The Role of Museums in Cultural Resource Management

1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew L. Christenson
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Archaeological Research ◽  
Careful Evaluation ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Early Step

Cultural resource management is often considered to end when endangered resources are collected or excavated. Actually, this is only an early step in the process. An increasing proportion of our preserved cultural heritage is being managed in museums, and it is in museums that much future archaeological research will have to be done. This brief essay reviews the role of museums in cultural resource management and points to the need for a careful evaluation of the adequacy of current archaeological curation systems.

Museums and Tourism: Reengineering The Role Of Museums In Malaysia’s Cultural Heritage Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-157
Author(s):  
ShawHong SER
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Heritage Tourism ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Cultural Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage Tourism

Since 2013, cultural heritage tourism has been identified as a new segment to be developed by the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (MTPB). Today, the sector has undergone rapid growth and have a great impact on Malaysia’s tourism industry, as well as bring prospects for developing museum tourism in Malaysia. In this paper, to respond on the research scholarly interest in cultural management. The researcher discusses the roles of the museum to sustainable cultural heritage tourism growth with a special focus on challenges faces by Malaysia’s museum sector in developing museum tourism. Over the years, many researches have been done, and still researching by scholars on the need for cultural resource management placing focus on the role they take towards cultural economic development. The purpose of this research, among others, is to explore how museums in Malaysia could be more effectively utilized for museum tourism and to make suggestions for better utilization of the museum sector for cultural heritage tourism development. It is hoped that this paper will provide insights into an understanding of cultural heritage tourism in Malaysia with an emphasis on crisis and opportunity in developing museum tourism.

scholarly journals Cultural Resource Management of the Dying Ivory Craftsmanship as Reflected in the Wood Carving of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Sudipa Saha
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Wood Carving ◽  
The 19Th Century

<p class="Default"><em>Ivory carving from Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the Indian state of Kerala, was once appreciated internationally for its outstanding craftsmanship. The origin of the industry can be traced back to 17th century CE or before that, and grew as a full fledged industry under the patronage of the Maharajas of Travancore from the 19th century onwards. During the old period it was practiced by Brahmins and goldsmiths, and later by the carpenters (achary) as well. Though they are very few in number, some craftsmen are now continuing the art on alternatives to ivory such as rosewood, white cedar and, even more rarely, sandalwood. After the ban on ivory in 1990, this practice—emblematic of Intangible Cultural Heritage—looked on the brink of disappearing. In an example of Cultural Resource Management (CRM) success, the traditional carvers of Thiruvananthapuram were shifted to sandalwood carving. Presently, sandalwood is a vulnerable species and extremely expensive. In addition to the threats mentioned in the UNESCO Paris convention (UNESCO 2003), some elements of Intangible Cultural Heritage are also disappearing due to the conflict that arises from the cultural use of natural heritage, leading nature’s beings toward extinction. The aim of the current research is to analyze these problems and to formulate fruitful strategies for the safeguarding of the age-old craft with sustainable use of natural raw materials and alternative materials. </em></p>

Cultural Resource Management

Anthropology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick H. Garrow
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Federal State ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Cultural Resource

Cultural resource management, normally referred to as “CRM,” may be defined as cultural heritage management within a framework of federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and guidelines. Cultural heritage, in terms of cultural resource management, may be defined as those places, objects, structures, buildings, and evidence of past material culture and life that are important to understanding, appreciating, or preserving the past. CRM is similar to heritage programs in other countries, but the term and practice of CRM as defined here is unique to the United States. America’s concern with cultural resources was reflected early in the 20th century with passage of the American Antiquities Act of 1906, which authorized the president to establish national monuments of federally owned or controlled properties, and for the secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, and the Army to issue permits for investigations of archaeological sites and objects on lands they controlled. The National Park Service was created in 1916 and assumed responsibility for cultural resources associated with national parks and monuments. Archaeology played a prominent role in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and other relief programs during the Great Depression, and large-scale investigations that employed thousands were conducted across the country. Cultural resource management, as it is currently practiced, was a product of the environmental movement of the 1960s, when federal cultural resources were given the same level of protection as elements of the natural environment, such as wetlands and protected plant and animal species. Cultural resource management deals with a range of resource types, and the breadth of the field will be reflected in the discussions that follow.

Theory in the Field

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Barrett ◽  
Sue Hamilton
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Research Priorities ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Data Recovery ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Archaeological Knowledge ◽  
The Moment

Archaeological fieldwork is normally treated as a matter of applying techniques that are designed to recover particular data sets, which have been identified either on the basis of research priorities or by the concerns of cultural resource management. The data are treated as objectively secure, whilst their interpretation might be open to question. The role of theory is widely assigned to the process of interpretation, and therefore often treated as an optional aspect of the analysis that is excluded from the process of data recovery. We counter this characterization by treating theory as one of the essential tools required by the fieldworker to enable the critical evaluation of the procedures by which archaeological knowledge is constructed. Such a theorized perspective pre-eminently requires that the procedures of fieldwork help fieldworkers to develop an interpretive archaeology of people in an informed way at the moment of fieldwork.

Exploring the Relevance of Cultural Resource Management: A Case Study of Kalaripayattu

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Vinodan ◽  
S. Meera
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Cultural Resource Management ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Martial Art ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Sound Mind ◽  
Scientific System

Kalari is the Malayalam (language spoken in Kerala) word for a special kind of gymnasium, where the martial art known as Kalaripayattu is practised based on the idea of a sound mind in the sound body. It is one of the most ancient and comprehensive art form of India rather the world, because it has an excellent system of physical training, effective self-defence techniques, both armed and unarmed, training for excellent flexibility for physical and mental strength and is based on the Dravidian culture of India. Kalaripayattu is considered as the basis for all martial arts. This martial art has been practised on the basis of a scientific system of medicine called Kalarichikilsa ( Kalari-related treatment). This article investigates the potential of cultural heritage resources from a supply and demand perspective, as cultural resource management is the need of the hour to preserve and commercialize cultural and heritage resources. The study reveals that cultural heritage resources like Kalaripayattu could become a unique selling proposition of Indian tourism market, provided these resources are protected, preserved and encouraged through effective promotion strategies in various target markets.

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