the teachers at university level, so that we may have come to know that our teachers, formulating the ‘Destiny of India’ (as stated by Education Commission, 1964- 66, ‘Destiny of India is being shaped into their classroom’)are aware about the Indian culture, its heritage or not because teacher are at the core of education structure, policy, values and cultural heritage to inculcate these values among our educands. Heritage awareness is a crucial part of any heritage conservation and management. The creation of awareness is time-consuming and it requires commitment and local support. It is often the most recognizable component of a heritage management. One of the most effective ways to build and maintain respect for community’s heritage is through a selection of activities that Dharohar – A Rich Cultural Heritage of India Ishika1 , Shubham Mittal2 , Narayan Sharma3 , Ms. Mani Singh4 123 UG Student, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Panipat Institute of Engineering & Technology, Samalkha, Panipat, Haryana, India 4 Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Panipat Institute of Engineering & Technology, Samalkha, Panipat, Haryana, India International Journal of Scientific Research in Engineering and Management (IJSREM) Volume: 06 Issue: 12 | December - 2022 Impact Factor: 7.185 ISSN: 2582-3930 © 2022, IJSREM | www.ijsrem.com DOI: 10.55041/IJSREM17309 | Page 2 raise public awareness and increase appreciation. The success of heritage conservation initiatives depends on the understanding and participation of the local community Keywords Cultural Heritage, Elements of Indian Culture, National Symbols, Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Social Structure.

Debates, interventions and losses around Porto's industrial heritage A synoptic review of some cases under consideration (1952-2022)

Over the last decades of debate around archaeology of industrialization in Portugal, there has been a sample of examples in which different heritage perspectives have been discussed. We refer to cases that brought to the public space questions about the preservation, loss, reuse and even musealization of industrial spaces and contents. In this sense, we collected a sample of five examples that over the last 70 years generated more or less public debate around the industrial heritage. Most of the cases presented are all from the past 40 years, where the concepts of awareness and preservation of industrial heritage, although in permanent reflection and evolution, were already openly affirmed in the discussion. Different receptivity to these concerns, however, reflected different results. The main objective is to synthesize these different readings and sensitivities around the conservation and preservation of industrial heritage; simultaneously, we also tried to recover, from micromonographs, the memory (in some cases unpublished) of each of the cases in the sample. The survey and analysis of the cases were based on three methodological aspects: (1) historiographical and documental research; (2) on-site and remote sensing prospecting; (3) interaction of the two prospective bases in a documentary archaeology framework. Keywords: Industrial heritage; conservation criteria; public perception; documentary archaeology

Developing awareness of the national heritage and some values of citizenship among the kindergarten Child In light of the National Standards Document for Kindergarten

Developing awareness of the national heritage and some values of citizenship among the kindergarten Child In light of the National Standards Document for Kindergarten

The Effectiveness Of Field Trips Carried Out With Parents In Social Studies Course

Alanyazındaki çeşitli araştırmalar, inceleme gezilerinin eğitim öğretim sürecinde kullanılabilecek en etkili yöntemlerden biri olduğunu ancak mevcut koşullarda bu etkinliklerin çeşitli nedenlerle gerektiği kadar yapılamadığını ortaya koymaktadır. Mevcut araştırmanın çıkış noktasını oluşturan bu problemden hareketle, inceleme gezilerinin öğretmenler tarafından çeşitli nedenlerle sınıfça gerçekleştirilemediği durumlarda, öğretmenin yapacağı planlama ve yönlendirmelerle uygulama aşaması veli eşliğinde gerçekleştirilen inceleme gezilerinin etkililiği araştırılmıştır. Veli eşliğinde gerçekleştirilen inceleme gezilerinin etkililiğini ortaya koymak için öğretmen eşliğinde gerçekleştirilen inceleme gezileriyle çeşitli açılardan (motivasyon, tutum, farkındalık ve akademik başarı) karşılaştırma yapılmıştır. Çalışmada öntest- sontest kontrol gruplu yarı deneysel desen kullanılmıştır. Örneklem grubunu 2019-2020 eğitim öğretim yılı güz döneminde Kilis ili merkez ilçede öğrenim gören 113 beşinci sınıf öğrencisi oluşturmaktadır. Örneklem grubu, amaçlı örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen bir devlet ortaokuldaki iki deney ve bir kontrol grubundan oluşmaktadır. Deney Grubu 1 (DG1) veli eşliğinde, Deney Grubu 2 (DG2) ise öğretmen eşliğinde inceleme gezisini gerçekleştirmiştir. Veri toplama araçları hem öntest hem de sontest olarak tüm gruplara uygulanmış ve verilerin analizlerinde SPSS 22.0 kullanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak hem öğretmen eşliğinde hem de veli eşliğinde gerçekleştirilen inceleme gezilerinin öğrencilerin sosyal bilgiler dersine yönelik motivasyon ve tutumlarını arttırdığı tespit edilmiştir. Öğrencilerin bilimsel alan gezilerine yönelik tutumları, kültürel mirasa yönelik farkındalıkları ve akademik başarıları açısından ise DG1 ile DG2 öğrencileri arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır. Mevcut çalışmanın bulgularından hareketle, inceleme gezilerinin öğretmenler tarafından gerçekleştirilmesinin mümkün olmadığı durumlarda, bu gezilerinin öğretmenin yapacağı planlama ve yönlendirmelerle, veli eşliğinde gerçekleştirilmesinin bir alternatif olarak kullanılabileceği düşünülmektedir.

The WAS Project—Waterscape Archaeology in Sicily at Isola delle Femmine (PA, Italy): Submerged and Emerged Heritage

The WAS—Waterscape Archaeology in Sicily—project is dedicated to underwater cultural heritage mapping, knowledge and awareness of the cultural heritage, dissemination, and analysis of the submerged environment concerning the coast. The prototype investigation site presented here is Isola delle Femmine (PA, Italy). This paper highlights the archaeological discovery with a description of the main finds, across a multidisciplinary approach, carried out with low-cost technology, increasing sustainable diving, and underlining the relationship between submerged and open-air historical evidence. Our studies address the realization of new underwater archaeological itineraries connected to local history. This text provides a historical-archaeological introduction to understanding the context of the site and, with some geological notes, illustrates the phases of the research with a presentation of the main artifacts, with a focus on the methodology and the techniques of the surveys and the usefulness of underwater photogrammetry and 3D modeling with a particular focus on the tourism application in the diving centers. Our work has allowed for the creation of two new underwater archaeological itineraries of Sicily. The innovative aspects of our project are linked to a new holistic approach in the context of the scientific synergy between multiple disciplines.

To listen with decolonial ears: Hein Willemse, hidden histories, and the politics of disruptive intervention

In this article, we canvass some of the ideas around Hein Willemse’s focus on hidden histories, conscious oppositionality, and literature that falls outside the canon, which began to coalesce following contemporary calls for decolonial approaches in the (South) African academy. While the decolonial turn has focused attention on shared histories within Global South contexts, it is through Willemse’s postcolonial teachings that we first came to understand the importance and meaning of reclaiming the lost African ontological space. This article is, therefore, located in postcolonial and decolonial scholarship in the sense that it is not driven by a particular method but rather by questions that emerged from larger social contexts. We draw on Willemse’s visionary understanding of the importance of hidden histories and what it might mean to listen with postcolonial and/or decolonial ears. This, amongst other things, requires an acute awareness of history, heritage, and legacies both in society and in the academy. We incorporate a random selection of his work to unpack how his disruptive intervention serves to reformulate the idea of Afrikaans and Afrikaans literature in ways that are more inclusive of those silenced by the apartheid project, including Africa and the Global South at large.

New Frontiers of Applied Digital Humanities in the Italian Cultural Heritage Sector: The Case of the Domus Aurea

ABSTRACT The advent of digital technologies in the cultural heritage sector has revolutionized our critical engagement with the visual arts. The possibility of virtually reconstructing highly fragmented contexts has contributed to a deeper historical awareness of heritage, and has raised the level of demand for cultural education. This article considers and critically engages with two case studies, exploring the diverse methodological aspects employed in the creation of digital reconstructions, and ultimately reflecting on the philological use of primary sources. The two case studies are the Domus Aurea Experience (2017) and Raffaello e la Domus Aurea: L’invenzione delle grottesche (2021). They both aim at offering an experiential interpretation of cultural heritage via digital technologies and storytelling, highlighting the need for shared norms in the processes of digital reconstructions and restoration of fragmented or deteriorated artefacts or structures. Their analysis fosters a deeper understanding of technology as an enhancer of scientific content.

Heritage Value and Stakeholders’ Perception of Four Geomorphological Landscapes in Southern Iceland

This paper has two main objectives: (1) to assess the heritage value of four geomorphological landscapes in Southern Iceland from a geomorphological perspective and (2) to see to what extent the heritage values assigned by different local stakeholders overlap with this assessment. The concept of “geomorphological landscape”, that we define as a landscape whose geomorphological component is of heritage interest, is a scale of analysis that can be understood by different groups of people and that reflects subjective perceptions of the landscape. The evaluation of the heritage value of four geomorphological landscapes has shown that their geoscientific, aesthetic and cultural values are particularly high. Indeed, thanks to their rarity, representativeness, integrity and paleogeographic interest, all four sites have a geoscientific value ranging from 0.81 to 0.94 (the maximum possible score is 1). They also constitute spectacular and beautiful landscapes and have acquired a relevant cultural value because of the major impacts that volcanic eruptions and glaciers advances have had on the local population. Not surprisingly, the heritage awareness of managers of protected areas is high. The interviews also show that other types of stakeholders, such as tourism services providers, tourism promoters and representatives of local authorities, are also aware, to some extent, of the high geoscientific value. The societal and institutional recognition of the heritage value of these geomorphological landscapes is closely linked to their use as territorial resources for tourism.

Cultural Perception Performance Assessment of Adaptively Reused Heritage Buildings: Kilis Eski Hamam Case Study

Adaptive reuse of the built heritage can often result in damage to heritage values both during the adaptation and reuse processes -in many cases it can bear on building performance and user satisfaction. Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is a well-known method of assessing building performance, and previous studies demonstrated the practicality of employing POE in reused heritage building assessment. Yet, POE’s contribution to heritage conservation has not been comprehensively explored. This paper presents the findings of an indicative POE of a hammam building adapted into a restaurant as a case study. The case study building was evaluated through a series of walk-throughs, photographs, documentation, and a user survey. The POE has pointed to damage and authenticity loss in the building by reuse based on established conservation principles concerning intangible heritage values and cultural perception, resulting in a series of recommendations to prevent future deterioration and improve the performance of the building. A key observation is that data from the user survey do not coincide with the findings based on internationally acknowledged principles of conservation practice, which indicates that heritage awareness still has not been gained by the wider society. Hence, this study concludes that more research is required to examine the use of POEs in addressing heritage conservation issues and suggests a greater understanding of the role of POE surveys for a more valuable insight into user feedback. It also provides designers and decision-makers with matters to be taken in account regarding the preservation of authenticity when executing an adaptive reuse project for a heritage building.

Reconciling the Conservation of Cultural Heritage with Rural Development

Reconciling the Conservation of Cultural Heritage with Rural Development