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Comparing Notions on European Cultural Heritage in EU Policy Discourse and Scholarly Discussion
2016
Cultural heritage is an idea and a concept repeatedly brought up in current EU policy discourse. In recent years the European Commission has launched several initiatives which aim to foster the idea of a common European cultural heritage. The idea is also often referred to in scholarly discussion. There has been vivid discussion in academia about the possibility of a European cultural heritage and what it could be grounded upon. What is a European cultural heritage? How has it been explicated and defined in recent EU policy discourse and scholarly discussion? Through qualitative content analysis of diverse EU policy documents and selected scholarly publications, the article clarifies the mu…
Politics of tangibility, intangibility, and place in the making of a European cultural heritage in EU heritage policy
2016
The EU has recently launched several initiatives that aim to foster the idea of a common European cultural heritage. The notion of a European cultural heritage in EU policy discourse is extremely abstract, referring to various ideas and values detached from physical locations or places. Nevertheless the EU initiatives put the abstract policy discourse into practice and concretize its notions about a European cultural heritage. A common strategy in this practice is ‘placing heritage’ – affixing the idea of a European cultural heritage to certain places in order to turn them into specific European heritage sites. The materialisation of a European cultural heritage and the production of physic…
“L’arte dei muri a secco”, confronti tra esperienze per la conservazione del patrimonio culturale dei paesaggi rurali
2023
The European rural landscape has been designed for centuries by the art of the construction of dry stone walls and by the arrangement of terraced bands, becoming a cultural expression of identity common also to rural contexts geographically distant from each other. In 2018, eight European countries obtained the transnational recognition of the “Art of dry stone walls” in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The contribution questions, on the basis of some case studies, how UNESCO recognition can concretely favor the start of that necessary support for studies and conservation of the knowledge preserved in the experience of the workers, who often lack professional recognition and re…
Europe’s Peat Fire: Intangible Heritage and the Crusades for Identity
2019
Dissonances of ethnic nationalism have in Western cultural policy long been concealed by the universalist discourses of the international treaties on material heritage protection, as framed by the expansive heritage conservation apparatuses of the European nation states. Originally inspired by the 19th century romantic spirit of conservation, they became in the 20th century part of the modern, state-apparatus. Yet parallel with the European enlargements and new kinds of memory debates on the Holocaust and postcolonialism, these authorized heritage regimes have received more and more competition from a transnational counter-discourse on intangible cultural heritage. Like the earlier transfor…
Moros y cristianos. De la batalla festiva a la discursiva
2008
Hace poco más de un año se acordaba en España admitir a trámite en el Congreso de los Diputados la proposición no de ley del Grupo Parlamentario Popular relativa a la proclamación de las "fiestas de moros y cristianos" como obras maestras del patrimonio oral e inmaterial de la humanidad. La solicitud se contextualiza en la democratización y universalización que el patrimonio ha experimentado y se explica por la vertiente cada vez más mercantilista de los procesos de patrimonialización. En el caso que nos ocupa la presentación estuvo envuelta en una interesante discusión política sobre la "tradición", la "libertad" y la "amenaza". Este artículo analiza la polémica sobre estas fiestas y su pr…
Palabras tejidas: método y uso de un tesauro multilingüe de la seda
2021
El patrimonio europeo de la seda es un patrimonio integral que abarca tanto bienes materiales (telares, tejidos, hilos, etc.) como un importante patrimonio inmaterial lingüístico. Su importancia como patrimonio es indudable, pero aunque la seda ha tejido Europa y se sigue utilizando en numerosos contextos, la tejeduría tradicional está en riesgo por la pérdida gradual de artesanos que salvaguarden el conocimiento ancestral. Además, la seda sigue siendo relevante para las personas que experimentan conexiones vivas, personales y sociales con este patrimonio, el cual está vinculado a tantas historias de vida y relatos colectivos que ha generado numerosos vocablos propios. El modo en que se han…
El hilo de la historia: del patrimonio mueble al intangible. Rescatando el patrimonio textil sedero
2021
[EN] Silk heritage belongs to the so-called integral heritage type, which means that tangible and intangible elements can be found in one piece. Moreover, silk is a living heritage strongly connected with its community. It is paradigmatic case, where its intangible elements go from literature, to mulberry farming, or traditional weaving techniques. Also, activities surrounding silk trade have left an imprint on various cities in monuments and even marking their town planning. Nowadays, silk is a living heritage in various communities and constitutes an element of creativity that can be appreciated in the current fashion trends. This paper addresses the main results of the SILKNOW project, f…
TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE HERITAGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SUSTAINABLE CITY
2013
This contribution is about the enhancement of the tangible and intangible cultural heritage and acknowledgement of environmental sustainability principles. It deals with the relationship between new ways of conceiving urban environments and new strategies for urban regeneration in northern and southern Mediterranean cities. Our main research hypothesis will show how the cultural heritage is now the force for change in Mediterranean cities, and involves stakeholders, craftsmen, local inhabitants and consumers. The case studies of Tunis and Marseille will help to address the issue of the enhancement of historic city centres and the redevelopment of abandoned industrial areas. In Tunis we will…
Il Patrimonio della città sostenibile nel Mediterraneo. Progetti sostenibili per il centro storico di Tunisi
2013
Questo contributo si concentra sull’analisi di nuove strategie di rigenerazione urbana che hanno come obiettivo primario la valorizzazione del Patrimonio della città sostenibile nel Mediterraneo. La nostra ipotesi vuole dimostrare che il Patrimonio è diventato il vettore mobilizzatore del cambiamento delle città mediterranee, coinvolgendo mestieri, abitanti e fruitori. Verranno esaminati due progetti realizzati nella città di Tunisi dall’Association de Sauvegarde de la Médina (ASM): l’intervento di valorizzazione di un percorso urbano che collega gli spazi pubblici e il patrimonio architettonico della Medina (2008), dalla Mosquée Zitouna alla Zaouina di Sidi Ibrahim Riahi; il piano di rivit…
FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS OURS… NOW IT BELONGS TO ALL OF HUMANITY”: WORLD HERITAGE AS THE EXPRESSION OF CONFLICTS
2020
Resumen: En este artículo nos interesa reflexionar sobre la naturaleza conflictiva del patrimonio, que suele ser silenciada por su potente imaginario como capital cultural, económico y social y como signo de distinción. A través de un análisis detallado del proceso mediante el cual el tango y las fallas pasaron a formar parte de la Lista Representativa del Patrimonio de la Humanidad, nos adentramos en las dimensiones hegemónicas y de los procesos patrimoniales, así como en la esencia beligerante de las resistencias locales que se enfrentan a las lógicas del patrimonio neoliberal. Estos casos nos permiten vislumbrar las relaciones conflictivas que a menudo se establecen entre distintas lógic…