Kubor Kassim is a century-old, serene Muslim cemetery in Singapore. Although many of its surviving 3,000 graves are unidentified, the graveyard contains elaborate tombs from internees of notable ...background, including community leaders and respected Muslim sheikhs ;(religious leaders and scholars). Kubor Kassim also houses a surau ;(prayer house) where religious classes are conducted, and offers its own miniature ecosystem of flora and fauna, including banyan trees and hornbills. Asia's rapid urbanisation subjects cultural heritage to tensions that threaten its preservation and poses dilemmas for decision-makers. The choice between expansion and protection is rarely straightforward, and controversies intertwine development, urban planning, sustainability, memory-shaping, and identity-building. For most of its short history as a nation, Singapore has had to make challenging decisions regarding the use of its territory. Space is a highly sought and tightly controlled commodity in such a land-scarce, fully urbanised and densely-populated country. Kubor Kassim is one of the latest examples of these tensions. Surrounded by private residential properties, in an area affected by population pressures and earmarked for future residential development, the cemetery is at risk of disappearance. Given Kubor Kassim's uncertain future and being mindful that a heritage site's tangibility cannot be replaced, this paper posits digitalisation as a preservation alternative. Using tools such as digital documentation and archiving, virtual mapping capturing with 360-degree technology, interactive maps, podcasts, and UAV (drone) photography and filming, this investigation explores encounters with the cemetery that can also act as its' memory insurance policy' in case of destruction or disappearance. The research includes comprehensive documentation, field works to record the site, interviews, and surveys. The paper urges reflection on the importance of cultural heritage in Asian cities, often threatened by the very process of urban growth and development. It also demonstrates that the design of parallel digital worlds can provide respectful and sustainable ways of preserving the priceless memories associated with cultural heritage.
Endangered Places in Canada Grover, Sheila
Prairie history (Print),
06/2022
8
Journal Article, Magazine Article
Recenzirano
Do not be intimidated by the scope of the organization as the Endangered Places List includes individual sites of modest or local significance, including cultural landscapes, houses, shops, schools ...and community sites under threat of redevelopment as well as traditional main streets. In 2020, the National Trust launched a re-think of heritage as it relates to Indigenous sites, acknowledging that this involves seeing cultural heritage as a dynamic interweaving of heritage, language, traditional knowledge and spirituality. Because understanding the different agencies that can provide support can also be considered, advocacy is always part of the process.
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The article formalizes the model of cultural heritage management, clarifies the content of cultural heritage cognition by considering the processes of studying, preserving and using cultural heritage ...objects as a factor in the development of tourism in the Russian Federation, taking into account modern challenges and opportunities.
The preservation of cultural heritage and its rational use have a key role and importance for attracting tourist flows and improving socio-economic indicators and sustainable development of the region. In this regard, the importance of highlighting the internal structure of the cultural heritage management process as a factor in the development of tourism in the Russian Federation is actualized.
The purpose of the study: to formalize the model of cultural heritage management as a factor of tourism development in the Russian Federation.
The research methodology is represented by a set of general scientific and special historical methods of scientific cognition, the principles of historicism, scientific, systematic and complex.
The scientific novelty consists in an attempt to comprehensively comprehend the problem of studying, preserving and using Russian cultural heritage objects based on the analysis of contemporary research on the subject, taking into account modern realities and formalizing the model of cultural heritage management as a factor in the development of tourism.
The model of cultural heritage management as a factor of tourism development in the Russian Federation is formalized. The main reserves for improving the efficiency of cultural heritage management as a factor of tourism development are improving the quality of tourist products in the field of cultural and educational tourism; combining material and intangible parts of cultural heritage; developing eventfulness in the regions; creating an authentic environment in Russian tourist locations; branding cultural heritage sites and territories of their placement; using a wide range of digital technologies to promote and involve cultural heritage objects in the tourism industry; training professional personnel to work in the cultural and educational tourism industry.
In this article, the author argues that the 2001 UNESCO Convention introduced for the first time in the evolution of the law of the sea more radical solutions aimed at the protection of underwater ...heritage. One of them is a far-reaching limitation of the legal possibility to recover cultural heritage objects from international waters. According to the Convention’s provisions, such an option will constitute merely an exception to the general principle of their preservation in situ, i.e. the place where they have been located for at least 100 years. Recovery is acceptable only on the condition that leaving these objects in the sea will not fulfill the objectives of the Convention and will bring about detrimental effects in practice. It is also possible for the purpose of scientific studies. In all such cases, the methods and techniques used must be as non-destructive as possible and recovered objects shall be deposited, conserved and managed in a manner that ensures their long-term future preservation. At the legal level, they receive the special status of res extra commercium, which means they shall not be traded, sold, bought or bartered as commercial goods. The author ends his article concluding that measures of prevention and sanctions adopted in the Convention also demonstrate its strength and positive development, especially in comparison with the previous legal situation. Their enforcement provides a real chance that the principles of the Convention will be followed properly by States to ensure and strengthen the protection of underwater cultural heritage and will help stop the unauthorized exploitation of historical wrecks.
El propósito del artículo es describir acerca de la Polonia de la “cortina de hierro” y la relación entre régimen político y deporte. Entender cómo Polonia se formó y cómo se desarrolló políticamente ...es importante para el lector comprender cómo este país trató el deporte de alto rendimiento en el periodo de la “cortina de hierro”. El deporte se difundió em el Reino de Polonia por medio del Sokol, siendo fundado en 1867. En este país, se crearon determinados juegos que se volvieron patrimonio cultural de esta nación. Estas modalidades eran el pieklo y niebo, el sztekiel, el stock, el piersaeniówka y el kulotko. Desde 1947, Polonia adotó el régimen político de la Unión de las Repúblicas Socialistas Soviéticas (URSS) y aplicó en su población el sistema deportivo soviético. El joven inciaba la práctica de las modalidades en la escuela cuando niño y era acompañado hasta la fase adulta. En conclusión, el deporte polonés logró éxito competitivo porque siguió la metodología científica del entrenamiento deportivo de la URSS.
This article argues that Regulation (EU) 2019/880 and its implementation will need to be reviewed in order to reach its goals. Regulation (EU) 2019/880 seeks to protect cultural heritage and prevent ...money laundering and terrorism financing by regulating the import of cultural goods into one of the largest art markets in the world. The Regulation however suffers from several shortcomings with respect to various issues. The article analyses four of these issues, starting with the process of creation of Regulation (EU) 2019/880 and the main critique of it being based on (too) little evidence. Moreover, attention is paid to the necessary practicalities of the European-wide implementation of Regulation (EU) 2019/880, the complexity caused by the use of the 1970 UNESCO Convention definitions to define cultural goods, as well as the practical ramifications of the use of the concept “country of creation or discovery”. Drawing on these findings the article questions whether this Regulation in its current form is likely to have its intended effects.
The notions of risk and resilience are increasingly relevant to cultural heritage. Archaeological sites and monuments in particular are widely perceived to be vulnerable and subjected to growing ...risks of deliberate destruction, e.g. in the context of armed conflicts. At the same time, it has become a familiar claim that cultural heritage needs to be conserved as an important resource for fostering cultural resilience, reducing disaster risk, and supporting peace and reconciliation in the future. In this paper, the author takes issue with that latter view and suggests instead that cultural resilience, risk preparedness, post-disaster recovery and mutual understanding between people will be best enhanced by an increased ability to accept loss and transformation. The evident changes of heritage over time can inspire people to embrace uncertainty and absorb adversity in times of change, thus increasing their cultural resilience.
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In diesem Beitrag wird ein spezieller Aspekt der Bestattungssitten im Rahmen der kulturellen Interaktionen im späten Frühmittelalter im Ostseeraum betrachtet: Die Nachnutzung alter Grabhügelfelder ...durch skandinavische Gruppen an der südlichen Ostseeküste. In dieser Zeit kommt es zu verstärkten Kontakten zwischen skandinavischen Gruppen und an der südlichen Ostseeküste siedelnden Gemeinschaften. In diesem Zusammenhang kommt es zur Gründung von Handelsorten und Kolonien skandinavischer Gruppen an der südlichen Ostseeküste. Bei den zugehörigen Bestattungsplätzen lässt sich an verschiedenen Fundorten die Nachnutzung alter Grabhügelfelder aufzeigen. Diese Nachnutzung stellt in diesem speziellen Fall eine Aneignung dar, mit der einerseits innergesellschaftliche Aspekte, wie beispielsweise die Stärkung der Gruppenidentität, ausgehandelt werden und eine (fiktive) kollektive Erinnerung geschaffen wird. Andererseits finden sie im Rahmen interkultureller Kontakte statt und bieten somit Anknüpfungspunkte an die Frage der interkulturellen Interaktion. Dabei ist die Nachnutzung und Aneignung der Bestattungsplätze im Zusammenhang mit der Legitimation der Anwesenheit auch gegenüber den heimischen Siedlungsgruppen, der Genese eines auf die Örtlichkeiten bezogenen kulturellen Gedächtnisses und der Überwindung von Fremdheit zu sehen. This paper looks at a specific aspect of burial customs in the context of cultural interactions in the late Early Middle Ages in the Baltic Sea region: The re-use of old burial mound fields by Scandinavian groups on the southern Baltic coast. During this period increased contact between Scandinavian groups and communities settling on the southern Baltic coast is testified. In this context, Scandinavian groups founded trading posts and colonies on the southern Baltic coast. At various sites, the associated burial sites occupy old burial mounds. Here, this re-use represents an appropriation with which, on the one hand, internal social aspects, such as the strengthening of group identity, are negotiated and a (fictitious) collective memory is created. On the other hand, it takes place in the context of intercultural contacts and therefor offers to investigate the use of the past in such a setting. The subsequent use and appropriation of the burial sites may have aided in legitimizing the presence also vis-à-vis with the native settlement groups, the genesis of a cultural memory related to the localities and the overcoming of foreignness.
This article researches the following questions: defining the protectable subject matter as cultural heritage in the International Law, the obligation to protect the cultural heritage and evaluation ...of the cultural heritage as a Human Rights issue. Additionally, assessment of the Human Rights-based limitations on the preservation of the cultural heritage and legal grounds for the right to destroy and its limits have been discussed. It is defined that, the obligation to protect the cultural heritage is a duty established by the International Law on the states, rather than on the non-state actors. The general approach for the assessment of the Human Rights limitations on cultural heritage protection is expected to be based on the principles of balance of interests and the limited transformation or conditionality.
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