Cultural Heritage Identity Research Articles

Theoretical Modeling and Methods Devoted to Parametric Architecture Based on Cultural Heritage Identity Codes

This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the theoretical modeling and methods on the concept of Architectural/Urban Identity. The author establishes a theoretical framework based on Parametric Design Theory, particularly focusing on fractal analysis and space syntax methodologies to examine the role of Parametric Architecture in preserving and expressing cultural heritage identity codes. Through a thorough review of existing literature on Parametric Design Theory in the context of cultural heritage identity codes, the author delves into the diverse applications, critiques, and theoretical interpretations of Parametric Architecture as it intersects with cultural heritage identity codes. By elucidating the essence of Parametric Design Theory, its operationalization, the predictions it generates, and the empirical evidence supporting its validity, the author lays the foundation for future research and open discussions regarding the potential of Parametric Architecture in preserving and expressing the unique cultural heritage identities of diverse communities around the world. Parametric design is a cutting-edge approach to architecture and building design that utilizes computer algorithms and mathematical equations to control the form and function of the design. This approach empowers designers to create intricate and organic structures that would be difficult or impossible to achieve using conventional methods. Parametric architecture has found its way into the design of a diverse range of buildings and structures, encompassing museums, concert halls, and office buildings. This new design methodology has garnered considerable attention in recent years.

Nondestructive characterization and artificial intelligence recognition of acoustic identifiers of ancient ceramics

Cultural heritage identity management is the most basic and important work in the process of cultural heritage protection. It is of great significance to provide a unique and identifiable digital identity for ancient ceramics. At present, the identification information of ancient ceramics is mainly composed of external visual characteristics, and there is no report on feature identification method that can reflect the properties of ancient ceramics. Audible sound signals not only have advantages in non-destructive testing, but also can be used as voiceprint information to identify, monitor and analyze ancient ceramics. In this paper, seven ancient ceramics and 12 similar modern ceramic cups are taken as research objects, and an acoustic identifier (AID) is constructed. We put forward a reliable acoustic identification method for ancient ceramics, and established a digital code of acoustic characteristics of ancient ceramics. The results show that audible sound waves can reflect the attribute information of ancient ceramics. Sufficient acoustic data combined with deep learning can not only accurately match the identity of ancient ceramics, but also detect the real-time identity information of ancient ceramics, and make a comparative analysis of its cracks and whether it has caused damage. This method can provide a variety of practical applications for audible signal feature recognition technology in the exhibition, protection, trading, recognition and safety management of ancient ceramics and other cultural relics.

Zoning Control Directives Fort Somba Opu Cultural Heritage Site Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi Province

The purpose of this research was to formulate zoning control directives on the cultural heritage site of Fort Somba Opu by identifying the factors that influence it. The research location is in the Benteng Somba Opu Village, Barombong District, Gowa Regency. This research was conducted through a quantitative and qualitative approach, where primary data was first collected, and later the primary data obtained was processed into analysis through calculation so that the output obtained would be in the form of definite numerical data. The intended primary data is obtained through the process of observation and interviews through questionnaires to the people of the Benteng Somba Opu Village, and the calculation analysis is carried out through path analysis (path analysis) so that the resulting output is translated using a qualitative descriptive analysis method. From the results of path analysis, it is known that from the five independent variables studied, there are three variables that influence indirectly or directly the decline in cultural heritage identity and one intervening variable that has a direct effect on the decline in cultural heritage identity. The independent variable that has an indirect effect on the decline in cultural heritage identity is livelihoods through changes in land use. Whereas the independent variables that directly affect the decline in cultural heritage identity are human and institutional resources, and the intervening variables that are intended to directly affect the decline in cultural heritage identity are changes in land use. Variables that linearly have a significant effect on the decline in the identity of the cultural heritage then become the basis for determining the direction of zoning control of the cultural heritage site of Fort Somba Opu. Where based on this variable, the reference for the formulation of control directives is mixed by reviewing several journals and government regulations that are in line with these significant variables so that the formulation of directives for controlling the Somba Opu Fort cultural heritage site is issued.

PERANCANGAN BUKU MENGGAMBAR DAN MEWARNAI BERTEMA BATIK SEBAGAI MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN BATIK UNTUK ANAK USIA 4-6 TAHUN

Identity of Cultural heritage closely nations is batik. The impact of UNESCO is growth imitation technique, then decreasing batik producer in Pekalongan. To maintain and preserve batik is by inviting next generation. The design of book for children aged 4-6 years is expected to increase interest in batik as a learning medium. This research was conducted by observing analyzing previous drawing and coloring books. Conducted structured interviews with the Chairperson of the Indonesian Batik Craftsmen and Entrepreneurs Association (APPBI) and the Head of the Pekalongan service. and conduct unstructured interviews with children in kindergarten schools in Pekalongan and study the literature. The result of the concept of designing a drawing and coloring book refers to the learning media for children aged 4-6 years by lifting the classic solo-yogya batik motif. The discussion of the book is in the form of basic batik knowledge

Populaarimusiikkia kulttuuriperinnön kierrevirrassa

Riding the current of cultural heritage Hymy’s Olavi Virta monument scheme (1975–1984) as a popular music heritage process
 The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of academic literature on the expanding heritagization of popular music. Despite this international academic interest, the theoretical underpinnings of cultural heritage studies have been underused in the study of Finnish popular music cultures. 
 This article presents a case study of a popular music heritage process in Finland. It examines an early monument scheme honouring one of the most renowned Finnish singers of the 20th century, Olavi Virta (1915–1972). In the article, the monument project – initiated by the tabloid magazine Hymy (engl. smile) in 1975 and completed in 1984 – is retraced as a chain of events in which Olavi Virta’s memory and oeuvre were reinterpreted and repurposed as national popular music heritage. Newspaper and magazine articles covering the monument scheme are analysed through the conceptual framework of cultural heritage identity work: historisation, monumentalisation and participation. 
 The article argues that the interviews, memoires and retrospective texts that Hymy published on Virta constituted a historicizing practice that paved the way for the artist’s later monumentalisation. The abstract-constructivist realisation of the monument, critiqued by some as inconsistent with the scheme’s popular objective, is interpreted as a visual parallel to the rehabilitative rhetoric with which Hymy covered the scheme. However, the monument may also be conceived of as the magazine’s assimilation of the beloved artist’s memory at a time when Hymy was struggling to establish a new editorial line in a changing media landscape. While the sculpture’s standing as the first public monument to celebrate Finnish popular music is in question, the article maintains that the Virta monument may nonetheless be regarded as an important forerunner to the mounting public memorialisation of popular music in Finland.

Protection, Regulation and Identity of Cultural Heritage: From Sign-Meaning to Cultural Mediation

In our research project, we will elaborate Charles Sanders Peirce’s three philosophical categories, and show how these categories operate at the levels of Protection, Regulation and Identity in the process of sign-meaning and sign-making within Cultural Heritage, Law and Discourse. The process of semiosis comprises a triadic dimension between signs, their functions and interpretations, operating on four axes within our special issue: Theoretical Cultural Heritage Issue (1st axis), Cultural Heritage and Postcolonialism (2nd axis), Intertwined Notions of Heritage and Culture (3rd axis), and Protection of Cultural Heritage (4th axis).

The Consumption of Tradition and Heritage Areas in the Grebeg Sudiro Event in Surakarta

Cultural heritage cannot be separated from the traditions and identity of a society. However, heritage and tradition have become commodities for tourist consumption. They become interesting for tourists who look for ‘authentic’ experiences. Some of the so-called traditions commodified for tourism are intentionally made for a specific purpose. In this case it fits Hobsbawm’s concept of ‘invented tradition’. This paper focuses on the Grebeg Sudiro event, carried out by the Sudiroprajan community, in the city of Surakarta. This invented tradition has been held every Lunar New Year since 2008 in the Pasar Gede heritage area. The relationships between an invented tradition, tourism consumption, and place identity in a heritage area will be examined in this article. This article will highlight how heritage area as the venue for this event plays role in Grebeg Sudiro and how tourists can consume this tradition along with the heritage place as the venue. This research uses qualitative case study approach. Interviews conducted purposively and direct observations during the event were conducted to note and record the use of cultural heritage areas in the Grebeg Sudiro event, as well as to see how consumption of tradition takes place. Pasar Gede as a place of activity is considered as an interesting object and is considered to represent the identity of Sudiroprajan community. It can be said that invented traditions, cultural heritage identity, and tourism consumption are closely interrelated and complementary.

Non-invasive Methods for Energy and Seismic Retrofit in Historical Building in Italy

Italian historical buildings do not respect often standard requirements established by National regulations, so that they need of an energy requalification. In addition, commonly the adopted provisions do not belong to an integral design approach in which different aspects, such as architectonic, energetic and structural should be together considered for obtaining a total building rehabilitation. This work mainly addresses to the application of non-invasive methods for energy retrofitting of historical buildings in Italy. In particular, an energy audit protocol is studied and applied to a case study, consisting on an ancient masonry building located within the historical centre of “Sassi of Matera”, recognized as UNESCO site since 1993. In the paper some energy efficiency measures are considered, by examining also alternative interventions with respect to the classical ones, by applying innovative and sustainable materials, fashionable as well from a structural point of view. This proposal, to be investigated more in detail in future, responds to the criteria of non-invasiveness for preserving the cultural heritage identity, and simultaneously improving the energy and the structural response.

Optimization of daylighting and energy performance in hot - arid climate

The daylighting performance, besides the thermal comfort of the buildings is extraordinarily needed to be determined at the early phases of design. In addition, the building envelope is playing a vital mediator between the building and other the surrounding conditions whether perceptible as climate change or intangible like cultural heritage identity. So that, studying responsive architecture for sustainable buildings by developing the daylighting performance, and reducing the energy consumption of the buildings are important scopes for getting rid of Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to adapt and mitigate climate change and occupants’ satisfaction.Currently, the hot-desert countries are carrying out the design strategies based on the fully glazed office buildings as in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is called ‘the International Style’, was established for another climate. This causes an inefficient building performance coupled with identity crises. Furthermore, the artificial lighting and thermal comfort are two of the primary energy demands in the office buildings. In terms of both productivity and human comfort, the occupants ‘satisfaction with their surrounding workplace is vital. So that, any strategy aims at decreasing exaggerated solar radiations and improving availability of daylight is deemed a sustainable strategy for design. Furthermore, there are limited performance evaluation tools offered to architects at the early phases of design. In this light, the state-of-the-art “Digital Age “has applied smarter and more interactive “building envelopes “to ensure environmental control and comfort. So that, this paper focuses on this problem in Hot - Arid countries.

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK OF CRITERIA AND INDICATORS FOR INTERPRETING IMAGE AND IDENTITY IN ARCHITECTURE

Architecture has a significant role in the image and identity of cultural heritage, as it generates outstanding cultural values for a sustainable culture and its context. Meanwhile, contemporary architecture is the most potent agent to the missing local culture of a place. This is due to architecture trends have been rapidly increasing in worldwide and has transforms the image of cultural context into a global city. This scenario shall cause heritage risk when current redevelopment planning scheme has not provided the guaranteed in sustaining cultural image and identity in the new development of cultural context. To sustain the cultural values, it is important to establish criteria and indicators to guide and recommend preservation and incorporation of vital traditional features into new architecture images. This paper uses a critical literature review of previous studies to identify correlated items of image and identity indicators for the development of a new image and identity assessment framework. These indicators reflect the elements and features of the Traditional Malay House (TMH) which has been accepted as the most substantial image and identity character in the context of Kampong Bharu in Kuala Lumpur. Established under the Malay Reserve Enactment 1913 and the Land Enactment 1987, Kampong Bharu represents a significant heritage context in the city, and its cultural identity should be integrated into its new redevelopment strategy and plan. Content analysis of the literature has ascertained 2 general criteria and 55 indicators that are recommended for interpreting image and identity of the Traditional Malay House (TMH). Keywords: Image and Identity, Criteria and Indicator, Architecture, Cultural Value, and Design Principle

Community Cultural Identity in Nature-Tourism Gateway Areas: Maun Village, Okavango Delta World Heritage Site, Botswana

This paper focuses on our research in Maun village, near Okavango Delta, a World Heritage Site (OD-WHS), Botswana. We hoped to illuminate the presence and strength of ‘dormant’ community cultural identities, and to learn how they are constituted in cultural values and tied to landscapes that have become re-branded as nature-tourism areas. To unveil these ‘dormant’ cultural values, we conducted ethnographic interviews among the Maun village traditional leaders, Dikgosi (Chiefs), who are cultural custodians of communal heritage, to identify and re-acknowledge cultural and heritage values from communal memory. The aim was to create a balance between the nature tourism identity and the more fluid socio-cultural identities of people. Our results show that Maun village has communal cultural values that can complement the gateway tourism image. This work provides a model for other nature-tourism gateway communities who wish to salvage and safeguard the cultural heritage identities connected to their particular landscapes.

A Contribution to the Built Heritage Environmental Impact Assessment

Abstract. The understanding and assessment of environmental impact on heritage assets is of the highest importance for heritage preservation through well-organized maintenance based on proper decision-making. The effort towards development of protocol that would enable comparison of data on heritage assets in Europe and Mediterranean countries was done through EU Project European Cultural Heritage Identity Card. The special attention was paid to classification of environmental and man-induced risks to heritage. In the present paper the idea of EU CHIC is presented. Environmental risks are discussed in context of their influence on structure of heritage buildings that are exposed to sudden environmental impacts.

The Survival of Cultural Institutions in Post-apartheid South Africa: A Case of Bakoni Malapa Open Air Museum

Globally, the role played by cultural institutions such as museums cannot be underestimated. The roles of museums as centres of cultural heritage education/ preservation, entertainment, relaxation and research significantly contribute to the development of societies and their cultural heritage identities. However, such roles are lost if museums fail to survive the challenges that threaten their existence. Surprisingly, there has been no communication about the survival strategies of open air museums, specifically on the African continent. This short communication advances understanding on cultural heritage by reporting on the survival strategies employed by Bakoni Malapa Open Air Museum in post-apartheid South Africa. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n23p1669

Inheritance and Identity of Cultural Heritage

Generally the community describes the “cultural heritage” such as historic, artistic, scientific and traditional. These definitions often coincide with the attribution of “value” and “identity”. Many answers about what could “cultural heritage” be are explained as a set together with their specific value, such as landscape and architecture of high artistic value and historic materials of scientific value. In contrast it is not possible to rely on this generality of definitions. The reality shows that the definition of value of “cultural heritage” changes in relation to the person, culture, geography, social and economic conditions. In other words, in relation to the person, the standpoint of value of “cultural heritage” is different according to each category, such as ruins, works of art, historic cities and gardens, and it is rare that one category simultaneously holds many of such values. It is believed that there are no words or phrases that comprehensively explain the various values that prescribe “cultural heritage”. Therefore in defining “cultural heritage” its values not must be specifically expressed as historic, artistic, scientific and others, but should be left in a way that can correspond also to the concept of a “cultural heritage” the significance of identity and of inheritance. Define the value of cultural heritage means to analyze the identity of the site and its contents of inheritance. The concepts of value and inheritance analyzed here are not related to economic considerations. Differently these concepts are analyzed with reference to scientific theories of A. K. Sen, M. W. Feldman and L. Cavalli-Sforza. In fact this paper proposes a reflection on these concepts with the support of interdisciplinary studies.

Recommendations and Strategies for the Establishment of a Guideline for Monument Documentation Harmonized with the Existing European Standards and Codes

Information on current state of immovable cultural heritage is important for specifying measures necessary to preserve the heritage in an appropriate condition and ensure that the maintenance required to keep it at this level is well defined. In this framework, EU-CHIC project aims to set-up a system introducing a concept of the “Cultural Heritage Identity Card”, which will develop into a systematic collection and storage of data on immovable heritage objects across European and neighboring countries. This work supports sustainable maintenance, preservation and revitalization of historic sites and monuments. This is achieved through the development of a guideline for the assessment of efficient documentation systems that identify the parameters needed for the characterisation of the preservation state of a monument and its possible alterations during its entire lifetime. In order to develop and test the recommendations for efficient compilation of the data pertinent to each monument under observation, the development of criteria, indicators and protocols as part of a common methodology that encourages the exchange of document between European countries is initiated. The criteria encompass all potential factors affecting the building structure, the non-structural elements, the architectural value and any other aspects ranging from the functionality of the monument/building, to its historic value. This has been achieved through an integrated survey of existing documentation protocols in the field of cultural heritage protection, and through implementation of recommendations about criteria for harmonizing these protocols, both which provide a new documentation methodology. This new methodology is an upgrade of current documentation methodologies, and responds to criteria and indicators for risk assessment and the technology state of diagnostics and data management. A guideline will provide the essential document for further development of European policies for the traceability of cultural assets and harmonization of criteria for the future maintenance of European Cultural Heritage.

From Contract Manufacturing to Own Brand Management: The Role of Learning and Cultural Heritage Identity

While the contract manufacturers in Taiwan take orders from their brand-name buyers, some of them have started to move up to own brand management (OBM). This study examined three factors contributing to the performance of OBM: learning from the key buyer, learning from the key subsidiary and the focal firm's own cultural heritage identity. We found learning from the key subsidiary and one's own cultural heritage identity related positively to OBM performance. Further, there is a counterintuitive negative moderating effect of identity on the relationship between learning from the key buyer and OBM performance. Although preliminary, our results suggest that partners with asymmetric power relationships are prime candidates for future studies to explore the role of identity and pride.