scholarly journals Students' field research extends knowledge of origin of a UNESCO World Heritage site in Germany

Eos ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 84 (39) ◽  
pp. 393-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolf Jacoby ◽  
Herbert Wallner ◽  
Dieter F. Mertz
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site

scholarly journals Community Engaged Research in an UNESCO World Heritage Site

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Cláudia Pato Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Field Research ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Cultural Participation ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site

With this paper, we wish to share the experience of an arts-based action research intervention in the Sofia Street, in Coimbra (Portugal), a city street that was inscribed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013. This intervention is part of the bigger action-research project named Arteria (2018-2020), where we wish to explore the possible connections between the artistic practice and the field of social science. In this paper, we describe how the field research, which took place in this street (the preparation of community workshops and their implementation), offers a process of methodological exploration on how social science methodologies may be articulated with the processes of artistic creation. We show how this can be done by developing innovative approaches to cultural participation through the process of immaterial co-creation of knowledge. At the same time, we share reflections on how the artistic intervention may have an impact on the social and cultural transformation of Sofia Street.

INHERITING THE CITY: HISTORIC URBAN LANDSCAPE OF GEORGE TOWN UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohayah Che Amat
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Landscape Values ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Community Evaluation ◽  
George Town

This research presents the value of historic urban landscape (HUL) elements in influencing the character of George Town UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), Penang, Malaysia. The values were perceived by the local community of different social-cultural groups that occupied the study area. The historic urban landscape elements constitute towards the protection of its townscape. The identification of the heritage elements influenced by the community interaction with their environment. This study also helps to define the character of a place, as well as reflecting its historical significance. The study adopted four techniques to gather both qualitative and quantitative data, including questionnaire survey, in-depth interview, visual survey and content analysis. In general, the local community has the capability in valuing the historic urban landscape values. The outcomes of their perceptions became the statement of the historic urban landscape values, which are expected to lead to the development of the areas. The community evaluation and perception can be expanded in implementing any development of the historic urban area by the authority.

scholarly journals The Wadden Sea as a National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site: Students’ Word Associations with These Two Conservation Designations

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 8006
Author(s):  
Till Schmäing ◽  
Norbert Grotjohann
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Wadden Sea ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
World Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage ◽  
Word Associations ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Unesco World Heritage Site ◽  
Significant Difference

The Wadden Sea ecosystem is unique in many respects from a biological perspective. This is one reason why it is protected by national parks in Germany and by its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In biology didactics, there are only a few studies that focus on the Wadden Sea. This work investigates students’ word associations with the two stimulus words “national park” and “UNESCO World Heritage Site”. The survey was conducted among students living directly at the Wadden Sea and among students from the inland. The analysis of the identified associations (n = 8345) was carried out within the framework of a quantitative content analysis to be able to present and discuss the results on a group level. A statistically significant difference was found between the two groups. Overall, results showed that the students made subject-related associations as well as a large number of associations to both stimulus words that could be judged as non-subject-related. In some cases, a connection with the region of residence could be found, but this was not generally the case. Even students’ immediate residential proximity to the Wadden Sea is no guarantee that they have knowledge of the two considered protection terms.

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