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Notice (permalien)
Réf.
41576
Type
conference item
Titre
Semiotic aspects on the valuation and interpretation of the Camino de Santiago
Langues
Spanish
Auteurs
Álvarez, Antonio
Date
2008
Pages
10 p.
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Québec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
spirit of place / intangible heritage / World Heritage List / cultural routes / interpretation / transmission
Pays mentionnés
Spain
Monuments et sites
Camino de Santiago, Spain
N° Patrimoine mondial
669
Résumé en anglais
The Camino de Santiago constitutes an exceptionallycomplex heritage site in which literary, linguistic, musical and aesthetic
codes overlap simultaneously enhancing each others attributes. ElCamino de Santiago has been shaped through material, natural and
cultural elements (landscapes, buildings…) and both immaterial andintangible values (religion, beliefs, oral tradition, songs…). So, what is
“this place’s” spirit like? One could compared it to the anatomy of puffpastry, in which every layer has its texture, quality and raison d'être, and
in which all of them together make sense and in unison give sense to thewhole. We will show that the particular fragility of the components
(significantes) of this tangible heritage is the root cause for them fallinginto oblivion and as a consequence the loss of heritage values
(significados); these losses make it difficult to identify and understandthe spirit of the place. Through education and knowledge we will be
able to analyze the writings of this “palimpsesto”, Camino de Santiago,so that they are learnt, conserved, and interpreted without any twist or
distortion.
codes overlap simultaneously enhancing each others attributes. ElCamino de Santiago has been shaped through material, natural and
cultural elements (landscapes, buildings…) and both immaterial andintangible values (religion, beliefs, oral tradition, songs…). So, what is
“this place’s” spirit like? One could compared it to the anatomy of puffpastry, in which every layer has its texture, quality and raison d'être, and
in which all of them together make sense and in unison give sense to thewhole. We will show that the particular fragility of the components
(significantes) of this tangible heritage is the root cause for them fallinginto oblivion and as a consequence the loss of heritage values
(significados); these losses make it difficult to identify and understandthe spirit of the place. Through education and knowledge we will be
able to analyze the writings of this “palimpsesto”, Camino de Santiago,so that they are learnt, conserved, and interpreted without any twist or
distortion.
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