Co-Creation of Narratives for “Minor” Sites of Cultural Heritage in Euro-Mediterranean Peri-Urban Areas: Conditions of a Small Temple on the East Coast of Attica, Greece

The protection and enhancement of places of cultural heritage in their contemporary context stand as major challenges in Euro-Mediterranean peri-urban areas, where heritage is vast and urbanization pressure is extremely high. This article refers to those historical and archaeological sites that are considered “minor” as they lack “exceptional character”, or they appear in the shadow of major monuments and, thus, fall marginally within the scope of mainstream cultural policy priorities to protect and enhance significant monuments and heritage sites. This study presents the results of exploratory qualitative research that addresses questions about the in situ actual future and potential role of “minor” sites in cultural heritage awareness-raising and management. In a sustainable perspective, this article discusses the value of heritage fragments and public involvement in their enhancement within their territory with the use of digital resources and ICT. This study focuses on the alienated Small Temple on the beach of Loutsa within the wider archaeological area of Vravrona on the east coast of the metropolitan area of Attica/Athens. It concludes that co-creation of shared narratives can create a dynamic interface and constructive involvement of stakeholders and local communities provided that smart applications are combined and adapted to the specificities and conditions of the wider context.

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Applicability of Large-Span Structures for Presentations of Archaeological Sites

10.20944/preprints202103.0483.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Natasa C Zivaljevic-Luxor ◽

Hartmut Pasternak

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Theoretical Background ◽

Archaeological Sites ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Engineering Structures ◽

Large Span ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Heritage Site

The purpose of the study was to provide support in the decision-making process for architects and engineers regarding large-spans structures for the presentation of archaeological sites in situ - construction of roofs, shelters, and bridges. We examined existing practice and analyzed their engineering classifications looking for a pattern in their application regarding sustainability and relation between type of cultural heritage site and type of applied large span structure. Contemporary engineering structures at built heritage sites create a sharp contrast between old and new. A presentation of cultural heritage in situ requires an understanding of heritage theory and internationally accepted doctrine which exceeds common engineering education. Nevertheless, application of large-span structures, which often take advantages of state-of-art construction-technologies nowadays, is also an aesthetical statement that affects the appearance of the site. Therefore, we gave an overview of the theoretical background of aesthetical issues and the overall ethics of the decision-making process in such sensitive cases. Within the framework of heritage-presentation, engineering and architectural issues, and selected case studies, we concluded in favor of the application of large-span structures under certain conditions.

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КУЛЬТУРНА ПОЛІТИКА У СФЕРІ ЗБЕРЕЖЕННЯ НЕМАТЕРІАЛЬНОЇ СПАДЩИНИ : СУЧАСНИЙ СТАН ТА ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ

УКРАЇНСЬКА КУЛЬТУРА : МИНУЛЕ, СУЧАСНЕ, ШЛЯХИ РОЗВИТКУ (НАПРЯМ: КУЛЬТУРОЛОГІЯ) ◽

10.35619/ucpmk.vi33.293 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 80-84

Author(s):

Admink Admink ◽

Віта Костюк

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Diversity ◽

Cultural Policy ◽

Policy Formation ◽

Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽

Legal Standards ◽

Limited Budget ◽

Policy Measures ◽

Complicated Situation

У рамках імплементації Конвенції про охорону нематеріальної культурної спадщини вивчено заходи культурної політики, що заклали основи для втілення новітніх політичних підходів, механізмів і програм. У контексті виконання міжнародно-правових стандартів UNESCO та положень Конвенції визначено курс на аналіз, збереження й розвиток культурного розмаїття та надбання. Умотивована необхідність формування стратегії культурної політики у галузі збереження нематеріальної культурної спадщини, що полягає у проектуванні й затвердженні культурних проектів національного й регіонального спрямування. Враховано наявну ускладнену ситуацію щодо ролі місцевої влади та обмеженість бюджетного фінансування в країні загалом. Встановлено, що дії, що сприятимуть виявленню елементів нематеріальної культурної спадщини, організації та реалізації заходів щодо її збереження в Україні повинні стати цільовими пріоритетами. Cultural policy measures within the framework of the implementation of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage are examined. A course on the analysis, conservation and development of cultural diversity and heritage in the context of the implementation of UNESCO international legal standards and the provisions of the Convention has been determined. The necessity of developing a strategy of cultural policy formation in the field of preservation of the intangible cultural heritage, which consists in the design and approval of cultural projects of national and regional orientation, is substantiated. The complicated situation regarding the role of local authorities and the limited budget financing in the country are taken into account. It is established that the priority should be given to actions that will help identify elements of the intangible cultural heritage, develop and implement measures for its preservation in Ukraine.

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Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence for Designing Accessible Cultural Heritage

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11020870 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 870

Author(s):

Galena Pisoni ◽

Natalia Díaz-Rodríguez ◽

Hannie Gijlers ◽

Linda Tonolli

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Literature Review ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Interaction Design ◽

Participatory Design ◽

Future Directions ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Review Analysis

This paper reviews the literature concerning technology used for creating and delivering accessible museum and cultural heritage sites experiences. It highlights the importance of the delivery suited for everyone from different areas of expertise, namely interaction design, pedagogical and participatory design, and it presents how recent and future artificial intelligence (AI) developments can be used for this aim, i.e.,improving and widening online and in situ accessibility. From the literature review analysis, we articulate a conceptual framework that incorporates key elements that constitute museum and cultural heritage online experiences and how these elements are related to each other. Concrete opportunities for future directions empirical research for accessibility of cultural heritage contents are suggested and further discussed.

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The Vocational School of Sintra and Its Contribution to Heritage Education

Heritage ◽

10.3390/heritage4010028 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 466-478

Author(s):

Ana Mafalda Cardeira ◽

Marta Frade

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Educational System ◽

Analytical Methods ◽

Vocational School ◽

Work Related ◽

Heritage Education ◽

12Th Grade ◽

And Training

This paper aims to share the experience acquired with students of the 3rd year (namely the 12th grade of the Portuguese educational system) at the Vocational School for the Recovery of Heritage of Sintra in the Course of Studies for Conservation and Restoration Assistants in the field of Plaster Restoration, in the classes of Work-Related Training and Analytical Methods of Examination and Laboratory Analysis, by carrying out theoretical-practical work and training in a work context specifically focused on Portuguese heritage, demonstrating how practical classes motivate students and prepare them for future professional work. This vocational course helps students to reflect and question themselves on the role of “looking” at heritage. Thus, its cross information, both interdisciplinary and from the historical-artistic context of the monument, will provide a better perspective over its materiality and its use. In situ learning awakens students to the reality of work. The notion that they are helping to maintain the memory of ancestors credits them and gives them confidence in their work. After presenting their Final Year Projects, they look at heritage with a more awakened vision. With this, they have the perception that they have contributed to the reconstruction of memory, their cultural heritage.

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SpaCeborne SAR Interferometry as a Noninvasive tool to assess the vulnerability over Cultural hEritage sites (SCIENCE)

10.5194/egusphere-egu21-13397 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Athanasia-Maria Tompolidi ◽

Issaak Parcharidis ◽

Constantinos Loupasakis ◽

Michalis Fragkiadakis ◽

Pantelis Soupios ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Remote Sensing ◽

Cultural Heritage ◽

Ming Dynasty ◽

Ground Deformation ◽

Sar Interferometry ◽

Archaeological Sites ◽

Science Project ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Persistent Scatterers ◽

Great Wall

Cultural heritage is a key element of history as the ancient monuments and archaeological sites enrich today&#8217;s societies and help connect us to our cultural origins. The project entitled ''SpaCeborne SAR Interferometry as a Nonivasive tool to assess the vulnerability over Cultural hEritage sites (SCIENCE)'' has as ultimate objective to predict the vulnerability of the archaeological sites to ground deformation in time and space and protect them against natural/man-made damage. The SCIENCE project aims to develop, demonstrate, and validate, in terms of geotechnical local conditions and monuments&#8217; structural health, SAR interferometric techniques to monitor potential ground deformation affecting the archaeological sites and monuments of great importance.&#160;During the last few years, spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry has proven to be a powerful remote sensing tool for detecting and measuring ground deformation and studying the deformation&#8217;s impact on man-made structures. It provides centimeter to millimeter resolution and even single buildings/monuments can be mapped from space. Considering the limitations of conventional MT-InSAR techniques, such as Persistent Scatterers Interferometry (PSI), in this project a two-step Tomography-based Persistent Scatterers (PS) Interferometry (Tomo-PSInSAR) approach is proposed for monitoring ground deformation and structural instabilities over the Ancient City Walls (Ming Dynasty) in Nanjing city, China and in the Great Wall in Zhangjiakou, China. The Tomo-PSInSAR is capable of separating overlaid PS in the same location, minimizing the unfavorable layover effects of slant-range imaging in SAR data. Moreover, the demonstrations are performed on well-known test sites in China and in Greece, such as: a) Ming Dynasty City Walls in Nanjing, b) Great Wall in Zhangjiakou, c) Acropolis complex of Athens and d) Heraklion walls (Crete Island), respectively.In particular, in the framework of SCIENCE project are processed several radar datasets such as Sentinel 1 A & B data of Copernicus program and the high resolution TerraSAR-X data. The products of Persistent Scatterers Interferometry (PSI) are exported in various formats for the identification of the persistent scatterers using high resolution optical images, aerial photographs and fusing with high accuracy Digital Surface Models (DSM). In addition, the validation of the results is taking place through in-situ measurements (geological, geothechnical e.t.c) and data for the cultural heritage sites conditions.SCIENCE project&#8217;s final goal is the risk assessment analysis of the cultural heritage monuments and their surrounding areas aiming to benefit institutions, organizations, stakeholders and private agencies in the cultural heritage domain through the creation of a validated pre-operation non-invasive system and service based on earth observation data supporting end-user needs by the provision knowledge about cultural heritage protection. In conclusion, SCIENCE project is composed by a bilateral consortium of the Greek delegation of Harokopio University of Athens, National Technical University of Athens, Terra Spatium S.A, Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion (Crete), Acropolis Restoration Service (Athens) of Ministry of Culture and Sports and by the Chinese delegation of Science Academy of China (Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth) and &#160;International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage (HIST) under the auspices of UNESCO (HIST-UNESCO).

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Oil, gold, stones: cultural value in Italian cultural policy

Arts and the Market ◽

10.1108/aam-01-2019-0005 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 2-15

Author(s):

Alice Borchi

Keyword(s):

Cultural Policy ◽

Economic Value ◽

Rapid Change ◽

Cultural Value ◽

Content Type ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Cultural Assets ◽

Italian Government ◽

The People

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the concept of cultural value promoted by the Italian government between 2008 and 2018. Furthermore, it aims at setting the scope for further research and debate on the issue of cultural value in Italian cultural policy by questioning market-driven understanding of value. Design/methodology/approach In order to do so, it examines the rhetoric of Italian policymakers, with a particular focus on the people who have covered the role of Ministry for Cultural Assets and Activities over this 10-year span, and the policies they have implemented. The various nuances of the concept of valorizzazione are studied by analysing different pathways employed by the Italian government and the values underpinning them, with a particular focus on the abandonment of heritage sites. Findings What emerges from this research is the centrality of the economic value of culture; however, the economic impact of Italian cultural assets is always presented as a potential that has to be unlocked by implementing policies of valorizzazione, a term that has a double meaning of promotion and exploitation (Belfiore, 2006). Originality/value This paper presents an original approach to understanding the formation and promotion of cultural value at the level of governmental policy in the context of contemporary cultural policy in Italy. In particular, it evidences how the centrality of the economic value of culture has remained unscathed despite the rapid change of governments that has characterised Italian politics in the last 10 years.

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URBANISTIKOS PAVELDO IŠSAUGOJIMO TEISINĖS PRIELAIDOS LIETUVOJE

Journal of Architecture and Urbanism ◽

10.3846/13921630.2009.33.5-10 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 5-10

Author(s):

Jūratė Jurevičienė

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Local Communities ◽

The Other ◽

Planning System ◽

Heritage Preservation ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Urban Heritage ◽

Heritage Protection ◽

Low Efficiency

The paper discusses urgent problems of urban heritage assesment and treatment in Lithuania today. Contradictions in the system of listing, lack of fundamental investigations, indeterminate responsibility of authorities, inadequate role of local communities are revealed as the basic factors of low efficiency of urban heritage preservation. The most efficient means of urban heritage preservation are revealed in protected national and regional parks. Historic towns and villages of these areas remain more authentic than registered urban heritage sites in the other territories of Lithuania. The initiative of local administrations could also be considered as one of the most important factors in urban heritage preservation. Scandinavian experience in the protection of urban heritage reveals the importance of local inhabitants in the processes of historic town preservation. Recent international documents on cultural heritage protection and changes in the Lithuanian urban planning system enable perfection of urban heritage preservation. The launched reimbursement of expenses for restoration works in Lithuania shows positive changes in this field. Santrauka Nagrinėjamos dabarties Lietuvoje susiklosčiusios teisinės paskatos ir kliūtys išsaugoti urbanistikos paveldą. Analizuojami Lietuvos įstatymai ir įstatymų įgyvendinamieji dokumentai, reglamentuojantys urbanistikos paveldo vietovių apsaugą kultūros paveldo apskaitos bei teritorijų planavimo lygmenyse. Siekiama atskleisti urbanistinių darinių vertingųjų savybių išsaugojimo teisinių nuostatų veiksmingumą. Atskleidžiami teisiniai trukdžiai ir paskatos gyventojams dalyvauti istorinių miestų ir miestelių kultūrinės vertės išsaugojimo procesuose.

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Modelling of green roofs' hydrologic performance using EPA's SWMM

Water Science & Technology ◽

10.2166/wst.2013.219 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 68 (1) ◽

pp. 36-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 72

Author(s):

E. Burszta-Adamiak ◽

M. Mrowiec

Keyword(s):

Urban Areas ◽

Low Impact Development ◽

Green Roofs ◽

Storm Water ◽

Storm Water Management Model ◽

Measured Flow ◽

Rain Events ◽

Few Data

Green roofs significantly affect the increase in water retention and thus the management of rain water in urban areas. In Poland, as in many other European countries, excess rainwater resulting from snowmelt and heavy rainfall contributes to the development of local flooding in urban areas. Opportunities to reduce surface runoff and reduce flood risks are among the reasons why green roofs are more likely to be used also in this country. However, there are relatively few data on their in situ performance. In this study the storm water performance was simulated for the green roofs experimental plots using the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) with Low Impact Development (LID) Controls module (version 5.0.022). The model consists of many parameters for a particular layer of green roofs but simulation results were unsatisfactory considering the hydrologic response of the green roofs. For the majority of the tested rain events, the Nash coefficient had negative values. It indicates a weak fit between observed and measured flow-rates. Therefore complexity of the LID module does not affect the increase of its accuracy. Further research at a technical scale is needed to determine the role of the green roof slope, vegetation cover and drying process during the inter-event periods.

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Historical and cultural heritage of the Tyumen Territory and the possibility of its use

Heritage and Modern Times ◽

10.52883/2619-0214-2021-4-1-29-43 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 29-43

Author(s):

O. Anoshko

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Transport Network ◽

Archaeological Sites ◽

Tourist Industry ◽

High Concentration ◽

Natural Landscape ◽

Archaeological Heritage ◽

Natural Landscapes ◽

The Rich

The article presents brightness and identity of ancient and medieval monuments of the Tyumen region and demonstrates the possibilities of their use in the development of the tourist industry of this region, which was distinguished by extensive lowland territories and a convenient transport network. The high concentration of archaeological sites on certain sites surrounded by unique natural landscapes allows us to talk about the creation of natural landscape archaeological complexes as synthesis of nature, archeology and architecture. Particular attention is paid to the rich archaeological heritage of Tobolsk, the first Russian capital of Siberia, the need to organize museum and tourist complexes in historically significant urban areas, free from any constructions.

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INCLUSIVE CULTURAL HERITAGE SITES: ICT AS A TOOL TO SUPPORT THE DESIGN PROCESS AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w11-793-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol XLII-2/W11 ◽

pp. 793-800

Author(s):

S. Marconcini ◽

V. Pracchi

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Design Process ◽

Inclusive Design ◽

New Governance ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Essential Services ◽

Interactive Map ◽

Municipal Administrators ◽

Proper Perspective

Abstract. Within the European strategies for a sustainable development, the role of cultural heritage as an economic, environmental and social driver has become increasingly significant. As an asset in people’s lives, it’s necessary to assure anyone the opportunity to access it. For this reason, urban transformation policies must guarantee the proper compromise between the requirements of conservation and physical/cognitive accessibility. This entails a clear design complexity, which however cannot justify the lack of intervention, but must propose new governance models for an inclusive design process.In a broader research framework, the implementation of ICT has turned out to be a solution that can address some issues in enhancing the level of inclusion in cultural heritage sites. Particularly, the conception of an interactive map has seemed the proper perspective of producing a feasible operative tool. The first aim is linked to the necessity of having an information system thank to which everyone, particularly users with special needs, could be able to organize their movements and be aware of the proposed services and fulfilled inclusive strategies. The second target is connected to the management of the projects related to the development of inclusion, therefore it is addressed to municipal administrators and other key actors involved in the governance of cultural heritage.Finally, the discussion about the main objectives and features of an interactive map wants to highlight the role that ICT can assume within an inclusive design approach, for which is needed a tool able to support the intervention on the physical environment and offer further essential services.

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