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Réf.
42685
Type
article
Titre
Authenticity as a Sustainable Value of Holistic Conservation:The Case of Turkey’s World Heritage Sites
Langues
English
Auteurs
Karakul, Özlem
Date
2016
Titre de la revue
Megaron
Vol. & n°
v. 11 n. 4
Mots-clés
intangible values / archaeological sites / conservation / case studies / outstanding universal value / cultural heritage / natural heritage / World Heritage Sites / authenticity / conservation of historic sites / vernacular architecture / World Heritage / World Heritage List / criteria / craftsmanship / tangible and intangible / historic towns
Monuments et sites
Safranbolu / Troy
N° Patrimoine mondial
614 / 849
Résumé en anglais
The discussions on ‘authenticity’ have always been central in conservation studies. Nowadays, in recent years, the discussions also continuedwithin the debates on the conservation of intangible cultural heritage. This paper brings a new standpoint about ‘authenticity’, considering
it as a value for conservation. Its subjective nature need to be minimized by the clear definition of its constitutive aspects includingboth tangible and intangible features. To make it more concretized, it needs to understand the decision makers on authenticity and to
define it in current conditions of historic environments comparatively. Before the Nara Document on Authenticity, defining the conceptof authenticity as “the essential qualifying factor concerning values”, it had generally been explained as a quality regarding physical characteristics.
The document determined the sources of information to be linked with authenticity including “form and design, materials andsubstance, use of function, traditions and techniques, location and setting, and spirit and feeling, and other internal and external factors”.
After this document, the relations between intangible values and authenticity have been tried to be defined more clearly. This study putsforward that the sustainability of the originality of integrity of both intangible and tangible values is significant for the accuracy of the
holistic conservation of built heritage. The study mainly investigates two of Turkey’s sites in the world heritage list (WHL), ArcheologicalSite of Troy and City of Safranbolu, considering their outstanding
universal value and the related criteria which they satisfied; and, the tangibleand intangible aspects of their specific conditions of authenticity as outlined in the Nara Document on Authenticity comparatively. (abstract on the paper in english and turkish)
it as a value for conservation. Its subjective nature need to be minimized by the clear definition of its constitutive aspects includingboth tangible and intangible features. To make it more concretized, it needs to understand the decision makers on authenticity and to
define it in current conditions of historic environments comparatively. Before the Nara Document on Authenticity, defining the conceptof authenticity as “the essential qualifying factor concerning values”, it had generally been explained as a quality regarding physical characteristics.
The document determined the sources of information to be linked with authenticity including “form and design, materials andsubstance, use of function, traditions and techniques, location and setting, and spirit and feeling, and other internal and external factors”.
After this document, the relations between intangible values and authenticity have been tried to be defined more clearly. This study putsforward that the sustainability of the originality of integrity of both intangible and tangible values is significant for the accuracy of the
holistic conservation of built heritage. The study mainly investigates two of Turkey’s sites in the world heritage list (WHL), ArcheologicalSite of Troy and City of Safranbolu, considering their outstanding
universal value and the related criteria which they satisfied; and, the tangibleand intangible aspects of their specific conditions of authenticity as outlined in the Nara Document on Authenticity comparatively. (abstract on the paper in english and turkish)
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