World Heritage
World Heritage

Author: Unesco

Publisher: United Nations Education, Scientific & Cultural Organization

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789231042423

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Published on the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this thematic collection of case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage sites and their outstanding universal value in the context of sustainable development. The case studies describe twenty-six thematically, typologically and regionally diverse World Heritage sites, illustrating their benefits to local communities and ecosystems and sharing the lessons learned with the diverse range of stakeholders involved. The volume emphasizes a holistic and integrated view of World Heritage, linking it to the role local communities play in management and protection, to issues of ecosystem sustainability, and the maintenance of biological, linguistic and cultural diversity. Cross-disciplinary in its scope, this book will provide a meeting point for researchers, practitioners, community representatives and the wider public, and will promote cultural and natural heritage conservation as a key vector of sustainable development and social cohesion. Book jacket.

World Heritage
World Heritage

Author: Amareswar Galla

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-11-22

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 1139852159

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Published on the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, this thematic collection of case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage sites and their Outstanding Universal Value in the context of sustainable development. The case studies describe twenty-six thematically, typologically and regionally diverse World Heritage sites illustrating their benefits to local communities and ecosystems and sharing the lessons learned with the diverse range of stakeholders involved. The volume emphasises a holistic and integrated view of World Heritage, linking it to the role local communities play in management and protection, and to issues of ecosystem sustainability, and the maintenance of biological, linguistic and cultural diversity. Cross-disciplinary in its scope, this book will provide a meeting point for researchers, practitioners, community representatives and the wider public and will promote cultural and natural heritage conservation as a key vector of sustainable development and social cohesion.

Historical Urban Landscape
Historical Urban Landscape

Author: Gábor Sonkoly

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-01-12

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 3319491660

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This book uses the Historic Urban Landscape - the most recently codified notion of international urban heritage conservation - to demonstrate why it is necessary to demarcate history from cultural heritage and what consequences the increasing popularity of the latter have on history. It also demonstrates how the history of cultural heritage can be constructed as a historical problem. First, the conceptual history of urban heritage preservation – based on the standard setting instruments of international organizations – reveals the fundamental elements of the current concept of urban heritage. Second, this concept, as worded in the HUL approach, is investigated through the analysis of Vienna, which played a crucial role in the establishment of HUL. These examples are used to to show how the evolution of cultural heritage can be constructed as a historical problem.

The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues
The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues

Author: Masanori Nagaoka

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-12-07

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 3030513165

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This Open Access book explores heritage conservation ethics of post conflict and provides an important historical record of the possible reconstruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, which was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in Danger in 2003 as “Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley”. With the condition that most surface of the original fragments of the Buddha statues were lost due to acts of deliberate destruction, this publication explores a reference point for conservation practitioners and policy makers around the world as they consider how to respond to on-going acts of destruction of cultural heritage. Whilst there has been an emerging debate to the ethics and nature of heritage reconstruction, this volume provides a plethora of ideas and approaches concerning the future treatment of the Bamiyan Buddha statues. It also addresses a number of fundamental questions on potential heritage reconstruction: how it will be done; who will decide; and what it should be done for. Moreover when it comes to the inscribed World Heritage properties, how can reconstructed heritage using non-original materials be considered to retain authenticity? With a view to serving as a precedent for potential decisions taken elsewhere in the world for cultural properties impacted by acts of violence and destruction, this volume introduces academic researches, experiences and observations of heritage conservation theory and practice of heritage reconstruction. It also addresses the issue not merely from the point of a material conservation philosophy but within the context of holistic strategies for the protection of human rights and promotion of peace building.

World Heritage
World Heritage

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Published: 2012

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781139843072

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This thematic collection of 26 case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage in the context of sustainable development.

Worlds in a Museum
Worlds in a Museum

Author: Louvre Abu Dhabi

Publisher: Leuven University Press

Published: 2020-09-30

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9462702330

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Held on the occasion of Louvre Abu Dhabi’s first anniversary, the symposium Worlds in a Museum addressed the topic of museums in the era of globalisation, exploring contemporary museology and the preservation and presentation of culture within the context of changing societies. Departing from the historical museum structure inherited from the Enlightenment, leading experts from art, cultural, and academic institutions explore present-day achievements and challenges in the study, display and interpretation of art, history, and artefacts. How are “global” and “local” objects and narratives balanced – particularly in consideration of diverse audiences? How do we foster perspective and multiculturalism while addressing politicised notions of centre and periphery? As they abandon classical canons and categories, how are museums and cultural entities redefining themselves beyond predefined concepts of geography and history? This collection of essays arises from the symposium Worlds in a Museum organised by Louvre Abu Dhabi and École du Louvre.

Elles Sortent de L'ombre
Elles Sortent de L'ombre

Author: Angeline van Achterberg

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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This book presents the proceedings of the conference which was held in Agadir, Marokko in April 1998. The main issues being discussed were violence against women and their legal situation as well as biodiversity and traditional medicine. The edition is bilingual, i.e. English/French.