scholarly journals Kulturarvens speglingar

1970 ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Mattias Bäckström

Museums as mirrors of differing concepts of heritage The museum – is it more a reflection of the present than an entrance to the past? In this essay we visit four museums from four different eras to investigate how the ideals of the contemporary society were mirrored in the museum’s preservation and exhibition practices. The museums, all located in Stockholm, are: The Royal Museum founded in 1792 which focused on the classical heritage; the Nordiska Museet 1873 and Skansen 1891 with their interest in Nordic folk culture; the Museum of National Antiquities and the Office of Cultural Heritage Management in the days of their important reorganisation around 1940; and finally the Swedish Travelling Exhibitions established in 1965 with its distributive and democratic ideas. I have used the typology of Friedrich Nietzsche from Vom Nutzen und Nachteil der Historie für das Leben revised by the historian Svante Beckman in order to understand the differences. The museums are positioned in an analytic diagram (p. 72) according to the ideals which were fundamental in the construction of the respective institutions. In the centre Heritage, at the top Society perspective, at the bottom Individual perspective, to the left Cognitive emphasis, to the right Emotive emphasis. The conclusions are condensed in the diagram on p. 88. 

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-202
Author(s):  
Jes Wienberg

The aim of the article is to make clear whether and in that case why archaeology is important. Often this is seen as a self-evident fact which needs no motivation. My point of departure is a concrete example, namely, the medieval church of Mårup in Denmark which will soon fall into the sea: Why is it so crucial to save or document this church and many other traces of the past? Isn't the so-called cultural heritage condemned to destruction and oblivion? Rhetorical catchwords, cultural values, justifications and explanations within cultural heritage management, archaeology, history and social anthropology are presented and critically discussed together with indirect motivations borrowed from the literature about the abuse of the past.


2014 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 528-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh

Despite its architectural fame, the medieval city of Ani in eastern Turkey, once an Armenian capital on the Silk Road, was endangered until recently. Preserving the Medieval City of Ani: Cultural Heritage between Contest and Reconciliation traces the evolution of Ani since the late nineteenth century as an object of preservation and the subject of debate about heritage. As a primarily non-Muslim site in a modern, majority-Muslim country, Ani poses dilemmas shared by other cultural heritage sites in postconflict societies: it presents economic opportunity through tourism, but its history prompts questions about a painful recent past the state refuses to acknowledge. Analyzing the recent developments in cultural heritage management in Turkey involving international heritage organizations, especially for Christian and Armenian monuments, and highlighting the civil society debate about rediscovering long-suppressed episodes of Turkish history, Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh argues that despite daunting difficulties beleaguering acknowledgment of the past, cultural heritage can provide a medium for reconciliation rather than contestation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clary Diana Santander Cjuno

El presente artículo relaciona conceptos básicos de la gestión de patrimonio y la gestión de ries- gos del patrimonio cultural (GRPC). Para abordar este tema se parte por delinear ciertos conceptos cruciales sobre patrimonio cultural, pues la teoría formulada al respecto es dinámica, cambiante y resulta de gran importancia para la sociedad actual. Para abordar la temática central se han utiliza- do conceptos vinculados con los riesgos, el patrimonio cultural y su gestión, para posteriormente integrarlos con mayor detalle al enfoque aquí abordado. Finalmente, se han incluido los aspectos más relevantes de la metodología desarrollada por el Instituto Canadiense de Conservación (CCI), el Centro Internacional de Estudios para la Conservación y la Restauración de los Bienes Culturales (ICCROM), y la Agencia de los Países Bajos para el Patrimonio Cultural (RCE). La gestión de riesgo abarca la evaluación, análisis, propuestas, planes y otros aspectos vinculados a la práctica de una organización pública/privada, con el objetivo de minimizar el riesgo en el momento de la toma de decisiones sobre la gestión del patrimonio cultural. Palabras clave.-Gestión de riesgos, patrimonio cultural, patrimonio histórico inmueble. ABSTRACTThis article connects basic concepts to heritage management and risk management of cultural heri- tage. Thus, to tackle this subject, it starts with a picture of the concepts of cultural heritage, since the theory about it is dynamic, changing, and very important for contemporary society. In order to ad- dress the central topic, concepts related to risks, cultural heritage and their management have been employed, to then integrate them with greater detail to the approach studied here. Finally, the most relevant aspects of the methodology developed by the Canadian Conservation Institute (ICC), the International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE) have been included. Risk management encompasses the evaluation, analysis, proposals, plans and other aspects related to the practice of a public/private organization in order to minimize risk when decision making about cultural heritage management occurs. Keywords.-Risk management, cultural heritage, historical heritage assets.


AmS-Varia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 43-59
Author(s):  
Even Bjørdal

This article discusses how to better unlock the information potential of unremarkable, though complex, prehistoric stone-built structures, by integrating the past 30 years worth of Nordic archaeological research results into aspects of the Norwegian Cultural Heritage Management processes. Traditionally, it has been rather commonplace to interpret such manmade collections of rocks as remains of either clearance of fields for agricultural purposes or as containers for burials, but this dichotomy should now be regarded as an oversimplification. The site of Orstad in the county of Rogaland, SW Norway, excavated in 2014, serves as a case study. This paper demonstrates how difficult it can be to put updated theories and methods into proper use in the field. Since these new research results call for changes in the approach to the subject were not sufficiently considered in the planning process, neither time nor budget allowed for an adequate examination of the individual structures and their context. This is likely to cause information loss, which creates challenges for both the excavation and post-excavation phases of an archaeological investigation. This paper stresses the need to update and improve how excavations of such sites are handled within Norwegian cultural heritage management. By applying new approaches, such localities can yield more information about the past than previously assumed.


KALPATARU ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Rr. Triwurjani

  Abstract. In this globalization era, the management of cultural heritage has improved significantly. The general public is now considered capable and has the right to manage their cultural heritage. The problem is how to make archaeology needed by the public and becomes part of their daily lives. Previous researches show that almost all megalithic remains in Pasemah, particularly the statues, are broken, and many stone burials and dolmens are transformed into washing boards or building foundations. This research aims to seek a suitable model for public-based management of cultural heritage in Pasemah. The method used in this research is descriptive-explanatory which is used to explain the phenomenon of archaeological remains and their surroundings. There is also interviews with individuals or communities related with the cultural heritage management. The research reveals that the community now is more aware about the issue and expecting for more courses or discussion forums about cultural heritage in their regions. In addition to preservation of the cultural heritage in Pasemah area, this research also encourages people to be proud of their culture as part of the national identity.  Keywords: Public archaeology, management, megalithic in Pasemah, nation identity  Abstrak. Pada era globalisasi saat ini pengelolaan warisan budaya mengalami perkembangan sangat signifikan, yang semula bertujuan untuk kepentingan negara/pemerintahan sekarang menjadi pengelolaan untuk masyarakat luas. Masyarakat diangggap mampu dan berhak mengelola warisan budaya. Permasalahannya adalah bagaimana arkeologi bisa dibutuhkan oleh masyarakat dan menjadi bagian dari kehidupan sehari-hari masyarakat itu sendiri. Hasil penelitian di lapangan menunjukkan bahwa hampir semua tinggalan megalitik di Kawasan Pasemah, Sumatera Selatan, memperlihatkan kondisi yang tidak utuh, seperti arca-arca dan kubur batu (dolmen) yang hilang atau beralih fungsi menjadi papan cuci dan pondasi rumah. Tujuan penelitian adalah mengetahui model pengelolaan tinggalan budaya berbasis masyarakat, khususnya pada masyarakat di kawasan Pasemah. Metode yang digunakan bersifat deskriptif eksplanatif, yaitu menjelaskan fenomena tinggalan arkeologis dan lingkungannya dan melakukan wawancara secara mendalam melalui diskusi terfokus dengan pihak terkait yang dianggap berkepentingan terhadap pengelolaaan tinggalan budaya tersebut. Hasilnya adalah sebuah pemahaman tentang keterlibatan masyarakat dan menjadikan arkeologi sebagai bagian dari kehidupan yang profan di mana masyarakat meminta diadakan pelatihan ataupun ceramah arkeologi tentang tinggalan di daerahnya. Manfaat dari penelitian ini adalah untuk melestarikan warisan budaya di kawasan Pasemah dan memicu rasa kebanggaan terhadap budaya sendiri sebagai identitas bangsa. Kata kunci: Arkeologi publik, pengelolaan, megalitik pasemah, identitas bangsa


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-23
Author(s):  
Håkan Karlsson ◽  
Anders Gustafsson

The text consists of an analysis of how the classical Greek sites of Marathon, Thermopylae, Delphi, Olympia and Mycenae are staged and presented to the public. This analysis is focused upon how the cultural heritage management views the authenticity of these sites and their physical remains, (i.e., as genuine) phenomenon firmly, and solely, belonging to the past, and how these attitudes are materialized in the form of presentations at information boards and in the physical staging of the sites. The materialization of this attitude constitutes the conditions for the public’s physical and imaginative access to the sites and for the public’s possibility to reflect critically around them. Thus, the sites are products of the past, but their authenticity is in parallel also a product of its role in present negotiations of interpretive supremacy, control, power and politics. The article further stresses that a changed attitude towards authenticity is crucial also for a development of a constructive relationship between heritage management and the public. In accordance with this, the article also presents a reconstructed view of authenticity—as the cultural process constituting both humans and material remains.


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