MANAGING TOURISTIC CULTURAL HERITAGE FROM A SUSTAINABLE POINT OF VIEW

Author(s):  
Francisca Fernández ◽  
Lourdes Canós-Darós ◽  
Cristina Santandreu-Mascarell
X ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandra Cattaneo ◽  
Laura Baratin

The castle Colonna of Arnara: from the restoration of the monument to the enhancement of the ancient village and its territoryThe castle of Arnara, is located in Ciociaria in southern Lazio, in what was once the feud of the Conti of Ceccano. For the territory it is the most important monumental complex of medieval architecture. In fact, despite its small size, it is one of the few examples of fortified architecture still original in its essential lines. This castle represents an exceptional case of sedimentation and stratification, which even today, from its reading, allows us to reconstruct both its historical events and those related to the urban development of the adjacent historic village. Moreover it can be considered of priority importance also from the urbanistic point of view because it represents the first historical nucleus of Arnara. Unfortunately, today, the castle is in a bad state of conservation. With the passing of time its conditions have become more and more aggravated also because of the complex events linked to the various passages of property, of private and public nature, which have strongly influenced the management of the monument. The study of the castle of Arnara is part of the national and international debate that considers participation a key factor for the sustainable enhancement of the cultural heritage, because it promotes greater awareness of its social and economic value. The objective of the research work is to develop, taking the castle as a case study, a new approach that sees cultural heritage (tangible and intangible) as an irreplaceable heritage of knowledge and as a precious resource for economic growth, employment and social cohesion; therefore a cultural heritage seen as a driving force. In the specific case of Colonna Castle, attention has been focused on the importance of being able to activate virtuous circles around this very important place of culture, enhancing its role as a centre of knowledge and incubator of creativity and social innovation.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Héctor Moreno - Mendoza ◽  
Agustín Santana - Talavera ◽  
José Molina - González

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to affirm that it is possible to segment visitors of cultural heritage into homogeneous groups according to a series of characteristics to detect the variables that have statistical significance to identify visitor clusters.Design/methodology/approachFour case studies were selected, where a total of 500 questionnaires were made to visitors. The authors proceeded with cluster analysis using SPSS software to differentiate visitor segments. Four groups of visitors were first identified and which have subsequently been reduced to three, according to several factors.FindingsThe main contributions of this paper are: (1) the segment to which each one of the determinants of the cultural tourism product is dedicated; (2) the variable object of the analysis, i.e. the formation of visitor segments; and (3) the inclusion of less studied variables such as type of accommodation contracted, treatment offered in the museums or entrance price.Research limitations/implicationsThe analysis has been developed in different museums, with different management models, in a specific place. However, the results are generalizable to other places and to other institutions that manage cultural heritage. The implications are management strategies for a sustainable cultural development in institutions of tourism and heritage.Practical implicationsFrom a practical point of view, the results are useful for cultural managers, travel agencies, tour operators, tourism companies or political offices, among others, because they generate new ideas and strategies focused on maximizing the use of the resources of cultural institutions.Social implicationsFor both local and non-local agents, the knowledge of the factors that make up the groups of visitors in the heritage sites represents a strategy in aspects of marketing, promotion and distribution, thus generating capacities for the different intermediaries, and the possibility of negotiating lower prices with better benefits. It is also possible to create new products destined for other publics.Originality/valueThe study is original because this has not been published.


Author(s):  
Aysu Altaş

Technology has penetrated every aspect of life and it proceeds with the aim of facilitating people's lives. Geographical information systems as a part of the developing technology provide services in every area with different forms. One of these areas is museology. The desire to make visual and written information and cultural heritage that are presented by museums with auditory and interactive experiences has brought together digital technologies and cultural and historical activities. From this point of view, the “Müze Asist” is a remarkable application in terms of the fact that it is a local app and in use in most of the museums in Turkey and the convenience provided for all tourists who want to visit a museum, especially for those who prefer self-guided tours. This chapter may be a guide to its objects and to the next researchers.


1999 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-175
Author(s):  
Laura Domanico

The study examines the Italian legislation on the cultural heritage and the environment, and points out the cultural gaps from the point of view of the definition and comprehension of these matters, and the delays surrounding the management of the cultural heritage in the territory. While theoretical debate on the environment in Italy has received a strong impulse in recent years, the cultural heritage continues to be governed by generally outdated laws of an essentially restrictive and punitive nature. The environment and cultural heritage are also seen by the Italian legislation as two separate entities, with negative consequences at the level of the protection, safeguarding and evaluation of the heritage. The study also puts forward a unified, dynamic view of the human environment (the interaction between human beings and the environment), which includes both the visible and invisible landscapes, the latter existing concealed beneath the surface. The proposed concept of the subsoil is that of a structured universe, in whose understanding and interpretation archaeology plays a determining role. By protecting and safeguarding only what ‘we can see’, i.e. the environmental and historic landscape above the soil, the law forgets that this is nothing other than the product of a series of partial landscapes fossilized and stratified in the course of time. By seeking out a new definition of the human environment, the study advances a conception that takes into account continuing transformations while not excluding an intuitive and emotional approach.


2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Nijolė Steponaitytė

The paper discusses objects of the research on Kaunas Fortress, listing of the Fortress in the Register of Cultural Property of the Republic of Lithuania, and process for establishing respective territory and preservation zones. Some protection objects – forts, batteries and their territories – are analysed from the point of view of new construction penetration into the territories and preservation zones of cultural heritage. Creation of terriologic reservates around objects of the Fortress and their regulation influence to buildings is discussed. Natural environment planning, the European Union supported projects, their results and realisation, practical benefit, some solutions of the master plan of Kaunas, that harm objects of cultural heritage territories of Kaunas Fortress are discussed as well. Santrauka Straipsnyje aptariami Kauno tvirtovės objektų tyrimai, įtraukimas į LR nekilnojamojo kultūros paveldo vertybių registrą, teritorijų ir apsaugos zonų nustatymas. Analizuojama kai kurių Kauno tvirtovės gynybinių statinių teritorijų būklė, naujų statybų skverbimasis į kultūros paveldo objektų apsaugos zonas ir teritorijas. Aptariamas teriologinių draustinių įkūrimas tvirtovės gynybiniuose objektuose, jų nuostatų įtaka statiniams, gamtotvarkos planų ir kitų Europos Sąjungos finansuojamų projektų rezultatai ir siūlymų įgyvendinimas, praktinė nauda, kai kurie Kauno miesto Bendrojo plano sprendiniai, kenkiantys Kauno tvirtovės kultūros paveldo objektų išlikimui.


Author(s):  
Emanuela Sorbo ◽  
Gianluca Spironelli

The paper is an initial form of dissemination of the research activities carried out by the IUAV University of Venice working group which, on behalf of the Municipal administration of Brendola, seeks to delineate the application of a methodology for the study and analysis of the architectural and landscape heritage of significant cultural interest that is in a state of abandonment. The case study application is the church of San Michele Arcangelo in Brendola (Vicenza), known as the “Incompiuta” (“Unfinished”). The case study proposed is an interesting exemplar of ecclesiastical architecture, designed by engineer-architect Fausto Franco, in which its characteristics of being unfinished and in a state of ruin contribute to redefining the image of a work that fits in a historical context of architectural and technical experimentation, where the reference to historical architecture is mediated by contemporary forms and by the use of modern building materials, among which, the use of reinforced bricks is noteworthy. The research activity, which is taking place in the context of the COVID-19 health emergency, aims at putting a series of strategies and operational practices based on the digitisation of data to the test, so as to allow increased interoperability and sharing through the building of an online open data repository addressed to the actors involved in the conservation process and to the community. In the processes of conservation and valorisation, in-depth knowledge and documentation of the materials and construction techniques involves multidisciplinary areas; effectively organising them in a system that regulates their collection, cataloguing, processing and archiving according to shared procedures, therefore becomes a fundamental prerequisite for the development of operational planning of the valorisation strategies. All the instruments that make it possible to collect data and reach a true knowledge of the object therefore become indispensable. From this point of view, the push towards the digitisation of the data that emerged during the pandemic phase plays a fundamental role in the range of application possibilities, from the survey to the mechanisms for the conservation and management of the cultural heritage.


2019 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 59-80
Author(s):  
Justyna B. Walkowiak ◽  
Jowita Niewulis-Grablunas

Unofficial surnames used by the Lithuanian minority in Poland: The linguistic and cultural heritage of the Polish-Lithuanian borderlandUnofficial surnames are rare because surnames today are generally official in character. However, in the case of Polish citizens who are Lithuanians, they are a phenomenon that has long been present, although visible mostly – and until the entry into force of the Act on National Minorities (2005) predominantly – in intra-group communication. Considering that until recently it was not possible to register the Lithuanian forms of surnames and use them officially, this anthroponymic cultural heritage has long been transmitted between generations only informally.On the basis of the analysis of approximately 330 pairs of surnames extracted from telephone directories covering the area of compact residence of the Lithuanian minority (two of them in Polish, and one – in Lithuanian), the article discusses from the socioonomastic point of view (cf. Ainiala, 2016) the phenomenon of parallel functioning among the members of the Lithuanian minority in Poland of two surname forms: an official Polish one and an unofficial Lithuanian one. The latter differs from the former graphically and morphonologically, and in almost 30 per cent of cases their match is not unambiguous (i.e. one Polish form corresponds to more than one Lithuanian form, and, conversely, one Lithuanian form – to two or even more forms in Polish). It should be emphasised that the presence of formal exponents of Lithuanianness (Lithuanian diacritics, inflectional endings, feminine suffixes) does not necessarily imply the Lithuanian etymology of the surname. The situation is additionally complicated by the fact that in everyday intra-group communication members of the Lithuanian minority in our country use not literary Lithuanian, in which they write their surnames in minority documents (such as Lithuanian minority periodicals Aušra, Suvalkietis, Šaltinis, Terra Jatwezenorum, or bilingual yearly school reports in the schools with Lithuanian as the language of instruction), but the dialect of the Dzuks, in which their surnames are pronounced.The picture is complemented by interviews conducted in early 2018 with about 40 members of this minority, and by contributions on the Internet forum of Lithuanians in Poland regarding their attitude to the official (re-)Lithuanisation of surnames. The former revealed the opinions of older respondents (over 40 years of age), and the latter – the views of younger people. Nazwiska nieurzędowe mniejszości litewskiej w Polsce – dziedzictwo językowo-kulturowe pogranicza polsko-litewskiegoNazwiska nieurzędowe spotyka się rzadko; nazwiska zwykle mają bowiem obecnie charakter oficjalny. W przypadku obywateli polskich narodowości litewskiej są one jednak zjawiskiem występującym od dawna, choć ujawniającym się głównie – a do czasu wejścia w życie „Ustawy o Mniejszościach Narodowych” (2005) przede wszystkim – w komunikacji wewnątrzgrupowej. Wobec braku (do niedawna) możliwości zalegalizowania formy litewskiej, to antroponimiczne dziedzictwo kulturowe jest zwykle przekazywane międzypokoleniowo jedynie nieformalnie.Na podstawie analizy ok. 330 par nazwisk, wyekscerpowanych z obejmujących obszar zwartego zamieszkania mniejszości litewskiej książek telefonicznych (dwóch polskich i jednej litewskojęzycznej), artykuł omawia pod kątem socjoonomastycznym (por. Ainiala, 2016) zjawisko równoległego funkcjonowania wśród członków mniejszości litewskiej w Polsce nazwisk w dwu postaciach: oficjalnej polskiej i nieoficjalnej litewskiej. Te ostatnie różnią się od oficjalnych graficznie oraz morfonologicznie, a w przypadku blisko 30% wzajemne przyporządkowanie obu grup nie jest jednoznaczne (tzn. jednej formie polskiej odpowiada więcej niż jedna litewska, bądź odwrotnie, jednej litewskiej dwie lub nawet więcej polskich). Należy podkreślić, że obecność formalnych wykładników litewskości (litewskie diakrytyki, końcówki fleksyjne, sufiksy żeńskie) nie musi implikować litewskiej etymologii nazwiska. Sytuację dodatkowo komplikuje fakt, że zamieszkujący północno-wschodni kraniec Polski członkowie mniejszości litewskiej w naszym kraju na co dzień posługują się nie literackim językiem litewskim, którym zapisują swe nazwiska w dokumentach mniejszościowych (takimi jak czasopisma mniejszości litewskiej „Aušra”, „Suvalkietis”, „Šaltinis”, „Terra Jatwezenorum”, czy dwujęzyczne świadectwa szkolne w szkołach z litewskim językiem nauczania), a gwarą dzukowską, i z reguły taką też ich nazwiska mają postać mówioną.Obrazu dopełniają przeprowadzone na początku 2018 roku wywiady z około 40 przedstawicielami tej mniejszości oraz wypowiedzi na forum Litwinów w Polsce, dotyczące ich stosunku do oficjalnej (re)lituanizacji nazwisk. Wywiady umożliwiły poznanie zdania respondentów starszych (powyżej 40. roku życia), zaś posty w Internecie – opinii osób młodszych.


Author(s):  
T. Landes ◽  
M. Heissler ◽  
M. Koehl ◽  
T. Benazzi ◽  
T. Nivola

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> In the cultural heritage field, several specialists like archaeologists, architects, geomaticians, historians, etc. are used to work together. With the upcoming technologies allowing to capture efficiently data in the field, to digitize historical documents, to collect worldwide information related to the monuments under study, the wish to summarize all the sources of data (including the knowledge of the specialists) into one 3D model is a big challenge. In order to guarantee the reliability of the proposed reconstructed 3D model, it is of crucial importance to integrate the level of uncertainty assigned to it. From a geometric point of view, uncertainty is often defined, quantified and expressed with the help of statistical measures. However, for objects reconstructed based on archaeological assumptions, statistical measures are not appropriate. This paper focuses on the decomposition of 3D models into levels of uncertainties (LoUs) and on the best way to visualize them through two case studies: the castle of Kagenfels and the Horbourg-Wihr Castellum, both located in Alsace, France. The first one is well documented through still ongoing excavations around its remains, whereas the second one disappeared under the urbanization of the city. An approach enabling, on the 3D models, not only to quantify but also to visualize uncertainties coming from archaeological assumptions is addressed. Finally, the efficiency of the approach for qualifying the proposed 3D model of the reconstructed castle regarding its reliability is demonstrated.</p>


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