Description
This oral paper focuses on developments of heritage that are anchored to and integrates the local community. Two different historical sites in Ebeltoft, Denmark, will be exemplified in a discussion about ‘democratic’ development of heritage and different levels of perceptions and personal relation to historical sites. UNESCO’s categorisation of ‘tangible’ and ‘intangible’ heritage will be an offset to a discussion about urban heritage sites and the people living in and around it. This UNESCO-categorisation will be challenged by the matter of different levels of perception: heritage perceived differently according to each individual, and heritage understood in a collective sense that can generate a strong sense of local identity. Heritage is not something static, it is a link between the life that has been lived in the historical frames, and the life that is defining it today. Because, to whom has the heritage value? This question is crucial when dealing with heritage that are “in use”: e.g. a part of populated urban areas. In urban areas heritage is in a context of continual changes, and this view on heritage is rooted in the strive to ensure that heritage sites, besides securing the national historical interest, has a value for people today. The connection between the local community and the heritage is in many govern heritage management situations being undermined and it is not managed through ‘democratic’ urban planning methods, e.g.: local inclusion, transparent process, informative interventions, etc. These urban planning methods will be discussed according to the two Danish case examples that currently are undergoing developments.| Period | 26 Aug 2020 → 30 Aug 2020 |
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| Event title | 5th association of critical heritage studies |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | London, United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- democratic design experiments
- urban heritage
- planning