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Proposed Thesis Title:
"EXPLORING THE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF TRADITIONAL HEALING PRACTICES IN GHANA"
Problem Statement
While traditional healing practices are prevalent across the African continent, there is a significant gap in scholarly research that comprehensively investigates the artistic and cultural dimensions within these practices. Existing studies often focus on medical efficacy or cultural aspects in isolation, neglecting the intricate interplay between artistic expressions and healing outcomes. This knowledge gap impedes our ability to appreciate the full spectrum of traditional healing, limiting insights into how cultural heritage and artistic traditions contribute to the effectiveness of these practices.
Understanding the artistic and cultural dimensions of traditional healing is particularly critical as these practices face various challenges, including globalization, modernization, and shifts in healthcare preferences. Documenting and comprehending these dimensions can not only aid in the preservation of cultural heritage but also inform policies that respect and integrate traditional healing within contemporary healthcare frameworks.
Research Objectives
1. To explore the types of traditional healers and their activities in Ghana.
2. To examine role of artistic elements in traditional healing practices in Ghana.
3. To examine the role of artistic traditional healing practices in the preservation of Ghanaian cultural identity and heritage.
4. To suggest a framework that explains the role of artistic traditional healing practices in the preservation of Ghanaian cultural identity and heritage.
Research Questions
1. What are the types and scope of traditional healing activities in Ghana?
2. How significant are the artistic elements in the healing practices of Ghanaian traditional healers.
3. How are traditional healing practices contributing to the preservation of Ghanaian cultural identity and heritage?
4. What framework can be suggested to explain the role of artistic traditional healing practices in the preservation of Ghanaian cultural identity and heritage?
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Babaaradio Kombui An excellent research proposal. Congratulations and best wishes.
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How to protect the biodiverse ecosystems of the Amazon Rainforest and other natural biodiverse forests, the unique old-growth trees that occur in them from logging, and also protect other biodiverse green areas from total degradation, from predatory pseudo forestry?
How to protect the Forests of the planet from destruction and thus save the world, protect the climate and biosphere of the planet for future generations of people?
Highly biodiverse natural forests have been forming for thousands of years, and through the use of predatory pseudo-management of forests, predatory logging of entire stands, including aged old-growth forests, burning of forests for productive unsustainable agricultural crops, etc., forest areas are rapidly decreasing year by year. Highly biodiverse natural forests are characterized by an abundance of many species of flora, fauna and other types of forms of living organisms linked by various ecological relationships and relations. They create a specific microclimate softening the local climate. They significantly increase water retention and water absorption by the biosphere of the forest ecosystem. High biodiversity of life forms, including ecologically interacting different life forms of flora, fauna, fungi and microorganisms creates sustainability of the adapted to specific climatic, geological, etc. natural ecosystems. Highly biodiverse natural forests are characterized by high levels of absorption of part of human-generated CO2 emissions and oxygen production. Highly biodiverse natural forests are also characterized by a high level of ecological, natural and environmental sustainability, as well as a high level of resilience to various adverse influences, the actions of external abiotic and biotic factors that could throw a sustainable natural ecosystem out of balance if it were susceptible to certain factors. Considering the more than 3 billion year period of evolutionary development of life forms, sustainability and biodiversity are the greatest achievements of the evolution of life on planet Earth. In view of the accelerating climate crisis, the accelerating process of global warming of the planet's atmosphere, the role of 21st century man who appreciates these resources and achievements of nature should be the ever-increasing scale of the protection of natural biodiversity and the pursuit of sustainability. In this regard, the unfavorable civilizational processes acting on natural biodiverse ecosystems should be reversed. Forest deforestation processes should be replaced by aforestation processes after industrial degraded areas. The increasingly frequent climatic disasters resulting from climate change, the increasingly rapid process of global warming, in addition to the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020, force us to reflect on the scale of imbalance in nature by the development of civilization. It is necessary to reverse these negative processes, restore the balance, reduce environmental pollution, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, develop renewable energy sources, implement the principles of sustainable development based on the concept of sustainable green closed-loop economics, etc. It is necessary to change the development of civilization so as to increase the scope of sustainability, rehabilitate areas degraded by industrial development, significantly increase the level of protection of biodiverse natural forests, develop programs for reforestation of wasteland, areas of depleted soils, replace intensive and industrial agriculture with sustainable organic agriculture, etc. It is essential to increase the areas under strict nature protection and create more national and landscape parks. The entire area of the natural, highly biodiverse, containing unique species of flora and fauna, natural rainforests of the Amazon should be established not only as a national park but also as a planetary natural heritage park, and therefore the entire natural area of the Amazon should be placed under strict protection.
In view of the above, I address the following question to the esteemed community of scientists and researchers:
How to protect the biodiverse ecosystems of the Amazon Rainforest and other natural biodiverse forests, the unique old-growth forests that occur in them from logging, and also protect other biodiverse green areas from total degradation, from predatory pseudo forestry?
How to protect the Forests of the planet from destruction and thus save the world, protect the climate and biosphere of the planet for future generations of people?
How to protect the biodiverse ecosystems of the Amazon Rainforest from total degradation?
And what is your opinion about it?
What do you think about this topic?
Please answer,
I invite everyone to join the discussion,
Thank you very much,
Warm regards,
The above text is entirely my own work written by me on the basis of my research.
In writing this text I did not use other sources or automatic text generation systems.
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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Protecting the biodiverse ecosystems of the Amazon Rainforest from total degradation requires a multifaceted approach:
1. **Conservation Efforts:** Establish and enforce protected areas, national parks, and wildlife reserves to safeguard critical habitats. Implement strict anti-deforestation laws and ensure their enforcement.
2. **Indigenous Land Rights:** Respect and support the land rights of indigenous peoples who have historically lived in harmony with the rainforest. Indigenous communities often serve as effective stewards of the land.
3. **Sustainable Development:** Promote sustainable development practices that provide economic alternatives to activities like logging and agriculture. This includes supporting eco-friendly industries and promoting responsible tourism.
4. **International Collaboration:** Encourage international collaboration and agreements to combat illegal logging, wildlife trafficking, and other environmental crimes. Global cooperation is essential to address the issue comprehensively.
5. **Research and Monitoring:** Invest in scientific research and monitoring programs to understand the rainforest's ecosystems better. This knowledge can inform conservation strategies and help adapt them as needed.
6. **Climate Change Mitigation:** Address climate change, which poses a significant threat to the Amazon. Supporting renewable energy sources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions globally can mitigate the impact of climate change on the rainforest.
7. **Public Awareness:** Raise awareness about the importance of the Amazon Rainforest and its biodiversity. Public support can put pressure on governments and corporations to take necessary actions for conservation.
8. **Corporate Responsibility:** Hold corporations accountable for their environmental impact. Encourage sustainable supply chains and responsible business practices, especially in industries like agriculture, logging, and mining.
9. **Restoration Efforts:** Support reforestation and afforestation projects to restore degraded areas within the rainforest. Planting native tree species can help in restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services.
10. **Policy Advocacy:** Advocate for policies and initiatives that prioritize conservation and sustainable development at local, national, and international levels.
Combining these strategies and involving various stakeholders such as governments, local communities, NGOs, and the private sector is crucial to protect the Amazon Rainforest from total degradation.
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In Alt Right Dr. Edward Croft Dutton's logic(I use my own phrasing), any most privileged heritage community(or as the Alt Right states race) is only dysgenics away from becoming the most oppressed.
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Piffer, Davide, et al. “Intelligence Trends in Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of Roman Polygenic Scores.” OpenPsych, July 2023. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.26775/op.2023.07.21.
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If Western Civilization manages to remain afloat, due to the individualistic aspirations of its members, then maybe the Spiteful Mutant Hypothesis will become very obviously irrelevant. A landmark would be Ukraine(Western civilization) defeating the Kremlin.
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With huge investment opportunities for any recipient country, Multinational Companies are in a position to exert influence (may be) on certain local groups, institutions etc. to bring changes in the lifestyle or attitude towards set beliefs of the people to positively affect customers' choice towards various products/services that they offer. These big global entities even influence lawmakers of various countries to smoothly run their operations which may go against the heritage, culture and even the environment of the host nations.
The above statements are in the minds of many educated people across the world but do the business literature with the support of academic exercise reflect this reality on the ground?
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To some extent they do but it also depends on other factors like ethical conduct, cultural beliefs and customs that work as the heritage of the host country. Multinationals need to design systems, policies and procedures that can allow embracing of different cultural backgrounds as they carry out operations.
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Curious to know how archives are crucial for nation-building in terms of preserving the stories and actions of individuals and organizations.
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une nation sans ses archives c'est une nation qui est tombée du ciel, si les hommes meurent, les archives restent pour être un tempting des actions de ces hommes
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I am currently workingo on a essay on Adenauer, De Gasperi and Schuman and the construction of european unity
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Sorry, I did not write the publication you're asking about, and I don't know how to advise you about finding the right author.
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Describe the constraints that the private sector face in securing property in heritage or historical areas?
(e.g. administrative, legal, high prices for land, high planning standards)
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I think Waqfs are by themselves legal entities, so the ownership question regarding waqfs can be solved by saying the legal entity of the waqf owns the property. Perhaps in common language, the word waqf is used to designate both the legal entity and the property (we say for instance: this real estate is waqf, while we also say: the waqf owns this real estate). In my opinion, this comes from the fact that ottoman law - based on Islamic law - looked at real-estate from the "legal categories" view, as established in the Ottoman Land law, where waqf was a legal category (shar'i) of real-estate, but the coming of European legal influence, especially continental law, threw some confusion, by adding the notions of "real" rights (droits réels حقوق عينية) separable from the property itself.
So - in order from the private sector to own waqf lands - it has to obtain decrees (according to each religion/state rules) from the religious authorities to allow the "istibdal" (since technically sale is out of the question). But, more easily, there is a certain number of contracts that can give the private sector total control of the real-estate without buying it, such as al Ijaratayn, Ijara tawila, Kadak, etc. Where the private sector is given long-lasting rights over the real-estate, including inheritance.
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(e.g. provision of land, urban services, licensing etc)
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In the management of cultural heritage, the participation of different actors involved in the management of territorial development is required, one of them is the active involvement of municipal authorities who manage economic resources at the federal level to improve public works, cultural events, regional fairs, training of community groups, among others.
All this depends on each zone or region, on the management capacity and community involvement; the local development planning they carry out, the economic resources destined to public policies that contribute to the conservation of the cultural heritage.
The municipal authority with the town council develops the municipal development plan that defines the public policies and activities to be carried out in a certain period (each municipality establishes what to carry out with the destined economic resources) and each municipality has sectors or councils for each area: education, environment, economy, health, public works, social assistance, civil protection, among others. The municipal authority encourages or hinders social participation in the management of cultural heritage.
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We want to improve the visibility of modern heritage in the world heritage list. We can see that the platform of UNESCO does not provide any filters or advanced search. What would you suggest in terms of improving the web in order to facilitate/better visibility of modern heritage?
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To improve the visibility of modern heritage on the UNESCO World Heritage List, consider the following:
  1. Create a dedicated category or sub-category for modern heritage sites.
  2. Implement advanced search and filtering options based on time period, architectural style, and cultural significance.
  3. Enhance the visual representation with high-quality images, videos, and interactive maps.
  4. Showcase modern heritage sites prominently on the website, such as featuring them on the homepage or in a separate section.
  5. Collaborate with experts, provide educational content, and encourage user-generated content to enrich the information available.
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Architectural heritage has become important and this is beyond doubt, but the controversy is based on its importance in the educational process in light of the focus on structural, functional and service requirements in building design.
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Yes, it is important for two main reasons: The first is that the architectural heritage still in use today is considered contemporary architecture that needs the understanding to deal with it.
The second is the architectural heritage, an experience that proposed appropriate solutions, so drawing inspiration from it as starting point for more valuable solutions is possible. Therefore, the architectural experience is considered uninterrupted over time.
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What are the acceptable thresholds of several types of degradation processes of Heritage structures?
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Among the degradation thresholds of the material cultural heritage, first that it is not technically irreversible, that is to say that we have no material evidence of this cultural heritage, second that we have when - even kept archival documents such as photos, plans, maps, etc., which can help us to reconstruct the initial state of this material cultural asset, thirdly that we will have preserved a certain tradition of construction of this cultural asset according to ancestral techniques, by source persons. And finally, we need a political vision to carry out the reconstruction, or the reconstitution of this cultural asset. So these are the steps that seem to me necessary to safeguard the heritage of any irreversible action, whether human or natural. Thanks very much Fatima BOUCHMAL Professor of Cultural Heritage Sultan Moulay Slimane University Beni Mellal Morocco
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Various test conducted for heritage masonary structure, mainly for bricks and mortar to ensure its durability and structure stability?
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Imo, sometimes it is recommended to test not only the content of absorbed water, i.e. by making humidity profile (and very easy test for checking the humiditi is carbide method) but also wall salinity level/profile. Harmful salts (chlorides, nitrates, sulfates) penetrate the structure of the wall.
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Can anyone recommend or discourage this conference?
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The fees are Registration Delegate Fee: $390 USD  |  Audience Fee: $190 USD
If you have a communication in their fields: "However, the past and the present also overlap and mutually support. Placemaking sees built and cultural heritage as key to urban practice. Contextualization is central to planning laws. Museums are sites for communities and display. Heritage organisations preserve buildings and educate the public. Galleries present historical art while debating meanings in contemporary terms.
Reflecting this scenario, this conference seeks papers on heritage from various standpoints: art and architecture historians concerned with preservation; architects and urban planners engaged with placemaking; cultural theorists and social historians documenting objects, places, people and events. Artists working with community and place. It welcomes case studies that are specific and place-based. It embraces theoretical frameworks that function globally. It is interested in variegated methods of research and analysis.
Although the event is international in its reach, it is also interested in the specifics of the Czech Republic. It stems from the Prague-based project Then, Now and Always and uses its themes of museums and communities as a key strand. Other strands and themes are listed below and aim to bring in contributions from multiple fields." It is an congress Czech and international oriented. Sounds fine to me.
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  • In the cases where the adaptive reuse of vernacular heritage buildings was successful, how and why did these successes occur?
  • What are factor/criteria that impacted the outcome of adaptive reuse and how did those factors/criteria impact adaptive reuse?
  • How can these criteria be transformed into tools than can be generalisable and be applied in various contexts with modifications to suit new contexts?
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To answer first two questions:
Firstly, in case we can count open air museum as an example of adaptive reuse, open air museums are prime example of safeguarding vernacular built heritage.
Secondly, in case of my country (Czech republic) many people are owning/buying old buildings, especially timber houses and are repairing them while using traditional technology. These building are then used as a regular housing, as penzions, or as pubs. Many of these reconstruction can be label as a regular reuse or as a ordinary reconstruction, but there are projects, that can actualy be evaluated as adaptive reuse (I think I can find some concrete examples if you are interested, but I do not have them in my head).
There are several reasons, why people do this. They use the reconstruction/repair as a hobby. Many people and families also use it as a way to escape city live and how to find suitable living in a peaceful village environment. There are also projects made by local community with goal to save locally important building or to create focal community point.
For the last question:
From the concrete examples general methodology and "code of practice" can be made. On above mentioned projects, generally, people are working in cooperation with National Heritage Institute or with local heritage management office. Thanks to this, quality of work is secured. Also people are actively using this cooperation (and many NHI courses and workshops) to gain knowledge and experience, so they can effectively restore their building. On the other hand, NHI can use this practically gained knowledge to publish effective methodology, that can be used in "real world".
Also, e.g. if I recall correctly, government of Norway (or Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning... I am actually not sure... it is a long time since I studied it) publish small documents (it was like 2-4 pages) about timber structure, windows etc. These documents describe construction of the above mentioned and also how to restore them, how to secure heat insulation without disrupting the original material etc. These are widely available and are passively helping to preserve original structures of historical buildings and its parts.
Best wisches,
David
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Can Ultrasonic pulse velocity test be used to determine parameters for non cement concrete material such as limestone ( used to build in heritage structures) ? if it is possible, how to measure parameters ? What are the guidelines?
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Yes, you can use Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity test to determine the parameters of non-cement concrete materials such as rock or limestone. You can measure the parameters using ASTM standard: Standard Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Pulse Velocities and Ultrasonic Elastic Constants of Rock D 2845 – 00. This test method describes equipment and procedures for laboratory measurements of the pulse velocities of compression waves and shear waves in rock and the determination of ultrasonic elastic constants of an isotropic rock or one exhibiting slight anisotropy.
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I am researching on the impact of climate change on Heritage structures.
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I think that climate change can have a significant impact on heritage structures. Warmer temperatures, increased precipitation, and changes in wind, precipitation, and temperature can all have a negative effect on these buildings. In particular, rising temperatures can cause materials to expand and contract more quickly, leading to cracking in masonry and other materials. Increased precipitation can lead to water damage and corrosion of metals, while changes in wind can increase the load on buildings, leading to structural damage. In addition, increased flooding can cause damage to the foundations of heritage buildings, and changes in the local climate can affect the vegetation around the buildings, leading to further erosion or damage. Substantially, I think that considering these, it is therefore important for heritage sites to be monitored for changes in climate and for regular maintenance and repair to be carried out to protect them from the effects of climate change.
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  • Hw does the usability of the multimodal affect visitors' experience in heritage museum?
  • What are the implications of the use of multimodal for visitors' experience in heritage museum?
  • How to organise types of functions rather than specific features might be key to separate visual patterns from algorithms?
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please refer this link. some viewpoints can be founded.
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I carry out research on the Political Heritage of the Olympic games left for the host. If you have any scientific documents or willing to cooperate, I will appreciate to send me.
Thank you
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In the last two decades a riding interrato deals with the Legacy - Heritage topics. We can briefly underline some outputs:
A political output Is the necessity of planning the Legacy Years before the event, creating a special board devoted to this issue, the board must be small and must be in condition to decide.
A second political output Is the management of the image of a city that have hosted the event: we can distinguish the internal image ( the image diffused among the local population), and the external One (percived abroad). The problem of the identity deals with the use of this special political and culturale Legacy.
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This is one of the main questions I'm working on for my Ph.D. thesis but I'd love to hear external opinions about it this general hypothesis
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Human interference in cultural transmission is negotiated through multiple factors like age,sex, religion, taboos, abundance or scarcity of resources etc. Video recordings are not very comprehensive to capture these factors in totality.
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With the aid of relevant illustrations
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BIODIDAC is (or was) a project of the University of Ottawa (Canada) financed by the Canadian Ministry of Heritage and the Government of Québec.
There are many original illustrations on all kinds of topics related to Biology, very useful in teaching.
Many of these illustrations can be found by search engines, but the original site does not seem to work.
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The study of organisms, divided into many specialized areas covering morphology, physiology, anatomy, behaviour, origin, and distribution.
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I am conducting research in the area of heritage planning and conservation. Heritage Impact Assessment(HIA) is necessary before any kind of change or development in the built environment around a heritage site within a defined regulated area to determine its impacts on the potential of heritage. In India, it has now become mandatory by the National Monument Authority (NMA) in case of any centrally protected monument. Visual Impact Assessment is a very important component of an HIA to asses any future impact on the overall landscape of the place around the heritage site. To be precise, according to NMA guidelines, it is required to check the skyline concerning the heritage site, any visual obstruction in views of the heritage site, shadow on the heritage site due to new development, and consideration from building design bye-laws.
Guideline for HIA by NMA can be found here: https://www.nma.gov.in/documents/20126/51838/HIA+Report.pdf
From the available example of HIA reports, I understood that experts are using 3D software, first to model the existing structures and then adding the proposed structure to generate the views in the form of images/renders to visualise the projected development. Sometimes, it is done by only drawing a section and marking the human eye angle. I am not sure how they are validating these views. From these images/renders only, one can not say very definitively whether these are accurate or not. Also, I am unsure about the view/camera point selection.
I have not been able to find any study on the assessment of the overall visual quality of the surrounding area due to new changes.
It would be great if you know of any study or documents or share some light on this.
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check the pdf. below.
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Dear all, I want to derive a perfect definition for Culture, and would also like to know if you have published any articles on Culture, and Heritage. If you have done any research on this topic, do leave a reply with a link back to your scholarly work. It will help with with my literature review.
Regards,
Dr. Cheryl Venan Dias
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The main components of Culture are:
Language, artifacts, beliefs, traditions, and norms.
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In my opinion, the formation of electronic jurisdiction of the metaverse is inevitable.
The question is, should we follow the theories of John Barlow and Lawrence Lessig, concepts such as the Common Heritage of Mankind, the Westphalian projection, or should we start building e-jurisdiction "from scratch"? Colleagues, I am interested in your opinion and views.
Thank you.
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Oleksii Kostenko Yes, there should definitely be an electronic jurisdiction. This is of utmost importance to avoid chaos and to establish order and justice in the electronic domain. Without any jurisdiction, creating an order based on law and justice would be very difficult to provide.
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Arts and culture and creativity - both material and immaterial heritage, skills and competences - are resources that should be protected and promoted. They not only contribute to the realisation of the SDGs, but also make them possible to a special degree. Only culturally sensitive, creative, unconventional approaches to solutions ensure the success of measures to achieve the SDGS.
Why does art not appear explicitly in the SDGS? But purely as a cross-cutting issue?
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Rolf, I could not agree more. artistic thinking, not only as cultural heritage, should be part of our DNA when solving problems. not only in SDGs and climate change, but also intimes of war (see https://www.inplaceofwar.net/; https://theaterofwar.com/).
see also https://ageofartists.org/about-us/ and and older publication we did (see attached file).
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Hi, I am an anthropology PhD student, with a background of media sociology. Based on the concept of "site of memory" by Pierre Nora, I am currently trying to develop a method to analyze memory politics, by defining "memory" as a flow traveling among the place (I mean a heritage site), the media, and the people.
I am looing for references, especially from the field of heritage studies, memory studies and media studies, outlining the relation of site-media-people. Does anyone have suggestion?
By now, I have read literatures by Astrid Erll, Nick Couldry, Anna Reading, Ann Rigney, and James Wertsch.
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Hello researchers,
I am working on mining heritage and tourism development for around four years now. I feel that my research topic is relatively new and fewer people are working in this field. Hence, I want to develop an academic network of people with similar interests so that collaboration may happen, and I can get more work opportunities and vice-versa. So, what is the correct way to find people with similar interests, what is the correct approach, and how to spread my own work to a greater audience who are interested in my research and capable to give the right feedbacks?
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Olga Rauhut Kompaniets Thank you for your response. I will try TRYNET.
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I am looking for studies and articles that can shed light on the development of public policies for the conservation of historical heritage in cities and local communities. Contributions are most welcome.
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I am working on thesis about the urban heritage and cultural heritage importance in post-war reconstruction.
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· Muñoz Viñas, Salvador (2004), "Contemporary Theory of Conservation". (It's an english traduction from the spanish original)
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I believe technology has helped all field of science while heritage is one of the most valuable subject for people in all over the world. Protecting the heritage is a Serious responsibility because It is a trust in the hands of the present generation that must be preserved and handed over to the next generation and so how could be used new technology of HBIM to reach this goal.
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Dear David
I agree with you, but I hope that in the future this technology will be better known and due to the high value of heritage, we will be able to preserve and use them. It is my dream to justify the costs against the values ​​of our cultural heritage. Thank you very much for sharing your idea about HBIM with me.
Yours sincerely,
Ali
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I need help to find a journal indexed in social science especially covered cultural or arcitectural heritage, I can also pay for the rapid publication. thanks.
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In my mind, you can try to have a list of this year's journal index and then select depending on your work.
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Hello Researchers,
I am interested to collaborate with researchers interested to work on mining heritage and mining tourism.
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Dear Payel Ghosh,
this is a wonderful idea, and I am Interested in the Geotourism area.
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Hello everyone,
I´m in the next couple of months writing my dissertation. My thinking is along the lines of: Corporate heritage/history colliding with innovation and relevancy for the upcoming generation (millennials) in the luxury watch market. Especially the following paper has peeked my interest: "The corporate heritage brand paradox: Managing the tension between continuity and change in luxury brands"
However, there is also a lot of conflicting material and papers out there on the millennials, and not sure if I would end up studying two separate matters with this topic.
My question is if someone has any tips on how to attack this? If you have some expertise on the topics, and willing to share some thoughts/info/guidance it would be of great help. Ultimately, any help or feedback is very much appreciated!
Best,
Ario
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Hi Iranmanesh,
I am curious to hear how your thesis progressed, I am quite keen on studying a topic within the same industry of horology for my Bachelor's thesis.
Cheers
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The use of RSSI, (Received Signal Strength Indication) for problems of heritage location, which is the best technique, to create a map of patterns or triangulation.
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I recommend reading this paper to answer your question:
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Is authenticity more important for heritage site, museum and local environment visitation (physical and social), or, are most people and certain demographics equally satisfied with artificial replications and online images, videos, and abbreviated texts?
Are personally posted images and videos of museum collections, artifacts, and sites a good source of advertisement and marketing? Do they act as an effective advertisement for more physical in-person visitation, or, replace a desire for physical visitation?
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My opinion, visitation of artifact in site and museum affect on people's mentality and they are aware better of artifact details.however, artificial replications and online images, videos, and abbreviated texts have advantages such as save the time and money and people visit the artifact from the various angle of the camcorder.
According artifact is the resource of people's identity, emotion and collective wisdom, they act as an effective advertisement.
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As a number of US city planners contemplate the removal the highways from their metropolitan boundaries with a view to restoring long lost neighbourhoods are we looking at the post car era?
By the mid century gasoline and diesel power cars will be all but extinct. A few of them, like veteran biplanes will still be seen in heritage centres but the hundreds of millions of them that now inhabit the planet might be gone.
Is the highway and the car soon to join the stage coach and the pony express as a memory?
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The automobile cut down the nature of travel and the meaning of distance between urban areas, while at the same time urban areas expanded. Automobiles created a greater sense of autonomy and thereby individuality, so had an enormous part in structuring western and global civilisation. At present, there seems nothing to take their place unless more efficient railway systems at created. Overpopulation demands highly efficient means of travel.
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Recently, a wave of opposition was directed to the winners of a UNESCO and UIA organized competition for the rehabilitation on Al Nouri mosque area in Al Mousel, Iraq. The rational is based on the winners’ proposal to restore the mosque as it used to be but inject a more contemporary spirit in the surroundings. My pisition, is historical buildings should be restored but its context should be a represention of our contemporary time and using the architectural spaces and visual language which respect the uniqueness of the heritage but not copying in a superficial manner. I appreciate your thoughts. Thank you.
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In the special case of Al-Nouri mosque, reconstructing the original mosque will have a psychological effect on the city inhabitants- or at least that is the assumption made by UNESCO and the SUNNI endowment responsible for the project- as a sign of victory over vandalism and destruction. there were some precedents in history to typical reconstruction of monuments that represented national landmarks, like the tower of Venice. However, the winning project promised some contemporary additions to the interior, like opening parts of the new roof or skylight, which will put a contemporary mark on the project.
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I'm working on my thesis right now about relationship between sport heritage values and supporter's sense of place (of the city they live in). I had the idea that I should first measure the general sense of place using a likert scale system of several statement similar to those of Willams and Vaske (2003) and Jorgenson & Stedman (2001).
Then I had the idea to compose statements (also in likert scale format) regarding the sports club (the ''sense of the sports club'' as it were) that I based on sport heritage factors/values I explored in the theoretical framework.
So in short: I want to measure two different sets of likert scale data from the SAME respondent group and then I want to measure if there is a correlation between the sport heritage data outcome and the sense of place data outcome. As in for example: does a high 'sense of sportsclub' result in a higher sense of place compared to a lower sense of sportsclub?
Now comes my question(s): Is this a good idea? and so yes, how to measure this? Which statistical analysis should I use or is it maybe better to make sport heritage statements with only yes/no answers? Or am I tackling it the wrong way? (statistical analysis isn't my strong suit)
Any advice is welcome!
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You could use item analysis with Cronbach's alpha for reliability on both 'sense of sport club' Likert type items and 'sense of place' Likert type items to define how to calculate 'test' scores for both, and then calculate the Pearson correlations between the 2 test scores.
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Hi everyone,
Am doing research about strategies families use in the home to support heritage language among family members. I will analyse language interaction between parents and their children using interactional sociolinguistics but I do not have much idea about it. so anyone can help, please?
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Hi Amma,
Interactional sociolinguistics is a really good way. I suggest as a pre-survey a questionnaire identifying most used strategies, for example: "do you do XXX when you interact with your child?" Yes-No. If Yes, can you develop more. There is a very famous questionnaire for child development that can inspires you, the CDI: https://mb-cdi.stanford.edu/referencesEL.html
Then, you have to choose a good software for your transcriptions. I suggest CLAN and ELAN, both free.
Good luck
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Barracks, Forts and Ramparts: Regeneration Challenges for Portsmouth Harbour's Defence Heritage, by Celia Clark with Martin Marks OBE. Tricorn Books 2020. ISBN 9781912821648. 450 pages, illustrations, bibliographies, references, index. Available from celiadeane.clark@btopenworld.com £40 + £4 postage and packing (UK); overseas postage costs on request. This book is a successor to Celia Clark and Samer Bagaeen's earlier book: Sustainable Regeneration of Former Military Sites (Routledge 2016).
Portsmouth Harbour's long history of defending the nation - and recent experience of how the local ex-defence sites have found new civilian life - offer useful lessons for other once defence-dominated communities seeking new roles for their specialised physical legacy. The harbour contains in microcosm all the challenges as well as impressive examples of how to repurpose historic defence sites. This new book ends with an agenda for further research of this widespread but under-reported land use change at international level.
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C hi. In your own profile go to the Add New button top right, to create an entry. Select book and in sequence go though entering allthe bumpf. During this process it will ask you to upload a pdf copy of the book, which will go onto the ResearchGate server so others can view it. You can then do the same with other outputs. But first - To improve visibility of the book, scour ResearchGate for others in the same field who you may know of and follow them. When you have finished uploading your book you are asked a question about whether you would like to ask your followers to give an opinion. Allowing this lets them know you've uploaded. W
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In the new era of Globalised Education, when everyone wants to be a part of the Global Ranking mechanism and race, there are some civic and social roles of institutions to be taken up for safe-guarding local ecology, culture, and heritage. What are the ways to get this pro-local approach for the academic institutions?
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If properly used will tackled the situation and lead to sustainable development. Education is powerful tool to change the mind and Throught of the community
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I am a sociolinguist/applied linguist whose part of research focuses on heritage language education. I would like to know details on GCSE/A levels in community languages (number of those who sit those exams, grades and pass rates, which languages, how many boards, chronological changes etc.). Where do I find data on GCSE/A levels in community languages?
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Assuming you're referring to the UK context, I'd think that this kind of data may be kept private in the Department of Education. Perhaps it's worth trying to check with the National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education https://www.supplementaryeducation.org.uk/
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The punishment for crucifixion is found in the texts of religious heritage, but is it a religious or human basis?
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شكرا لكم جميعا
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I am in the planning stages of creating an African-American Studies course for my high school.
I would like it to be a celebration of success and achievement, but also a critical examination of pre-slavery, and African heritage.
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"Stamped from the Beginning" by Kendi is quite good. "Jesus, Jobs and Justice" outlines the vital roles women played through the church toward justice.
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I may contribute for this project from Indian Psychological Perspective, if you wish to say yes and give some more details . Individuals are being attached with their culture and heritage not only at the level of behavior or rituals , but also with socio -cognitive -emotional and biological justifications, Once these traces becomes weak then the process of conservation may get weak. So can we discuss bit more on this , if you are interested.
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Dear Dr. Jessica Brown and Dr. Maya Ishizawa ,
Due to some technical glitches I was not able to see your message for the joint project you proposed . I am so sorry for all these delays. I am very much happy to be associated with this work now if possible. We may discuss the matter in details as per the conveniences of yours. I would be very happy to hear from you .
With Regards
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Hello everyone,
I´m in the next couple of months writing my dissertation. My thinking is along the lines of: Corporate heritage/history colliding with innovation and relevancy for the upcoming generation (millennials) in the luxury watch market. Especially the following paper has peeked my interest: "The corporate heritage brand paradox: Managing the tension between continuity and change in luxury brands"
However, there is also a lot of conflicting material and papers out there on the millennials, and not sure if I would end up studying two separate matters with this topic.
My question is if someone has any tips on how to attack this? If you have some expertise on the topics, and willing to share some thoughts/info/guidance it would be of great help. Ultimately, any help or feedback is very much appreciated!
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Ario
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I will for sure have a good read at that, thanks a lot Michael!
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How can we restore the initial conditions of thermal comfort in a historic building (built heritage)?
We know that materials change their physical behavior because of their mishandling over time.
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These scientific contributions answer your questions from different perspectives. I hope this information is useful to you.
  • Effects of future climate change on the preservation of artworks, thermal comfort and energy consumption in historic buildings
  • Energy effciency, thermal comfort, and heritage conservation in residential historic buildings as dynamic and systemic socio-cultural practices
  • Evaluation of thermal comfort in a historic building refurbished to an office building with modernized HVAC systems
  • Assessing visitors’ thermal comfort in historic museum buildings: Results from a Post-Occupancy Evaluation on a case study
  • Thermal performance evaluation and comfort assessment of advanced aerogel as blown-in insulation for historic buildings
  • Energy efficiency and thermal comfort in historic buildings: A review
  • Refurbishment of historic buildings: Thermal mass modified, its influence on indoor comfort, energy efficiency and heritage value
  • The use of computerized energy simulations in assessing thermal comfort and energy performance of historic buildings
  • The use of computerized energy simulations in assessing thermal comfort and energy performance of historic buildings
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What do you think about cultural heritage of Hagia Sophia? Can you share any photo, photograph of its interior? Do you think that these images can be destroyed soon by some radical Muslim faction?
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Of course it could, but not necessarily by radical muslims...
A toxic combination of greed and indifference could do the trick as well.
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It happens that some buildings often designed in an innovative way, according to innovative concepts, which were later found to be crucial for the development of a specific era in the history of artistic development, are considered as a kind of architectural works of art. Architectural objects of this type are designed by globally known architects, they become the main objects of architecture, a kind of showpiece of a specific city, region of the country and quickly become tourist destination destinations and are covered with special protection as recognized as a significant contribution to the history of architecture and national heritage development of the country.
Do you agree with my interpretation of architectural works of art?
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Dear
Ghada M.Ismael Kamoona
, Karim Medlej, Ihsan Jasim, Bartek Felski, Suad Mohammed Heil, Hisham Abusaada, Dmitry Sukhin, David Pecháček, Thank you very much for participating in this discussion and providing inspiring and informative answers to the above question: When do certain architectural objects become an element of art?
This discussion confirms the importance of the above-mentioned issues and the legitimacy of developing research on this subject.
Thank you very much and best regards, Have a nice day,
Dariusz Prokopowicz
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virtual and digital museum difference
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This paper could be helpful for you : Beer, S. (2015, April). Digital heritage museums and virtual museums. In Proceedings of the 2015 Virtual Reality International Conference (pp. 1-4).
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Interpreting heritage as cultural capital has a clear parallel with the definition of environment as natural capital.
Economic valuation of heritage investment evolved from methods traditionally
used in environmental economics.
The hedonic price method, widely used in urban economics, is emerging
as a better tool for evaluating heritage-related investments.
Cultural projects contribute to urban livability, attracting talent, and providing an
enabling environment for job creation. It also provide unemployed unskilled labor the jobs via tourism, associated FDI, managerial and spillover effect in the peripheral area via knowledge based firms investments/business.
Development is by nature a joint public and private effort. Historic city Core, heritage development and under utilized land use require adaptive reuse aka balanced conservation
Cultural Heritage has 3 aspects of value assessment
1. Market value measured with 5 different approaches likes cost and revenue analysis, social cost benefit analysis, using rational expectations via revealed and stated preferences, travel cost analysis and hedonic value analysis( information change in properties/real state values of local area especially via geographical information system)
2. Non market value/non use-value. It is of three kind’s like that natural capital value analysis. Existence value of heritage, option value of that heritage and bequest/legacy value for intergenerational concerns.
3. Cultural value. It is multidimensional and includes aesthetic, symbolic, spiritual, social, religious and traditional etc. aspects. It includes tangible cultural value natural as well as manmade, intangible value like traditions/production methods etc.
In recent years, a new form of investment, known as impact investment funds, has emerged in the market. Th e impact investment funds are designed as a socially responsible investment not driven exclusively by profit and generally targeted toward addressing heritage, environmental, and social issues. Impact investment is defined as actively placing capital in businesses and funds that generate social or environmental good and a range of returns to the investor.
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I am not expert in this interesting subject and issue but assume that:
Implies that the GDP per capita growth in many countries do not necessarily indicate sustainability !
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How can we have a framework for sustainable conservation of cultural heritage in todays world?
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This Link Maybe Useful For You:
file:///C:/Users/hp/Downloads/sustainability-10-02504.pdf
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Is it possible to preserve the heritage, religious and cultural identity of city centers, and are there standards for conservation that are consistent with modern technology?
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Dear An Fal , I believe that heritage, legacies and leverage are the key elements to be developed in order to maintain the center of cities.
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Thanks a million for having my back. That's so kind of you. I will go through this brilliant research work. I would like to take a chance to extend my congrats on their success as well. A/Professor Montse Delpino-Chamy
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Keenly looking suggestions about the prospect and challenges of scientific study in Heritage, Indigeneity and Folklore Studies (HIFS) at the educational institution around the world.
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Contrary to what we're taught, tradition is not a static thing. Times change, generations change, and what we know changes. The most stable aspect of any tradition may be its ability to change, making it able to accommodate changing times, changing generations and changing information. Otherwise, no matter how old and once revered, a tradition can disappear like a magician's bouquet, to resurface if--and only if--it becomes timely and relevant again.
If this were not true, we would all still be sacrificing animals on hilltops to reach the ears of our various gods; on the other hand, we can retain a tradition by reinterpreting it. Eighty years ago the majority of people in the USA believed that the story of Adam and Eve was the natural history of the world. Some still do. But the mainstream no longer does, and has retained the tradition by reinterpreting it as an allegory, or poetry, about the beginning of time and the fate of mortals. Where we locate the sacred realm (in the celestial dome or the womb of the earth), our aesthetics, assumptions, aspirations and animosities will shape every aspect of our expressive behavior, and every mark we leave on earth.
We have to trust people to recreate the past, interpret the present and shape the future in their own best interest--no outsider knows better what that is. To best respect tradition, we have to stand back and watch it change, and seek in those changes, the spirit and mentality of the people who generate, modify and maintain these traditions over time, free of molestation from those who purport to know better than they.
Its only when powerful outsiders interfere in the process of a peoples' own strategic and creative changes in tradition, or try to take over; to guide, shape, change, or prevent change in tradition, that harm is done. Instead, stand by. Watch. And learn. Speak out when powerful interests try to take over a peoples' traditions to suit their own interests and agendas. Then let life happen, let tradition adjust, and learn what we can from the changes. Some things will inevitably be lost, yes--but some will always be gained. Watching and learning would be us at our most respectful and creative. If it seems an imperfect solution, its still most likely the best we can do.
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can we really, by the conversion of industrial buildings, consider them heritage
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Its an interesting question that has been debated in heritage circles for decades. In Perth, we have a large industrial site, the former WA Goverment Railway Workshops at Midland, which has been empty since the Workshops closed in 1994. From 1998-2006 I led a project to collect and preserve the site's history and pubish research, resulting in several books, academic papers and digital resources as well as oral history and archival collections. In 2004 the site was declared a heritage icon and placed on the State Heritage Register, but some "modifications" had already been made (the demolition of the building where women made munititions during WWII being one). One building has been partially repurposed as a medical centre (a building built within one of the main blocks). The exteriors of the main buildings have been cleaned and mostly retain their original appearance. Some of the buildings have been sold, and some of the empty space has been converted to other uses, but this seems necessary. Much of the site is still unused, with vast empty spaces. The site is too big to retain all buildings as a museum, unless someone was prepared to put significant amounts of money into it. I still have hopes that some part of the site will be converted into a rail heritage museum. I believe that recognising the site's heritage value, even if parts of it are altered, was the salvation of the Workshops; otherwise I think the buildings would have been demolished and there would be nothing left to mark the State's largest industrial site.
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the need to seek solidarity, empathy and humanitarianism, can be related to forms of collective care through culture, literature, heritage
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In the words of the American poet Emily Dickenson, "beauty (just) is". Esthetic appreciation at her level of definition is neither human nor naturally made - rather, both. As people can admire both, humans creating it on the one hand, and appreciating it (the natural) on the other, the drive to create beauty and to admire it can be seen as fundamental human drives. As such (to borrow from William Hazlitt and Matthew Arnold) "touchstones" drawn from what humans understand as "the beautiful" culturally (and, naturally) can be classified as "archetypes" (Northrop Frye) and the commonality of appreciation across different human societies forms a kind of amorphous, free-floating cultural bond as strong in its existence as the urge to compete - another fundamental human drive. The coeval relationship between fundamental human drives such as appreciating / making beauty and the need to compete ought to be studied in connection to human societies on a strength-per-strength basis vis a vis each other. Trivially-speaking, my own take on what constitutes utopias and dystopias in my western bias derive strongly from the Attic (ancient Athenian Greek) writer Plato, who rather strongly intimates that beauty (human creation of it) ought only "glorify the state," - which Plato rather disingenuously refers to as "the philosopher king" - the wise all-knower and owner of the beauty (& everything else, including his/her "subjects") - and that it has been this bias in western civilization from then on (in Europe mostly) that has lead dreamers like Thomas More to scribe the positive fantasies perfect men might create as a society, but which tempered writers like, say, George Orwell, in the 20th Century, showed as real-case scenarios occurring in Eastern Europe (if situated in his fiction in England) in the ultimate of dystopian narratives. This novel of his ACTUALLY DESCRIBED the goings-on, as such, in Stalinist-Leninist dictatorships. In fine, I hold with Emily over Plato in her, some might say, "romantic" definition of beauty. It can certainly, yes, be as a glorification of the state (Robert Frost, the poet, reading encomiums at John F. Kennedy's inauguration. Then again, it could also be Louis XVIs's court sculptors doing for Louis in stone what few could achieve. But then again, it can - and often seeks to be - simply free. (Keyword, that: "free.")
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Dear All,
Are you willing to help us to Safeguard the Dolmen 1 of Vale da Lage (Tomar, Portugal)?
Under "amigos da anta do vale da laje"
and add your comments about the most unbelievable destruction of this Dolmen.
Would you please help us to Safeguard this Heritage, that belongs to every one of us?
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Require a review of all construction projects that could have adverse impact on sites. Require archaeological surveys and if necessary further excavations prior to construction.
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The current product of architects and urban developers will it be at one time a legacy for our future generations and they will be proud of it or will they criticize it and leave it and blame us for its future view and heritage is the beginning of a new term that is The inheritance of urban
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It is all about land value speculation.
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How could digital technologies such as VR and AR support the protection of lost tangible and intangible heritage?
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Gehan Selim, VR is/will be accessible via the smart devices the very vast majority, globally, all have in their hands, one of the obstacles in nonetheless, internet access; wherever VR /AR is used, it best accompanied with free wifi, as for many that is an expensive threshold. Most of the other VR devices will in my opinion stay a niche, they are single purpose, rather large and as such not flexible for people to use and handle wherever they are and VR is interesting to use.
In general, digital technologies such as VR/AR are very interesting, but by nature, they are not the original. Standing next to the real Cheops pyramid, is the real impressive experience. The future therefore lays in the added possibilities; extra information, for humans impossible perspectives, virtual reconstructions; all of that without having to touch or manipulate the environment of the original. The better both go hand in hand, the greater the success and future
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Perhaps first the term heritage needs to be defined to address this question. What is the value of heritage? While I strongly believe in the value of heritage for the city, I do not understand why. Up until this point I have found closure in the understanding that it is an analogical answer, and thus very personal and beyond total grasp, but I wonder if there is a more logical approach to understanding this question.
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Living reminders of the past - things you can see and possibly even allowed to touch - are TANGIBLE examples of the past. If it existed, it was, as empirically demonstrated by the senses of sight and touch in this case. This goes a long way in helping prevent e.g. post modernism (say as pushed by Derrida) actively through politics juggling with what WAS part of a past, to avoid SELECTIVELY indicating what "was" to any present ( and future ) human group. Professional racists use the same technique in trying to whitewash e.g. the Jewish so-called Holocaust (c. 1933-45) even up to and including denial of US Army Signal Corps films of death camps (!). "Those who control the past control the present and future" I believe is from Orwell's 1984. In my experience as a biographical science historian, I have seen this selective past-focusing (and withholding) up close and have militated against it. It is clear and unmitigated "clerical class" (academic, religious, press, legal, governmental) control-attempting on what YOU perceive as reality. This was common in medieval Catholic-dominated Europe in e.g. the time of Galileo, who famously noted in his Saturn ( perhaps Jupiter?) observations , "I see it, therefore it must be." The great many in the current crop of clerical academics in the West are intent, as I see it, in returning us to a time when a priest could condemn (us) Galileo for his (our) eyesight. Which is, as we recall, what occurred with him. (Don't let it happen to YOU. )
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Fossils are pieces of the planet evolutionary history, because of that are considered geological heritage. However, in several countries is common and legal its trade. This could be risk for this heritage? Which is the best practice to preserve this heritage?
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Es importante preservar nuestro patrimonio geológico, porque en el se encuentra los datos sobre la evolución del planeta tierra y de la vida tal como la conocemos hoy día. Es evidente que todo material que se presta en nuestra sociedad a un tráfico comercial es muy solicitado en el mercado; es decir que mientras haya personas o entidades que demandan su consumo habrá personas o entidades que lo ofrezcan de manera legal o ilegal. Caben dos soluciones: la coercitiva con leyes a favor de la protección y sanciones de tipo punitivo ( inhabilitación, multas, cárcel...) y la que yo creo que es mas adecuada y a largo plazo que es la concienciación social a través de la educación, los valores culturales, el conocimiento, la divulgación y la colaboración entre el estamentos científico y el resto de la población. En la primera solución se aminoraría el problema pero no se evitaría al tráfico ilegal puesto que es un mercado que mueve mucho dinero. En el segundo caso el conocimiento de la importancia que puede tener estos elementos patrimoniales para un pueblo ( como recurso económico propio, como recurso turístico, como propietario y defensores de un legado que hay que proteger...) crearía una conciencia social y un sentimiento identitario donde los elementos simbólicos y las posibles sanciones sociales impedirían con mucha mas eficiencia la perdida de este importante patrimonio.
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My research topic is related to cultural tourism in a known and unknown heritage centers. The already known heritage sites are known and there are also unknown. I will use both qualitative and quantitative research approach where the qualitative one will be mainly use FGD, Participant observation, case study and interview (mainly to respondents around the sites and institution). For the quantitative approach both domestic and international tourists will be the target population. However, they are unknown. Which formula is helpful for this type of study?
I will appreciate if you also drop me your ideas to hagosg@gmail.com
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I totally agree with David, I think he has nailed it for you. For such a research topic you may want to look into "cluster sampling" to help you collect responses.
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I am an IT graduate diploma student and I stumbled upon your project while looking for papers on Cultural and Architectural Heritage dissemination and I really loved the subject. I am currently writing a Literature Review on the subject and I am not quite sure if I know enough to tackle it.
What do you consider to be essential to know in order to do it properly?
Regards,
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Jiuzhaogou site was among the first group of natural bueaties in China that were designated as the World Heritage by UNESCO. Its natural wonders are really spectacular! It is a must-visit place of a life time for any human being! However,what is the mechanism of interplay and harmonization amongst the water,soil,vegetation and rocks? These questions become pressing especially becasue of the 7.0 degree earthquake that hit the site right in the middle and damaged some of its best lakes.References and discussions are welcome and your efforts will probably help to save the world heritage!
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Well, Hereinafter link good details
Presentation on theme: "Climate change impacts on water cycle in the Tibetan Plateau: A review Kun Yang Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Sciences The fifth."— Presentation transcript:
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Since Turkey is located in the Mediterranean macroclimate region in the sub-tropical zone, great rainfall variations can be seen between the years. at the north part, extreme rainfall and flood hazards and at the south and south-west part overheating are among main problems. However, the severity and of these variations is different from region to region. how can we define the most risky region, which its built heritage will be affected more in terms of future climate change?
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This is a multi-factor problem. Good question, but the answer is not so simple
You'll have to model each (sub-region) individually for future effects of rainfall and temperature ranges but also look at wind patterns and storm events.
You will then need to look at the heritage stock and assess how the building fabric responds to the new (modelled) climatic realities. You can do so by looking at the performance and response to climatic events over the past 30 years . Look at the extreme events and possibly use them as new normal.
The next issue will be the state of the heritage assets and the funding that currently goes into maintenance, both private funding for private buildings and public monies for community-owned assets. What is the trend here? That trend can be forward projected.
You will then also need to take into account the projected impact of climate change on the economic capacity of the private citizens and of the local governments. That will vary from region to region, but will have an impact on the future capacity and willingness to pay for repairs.
When you have all of this in hand, you ned to develop a set of evaluation criteria with relative weighting , which then provide you with a numeric value of future risk that incorporates environmnetal and socio-economic factors.
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This follows from the study of numerous samples of the world heritage. See https://www.researchgate.net/project/Anthropometric-Architecture
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Thanks Kiran Tewari. Does the size of the square match the unit of length measurement of those people? Do you have any images?
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We need anyone to help us when we get the following original literature:
Astbury, W. T. (1951). Adventures in Molecular Biology. Harvey Lectures, 46, 3–44. Retrieved from https://www.leeds.ac.uk/heritage/Astbury/What_is_molecular_biology/
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Thank you so much for your sharing
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What measures should be taken today to protect the architectural monuments of world heritage?
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Today, we are all overwhelmed and distressed after wittnessing the terrible fire on Notre Dâme Cathedral of Paris. I saw this live on tv, yesterday, and I couldn't help crying.
As I gather, from the news, the fire was aparently started from misconducted conservation works on the monument. Should we then not conserve and care for our monuments?
The positive side of this is that new restoration is possible, as much of the original medieval Art resisted . The magnificient medieval vitrals are nearly intact, whereas the 19th century wooden works and vitrals were affected. Modern works seam not to be so resistant to times when compared to original craft...
The second positive note is that such splendorous work of art was so well depicted over time and on interactive photografic and video sites, that 3D reconstruction , through 3D modern printers can fully recover the damage done.
In this sense, modern works of reconstruction have evolved, to become dependable on our efforts to keep photografic memory track of our Universal Heritage.
I have confidence and Faith in our future and in Art.
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Several authors claim that the first heritage institutions were created for the first time in Africa during colonization. I am looking for references that affirm the opposite. Studies attesting that there already existed in Africa an extra-family heritage, common to nations and peoples, but also that its was institutionalized and organized before the colonial period.
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Water, archaeological sites,
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I am interested in knowing specialized review to publish my papers. Thank you very much.
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Why is it missing the Islamic Arab heritage and its scholars of the study of the sign in Western studies of modern and contemporary ?, although Ibn Sina, who lived in the twelfth century. He actively attends the presentation of De Saussure, who lived in the nineteenth century in his work (healing). Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, who lived in the twelfth century, and put forward the concept of the sign and is very close to the references presented by Charles Sanders Pierce, who lived in the nineteenth century in his book (the standard of science). Abdul elkahar Jarjani who lived in the twelfth century, almost a reference for Roland Barthes in particular on the question of semantics of denotation and connotation (miracle signs in the science of meanings) ???
That is why some scholars to say contemporary that the concept of the sign in recent studies, in accordance with the semantic concept in the Arab and Islamic heritage, and is based on the Islamic world view, as an indication of the presence of the Creator (GOD ) in his interpretation of the semantic notion in Islamic thought and compensated by the sign in semiotics.
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I agree with your pointing but I would add that almost all researchers in the field are failing to study the medieval study of the sing, they are mostly focused on the relationship between modal logics and some nominalists and the pragmatic semiotics but very few studies on the relationship between medieval semiotics (in general and specifically the Universals issues) and the semiologie and slavic semiotics.
A collegue of mine is now working on the relationship between semiologie and Thomas Aquina, but I agree with you that there are vert little work on the islamic sign studies.
I work on digital media's semiotics but I am really interested in the medieval thinking on the topic so if you have some work on it I would be glad to read and reccomend.
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I am currently working on a research proposal about ancient auralizations and I am surprised to find very little actual audio renderings. Whilst I am sure many researchers have them, it seems that it very rarely gets published onto websites and other research platforms. Can anybody point me to either their private websites/collections or public online platforms where I might find this data? Thank you in advance.
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Also many thanks for the link, Guilherme Campos!
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In the field of restitution\reconstruction of architectural and urban heritage, I would know about the different methods and Technics.
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Good evening
Mr Gover has provided some valuable resources such as English Heritage and SPAB in UK. Other UK based resources that you may find informative are: The Historic Environment Scotland (https://www.historicenvironment.scot/), The Institute of Historic Building Conservation - IHBC (http://www.ihbc.org.uk/), The Council on Training in Architectural Conservation - COTAC (https://www.cotac.global/), The Construction History Society - CHS (http://www.constructionhistory.co.uk/), to name a few.
Alternatively, you may want to look into the The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property - ICCROM (https://www.iccrom.org/) which is based in Italy.
I hope this helps.
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Vladimir Ladinski
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I am interesting with virtual heritage
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Dear Orchids,
Many thanks for your response.
I agree with your idea that we need collaboration among scholars from architecture, computer and humanities.
That is will make us able to start,
But in the other hand we need more things to avoid the delay
using the virtual heritage in the historical city centre in the middle-east cities.
Do you agree with me?
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Dear Friends,
In Biodiversity Heritage Library, I couldn't download the volumes from 8 onwards. If anybody is having the following reference, kindly support me to share it.