Concept Of Heritage Research Articles

청주시 미래유산 선정에 관한 비판적 고찰 -근대 건축물을 중심으로-

Cheongju City will initiate the designation of future heritage sites in 2023 by compiling and announcing a list of the selected sites. The concept of future heritage was first introduced in Seoul in 2013 as a means of preserving and transmitting cultural heritage to future generations. This initiative addresses cultural elements that may not receive institutional protection under the existing academic and historical values outlined in the Cultural Property Preservation Act, which has been in place since the introduction of registered cultural property in 2001. The list of future heritage sites chosen by Cheon정주연gju City predominantly features modern buildings. As the scope of existing registered cultural properties has expanded from point-by-point designation and management to area-by-area designation, the process of designating future heritage sites should be institutionally enhanced. This enhancement involved emphasizing individual buildings, their associated cultural heritage values, and the facilities surrounding these structures. For the ongoing management and utilization of Cheong-ju's future heritage, there is a need to diversify the channels through which future heritage objects can be recommended. In Addition, establishing a system and organization to archive designated future heritage sites is crucial. This archive can be utilized to strengthen the local characteristics and identity of Cheongju.

Between oblivion and resistance: preserving the ruins of the church of São José do Queimado

This article discusses the trajectory of preservation of the Ruins of the Church of São José do Queimado, in Serra, Espírito Santo. For this, it produces a reflection on the old district of the capital of Espírito Santo, as well as the oblivion and invisibility of its ruins that may be related to a conception of heritage forged in 1937 with the creation of SPHAN. With this, we seek to highlight the understanding that the fight for the preservation of a cultural heritage can move individuals to recognize themselves as historical subjects in the search for the recognition of rights.

CONCEPTUALIZATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION AS A SOFT POWER INSTRUMENT

The article examines the “transformation” of the concept of “protection of cultural heritage” in the context of current international relations. The development in modern political science discourse of such theories as securitization of cultural heritage, “geocultural” power, and diplomacy of cultural heritage allows us to talk about a change, or rather, an expansion of the meaning of the term field “protection of cultural heritage.” Based on an analysis of scientific works devoted to the study of the role of cultural heritage in international political processes, as well as specialized UNESCO reports on the connection between the UN sustainable development goals and culture in general, and reports of some specialized structures (for example, the British Council), the following conclusions can be drawn. First, in the last decade, the potential of cultural heritage for state foreign policy and international heritage management has attracted increasing interest among researchers from different countries. At the moment, there is no single or established definition of heritage diplomacy. In earlier studies, heritage diplomacy has generally been associated with multinational cooperation in international heritage management within the framework of UNESCO. More recent concepts of heritage diplomacy have expanded to include more policy areas, such as sustainable development policy. Secondly, the concept of cultural heritage for international cultural relations should be conceptualized as a present- and future-oriented process through which realities are constructed from selected elements of the past. Thirdly, the political dimension of cultural heritage acts as an arena for the manifestation and negotiation of (dissonant) meanings, values and identities.

Colonial statues in post-colonial Africa: a multidimensional heritage

ABSTRACT This paper employs the concept of multidimensional heritage to examine colonial statues in Africa since the era of independences through transnational, diachronic, and multi-thematical perspectives. Colonial statues are viewed as transnational phenomena, with a focus on the African continent, emphasising the complex and evolving connections to former colonial powers in Europe. To capture the complexity of heritage uses, which is often best comprehended over an extended period, a diachronic approach is employed, and three periods are considered: colonial statues at independence (1950s to 1980); revival of (neo)colonial statues (1990s-2000s) and renewed contestations (since the 2010s). The paper also delves into various ways in which the past is used and interpreted through colonial statues, discussing aspects such as public memory, identities, diplomacy, aid, and justice.

The Leningrad Rock Club in St Petersburg: From Memory to Cultural Heritage

Over the last 30 years, the popular musical past has become a subject of interest for researchers in many social sciences and the humanities, from cultural geography and cultural sociology to urban studies and public history. Popular music is regarded not only as a significant part of national and regional cultural history, but also as an important element of the urban cultural heritage. The revision of both the content and the very concept of cultural heritage is associated with large-scale changes in the humanities and social sciences that occurred in the second half of the twentieth century and influenced the transformation of historical politics in many cities, regions, and countries. In Russia, a diverse and rich musical past, related to the history of late Soviet popular and rock music, has only recently begun to be studied and represented in the urban space. The article discusses the ways of authorising the musical heritage associated with the history of the Leningrad Rock Club in contemporary St Petersburg. The research is based on field data collected in 2020–2021: in-depth and spontaneous interviews with musicians participating in the Leningrad Rock Club, rock journalists, employees of the Pushkinskaya, 10 Art Centre and the Kamchatka Rock Club-Museum, and field observations during guided tours of rock-related places in St Petersburg and exhibitions dedicated to the history of Leningrad rock. The author proposes to consider the urban musical heritage in St Petersburg self-authorised. The examples studied in the article are initiatives of the predominantly St Petersburg rock community of musicians, journalists, and city activists. Its key forms are excursions, installation of memorial plaques and signs, temporary exhibitions, and opening of a museum dedicated to the history of Leningrad rock music based on the Pushkinskaya, 10 Art Centre. Despite the traditional format of representing the memory of the musical past, the organisers do not seek to designate the musical places of modern St Petersburg in terms of “authorised heritage discourse” but gravitate toward a less formal conversation and representation of this past.

Decolonizing Heritage Management Systems: New Directions in Digital Heritage Management from Namibia

ABSTRACT Heritage management continues to be an important subject of global relevance. A key tool in promoting and managing heritage is a system to record, monitor, and promote heritage assets. Across the globe there are numerous systems in place to do this. However, the majority are built upon ‘Western’ concepts of heritage and often fail in implementation in other parts of the world because they do not capture different definitions and approaches to heritage. This paper explores some of the challenges and limitations of past heritage management systems in Namibia. It discusses recent attempts to remodel the Namibia Heritage Resources Information System (NAHRIS) to provide better management tools in the form of a digital heritage management system and increase access to heritage, and it reflects on these experiences and their implications for decolonising heritage management systems globally.

Textual heritage and digital archives - the case of the Hyakugo Archive in Kyoto.

What are the effects and significance of inscribing an archive or group of documents in a heritage list? In light of the positive effects of digital technology on archival science, should all archives and past documents be considered "heritage," or are some more significant than others? What are the implications and benefits of a heritage archive? Is creating a digital database of a specific archive considered part of heritage conservation? Is the term "heritagization" or "heritage making" a synonym for preservation or conservation? In this article, I will attempt to answer some of these questions from the point of view of premodern literature, drawing on recent researches in heritage studies, specifically in the subfield of "critical heritage studies. After briefly introducing the current state of heritage scholarship, I will present the definition of "textual heritage" that I developed during my most recent project. Secondly, to reflect on how the concept of textual heritage can affect our understanding of historical archives, I will present the case of the Hyakugo Archive of Toji Temple (Kyoto, Japan), a collection of 19,000 documents dating from the eight to the eighteenth century, which was inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World List in 2005 and has been fully digitized and made available to the public via the Internet. I will examine a particular historical event that occurred during the 17th century, which can be viewed as a re-birth of this archive as a cultural heritage and reflect on the implications of this event for the survival of the archive itself and its use today.

Industrial Heritage in India: challenges as well as issues in its identification, protection and management

This article explores the concept of Industrial Heritage and its relevance within the Indian context. Conservation in India has unique challenges arising out of the limited protection framework, the complexity of heritage resources and limited awareness and priority. The main issues confronting the preservation of Industrial Heritage sites in India are related to its lack of identification as a cultural resource and lack of awareness in local communities due to their perception and attitudes towards it. But the question has remained as to how to generate public opinion towards the need to preserve and promote our industrial heritage in a holistic manner, for its conservation as a cultural legacy and part of our identities in this globalizing world. This article explores the challenges in documenting, protecting, restoring, and managing Industrial Heritage sites in India, drawing upon personal experience of the last 27 years in attempting to conserve them.

The place-new relation in the context of experience and meaning: a bibliometric review (1992-2023)

ABSTRACT The research analyzes the literature by questioning the common denominator between “place and the new” through the concepts of experience and meaning to expand and deepen the existing knowledge on the meaning of place in the production of place. The paper discovers current approaches and notions in the place-new relationship and identifies leading keywords, authors, documents, sources, organizations, and references. It presents a systematic literature review based on bibliometric data in the context of place concept research. The analysis conducted on 27 May 202327 May 2023, with the concepts of place, new, experience, and meaning, covers the bibliometric data of 870 publications which included English articles and book chapters published since 1992 and chosen from specific research categories on the Web of Science. Documents published before 1992 without available content were excluded. Findings show an increasing tendency towards the concepts of sustainability, place-making, place attachment, urban regeneration, architectural design, and cultural heritage. While the number of investigations concentrating on landscape and COVID-19 has increased; concepts like everyday life, emotions, behavior, urban politics, phenomenology, design research, and displacement have been discovered as current research topics. This paper is potentially useful for future theoretical and practical work to create meaningful places and contributes to the further implementation of design and planning studies.

Where does philosophy begin when rationality is denied? Tsenay Serequeberhan’s concept of a lived existence as a means of decolonizing philosophy

Tsenay Serequeberhan’s hermeneutics has been crucial to the development of African philosophy. Initially employed as a pathway through the ethno- and professional philosophical debates, scholars have engaged how Serequeberhan’s hermeneutics grapples with one’s own place within a socio-historical world in service of liberation/self-determination. However, this scholarship mainly has focused on his adaptation of Gadamer’s ‘effective-historical consciousness’ for his own concept of heritage. This consequently leaves his concept of a ‘lived existence’ – which is equally crucial – under-examined. This paper probes what a ‘lived existence’ entails and its essentiality when explicating how one even begins to authentically think, which is the groundwork to Serequeberhan’s hermeneutics. This deepens why his concept of heritage matters as a starting point for self-determination. Addressing this lacuna, this article asks, where does philosophy begin and where should it go, particularly when rationality has been historically denied? Serequeberhan’s point of departure to answer this question proposes Heidegger’s concept of thinking itself to arrive at a notion of existence; contrariwise to most African scholars who employ a Sartrean existentialism via Frantz Fanon. As such, this paper gives an in-depth exploration of Serequeberhan’s initial reading of Heidegger, and then unfolds how he appropriates Heidegger to craft his notion of ‘lived existence’. The upshot this is twofold: First, a broader understanding of Serequeberhan’s project, its non-existentialist view of existence; Second, it describes how he specifically tailors his ‘lived existence’ to undergird his hermeneutical approach to heritage as a prescriptive, activist project which dynamically addresses the postcolonial situation.

Ethnographic museums: object, cosmology and ritual

The reflections presented below deal with the topic involving museums, Amerindian populations and researchers (museologists, archaeologists and anthropologists), and take as a reference the Kuahí Museum, located in the municipality of Oiapoque, state of Amapá, and the Historical and Pedagogical India Vanuire, located in Tupã, a municipality in the state of São Paulo. What is the problem with reflection? The construction of participatory museums, in their formulation, management and organization of exhibitions and the expansion of the concept and processes of heritage. In other words, museums that present a transversality between museums about Indians, museums with Indians and museums of Indians. In the field of anthropology, such discussions have been theoretically held based on questions about the ethical dimension of the anthropologist's work. The so-called “anthropology of action”, which serves to think about the ethical responsibilities of anthropological work, is central to the reflection presented here. This responsibility, as suggested by the transversality between the three types of museums, implies doing anthropology in a dialogical way, a communicative action. In other words, carrying out ethnographic work, from this perspective, requires opening up to the (ethical) questions that this work proposes. Therefore, the objective of the article is to take the objects of material culture, exhibited in the two museums, linked to rituals and cosmology, to think about how the organization of the exhibitions express what is understood by participatory museums. Methodologically, the data were collected according to classic anthropological procedures: ethnography, that is, data collection in locus through coexistence with the subjects involved. And also bibliographic reference.

Branding heritage in multi-cultural societies, with special references to preservation discourses

ABSTRACT Heritage is the platform of intangible attributes embedded within the physical urban values; it is the overlapping between urban forms and social history. Heritage can be a brand value proposition that creates a unique base of strong relationships between urban settings and users. The research is focusing on the idea of heritage preservation from a different perspective, adopting branding techniques and mechanisms to overlap the two disciplines in a study framework. Branding heritage re-introduces heritage values from the marketing perspective, in which the research reflects the idea of the place attachment and refreshes memories from the economic dimension. The research proposes a structural framework that accommodates the literature domains of heritage preservation as tangible elements, patterns, geometry … etc. and intangible values as spiritual, sense of place … etc. mapped with the branding approaches. The aim of this research is to trace the branding heritage tactics and examine the approach. The purpose is to preserve heritage from deterioration and use its values as economic assets. The research intends to validate the importance of marketing experience in branding heritage process, using the symbols of tangible and intangible meanings and its significance. The research anticipates studying marketing the heritage within multi-cultural societies, in terms of contributing the heritage of some urban setting within the heritage of others. The proposed structural framework reflects the mechanism of branding heritage. Finally, the research concludes its findings by offering interpretations of re-reading the users reflections and reviews to the concept of branding heritage upon an existing project setting.

Central Asia: Historical and Cultural Heritage in the structure of interethnic relations of the late XX – early XXI century

The article examines the history of the development of strategies and practices for the preservation of cultural and intangible cultural heritage in the countries of post-Soviet Central Asia. It is shown that they developed dynamically, in general, in accordance with global trends; they were correlated with UNESCO documents and fixed at the level of national legal systems, state cultural policy, in academic and socio-political discourses. The concepts of cultural heritage were the basis of the national sovereignty of the countries of Central Asia – the lists of internationally recognized objects of cultural heritage and masterpieces of intangible cultural heritage acquired a significant character. At the same time, in the course of a broad humanitarian dialogue, interethnic strategies for the study, preservation and popularization of cultural heritage were being formed. Their ideology was determined by the civilizational approach and the principles of "practical Eurasianism". When approving national priorities, the Central Asian states focused on multi-vector, multipolar cooperation, including relations in culture, politics, and economy. Historical and cultural heritage was a factor of their integration into the world cultural community and into the space of the Turkic world. With the creation of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the processes of cultural dialogue in the post-Soviet space have reached a new level. The formation of variable integration models has determined one of the main trends in the development of Central Asian countries.

Application interface design of Chongqing intangible cultural heritage based on deep learning

In order to integrate the concept of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) protection into the construction of smart cities, realize the organic integration of smart cities and cultural heritage, and improve the cultural experience of urban residents and tourists, this study explores an interactive design scheme of smart cities application interface applied to ICH protection to meet the needs of protection and inheritance. Firstly, the ICH of Chongqing is sorted out and classified. The ICH-related APP interfaces in the market are analyzed through investigation. Secondly, an image recognition algorithm of ICH based on deep learning (DL) technology is proposed and applied in APP to realize automatic recognition and introduction of ICH. Finally, a set of APP interface interaction design schemes is designed based on user habits and visual feelings to enhance user experience. The experimental results reveal: (1) The model for recognizing ICH images using the convolutional neural network (CNN) has higher recognition accuracy, recall, and F1 value than the model without CNNs; (2) After incorporating transfer learning (TL) into the model, the recognition accuracy, recall, and F1 value of the model have further improved; (3) The survey results show that the Chongqing ICH APP interface system based on DL technology, user habits, and visual perception performs better in terms of user experience, usability, and other aspects. This study aims to design an APP interface system for the Chongqing ICH based on DL technology, user habits, and visual perception, to improve user experience and usability. Future research directions can further optimize image recognition algorithms to improve ICH's recognition accuracy and efficiency. Meanwhile, new technologies, such as virtual reality, are combined to enhance users' interactive experience and immersion.

Palace, Prison, Park or Palimpsest? The Contested Heritage of the Former Palace of Chiang Mai

Abstract This paper investigates the contestations between state and local actors over the interpretation of a state prison built in the grounds of the Chiang Mai palace, known as Wiang Kaew. Engaging with postcolonial approaches to heritage interpretation, this paper argues that the local movement calling for the removal of the prison in favor of a public park represents an effort to reclaim local Lan Na history and identity from the national past. Using the critical heritage concept of “authorized heritage discourse” (Smith 2006), I show how central Thai authorities—including the Fine Arts Department and the Buddhist Sangha—have privileged nationalist interpretations of the site over the intangible meanings and values expressed by the local community. The paper concludes by suggesting how newer frameworks of heritage management might be harnessed to resolve the conflict by recognizing the site as a historical palimpsest with multiple layers of value and meaning.

SYMBOLIC AND MYTHOPOETIC MEANING OF THE CONCEPT OF SERIKBALL KONDYBAI «PRIMORDIAL LAND»

The article analyzes the mythological, symbolic statements and views of the mythologist S. Kondybai. The meaning of the concept «Primordial Land», which has become one of the main characteristics of the ancient Kazakh worldview, its connection with poetic works, cultural code, and the relationship with aspects of national self-consciousness were differentiated. As a result of the mythopoetic analysis, the spiritual concepts of the scientist's heritage, that is necessary for modern Kazakh society, were clarified and vividly reflected. The connection between the myth and the poetic work was also the main form of the article. To prove this, the analysis of mythological layers, symbolic images and artistic details in the poetry of such Kazakh poets as S.Maulenov, K.Amanzholov, M.Makatayev was carried out. Also, such literary aspects as the «Primordial Land», first-time beliefs, traditions, and the worldview of the ancestors in these poetic texts were considered in a new way. In general, it is known that S. Kondybai deeply and carefully studied the system of symbols of indigenous peoples, which began to be forgotten, and its functions. A sign, a symbol, a detail, the unity of an image – represents the values of an entire epoch, its moral and humanistic ideas. Therefore, the influence of history on literature and literature on history is always great. According to the scientist, the vital values of the «ancient Kazakhs» are based on these categories. This horizon of knowledge and theoretical research are present in the article. In order to clarify the ideas about mythology, myth, symbol, they were formulated in the works of mythologists, literary critics.

An Interdisciplinary Secondary School Didactic Unit based on Local Natural and Cultural Heritage

ABSTRACT This article describes an educational path, and subsequent experimentation, for a local cultural and natural heritage didactic unit, focusing on understanding the concepts of heritage, landscape and life in a specific mountain area. The unit, aimed at secondary school children, presents its pedagogical purpose through different methods including worksheets, glossaries, guides, and activity booklets. This study of local heritage focuses on education in relation to the specific field of heritage. Problems currently affecting the region – abandonment, depopulation, and the progressive loss of knowledge and of cultural assets of the past – are central to this didactic unit, which seeks to enhance cultural awareness of local heritage. Several pedagogical techniques incorporating different graphical and textual options are implemented to characterize the setting. The analysis explains the characteristics of the unit and its results in the form of intellectual output. It promotes progressive learning based on the recognition of natural and cultural characteristics of the rural landscape while also developing transversal skills such as innovation, social and cognitive values, and awareness of sensibility and sustainability. This pedagogical tool, which is based on a joint objective and subjective approach exercised both by investigators and the local population, aims above all to encourage the interest of children and of individuals with closer ties to the territory.

The concept of a cultural heritage object (terminological overview)

Cultural heritage is a special phenomenon of human culture. There are definitions of heritage as a substratum of identity, evidence of the development of civilization, an artifact connecting the present and the past, etc. The actualization of cultural heritage, its return to spiritual and economic circulation can serve ideological tasks. Heritage can act as a symbol of the ideological foundations of society, demonstrate strategic priorities that are of particular importance for modernity. Cultural heritage, being a product of creative activity of generations, is formed by a unique combination of circumstances, and, as a result, is unique and non-renewable. All these factors demonstrate the special potential of the heritage, which should be recognized as practically inexhaustible. For this set of reasons, there is a difficulty in interpreting the concept of an object of cultural heritage. This field of scientific search remains an exclusively debatable space with many options for interpreting the key concept. The purpose of the study is to consider the interpretations of the concept of cultural heritage and to determine the specifics of its nature. Simultaneous reference to related concepts allows us to expand the idea of cultural heritage as a collective historical memory expressed in tangible and intangible artifacts. The interdisciplinary methodology based on the comparative method is designed to determine the most concise and capacious definition of heritage, which will reveal the features of its potential actualization in the interests of the state and society.

Wicked Heritage Problems: Rethinking Critical Heritage Theory with Contemporary Liminality

Since the turn of the twenty-first century, an anxious presentism has taken hold of our social and political reality. This condition rejects the lessons of the past, fears the future, and amplifies crises in the present moment, suspending whole societies in uncertainty. These extraordinary times demand innovation of heritage critique, which lacks a core framework for understanding how heritage interacts with the uncertainty of transition. This paper offers an innovative approach to the problem, arguing for transferring the paradigm of contemporary liminality from political anthropology into heritage studies. Contemporary political anthropologists have adapted liminality’s ritual structure to large-scale phenomena like war, revolution, and extreme transition to understand these experiences at the level of the communities living through them. With an epistemology free from the constraints of secular rationalism, contemporary liminality provides a framework for understanding heritage amid transition that sheds new light on core investigations into the politics of memory and identity. It also leads to the concept of a liminal heritage, heritage that takes on characteristics of its liminal context such as ambivalence, ambiguity, imitation, danger, deception, violence, and creativity.

Visual Transformation of Textile Intangible Cultural Heritage Patterns in the Design of Cultural and Creative Products

Based on the market status of the application of textile intangible cultural heritage in cultural and creative products, this paper analyzes the innovative design of contemporary textile intangible cultural heritage. This paper discusses the innovative design concept of textile intangible cultural heritage and creative products, analyzes the visual transformation principles of textile intangible cultural heritage in the design of cultural and creative products, and explores new ideas for intangible cultural heritage and creative design from three aspects: cultural, innovative and functional, in order to benefit the research field of textile intangible cultural heritage and creative product design in China.