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Notice (permalien)

Réf.

41871

Type

conference item

Titre

Preserving intangible heritage resources : examples from South Africa

Langues

English

Auteurs

Bakker, Karel Anthonie

Lieu de publication

Paris

Pays de publication

France

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS

Date

2005

Pages

7 p.

Addenda

Handwritten page numbers 343(1)-347 on the printed collected papers.

Titre de conférence

14th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Place, memory, meaning: preserving intangible values in monuments and sites’

Lieu de conférence

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Date de conférence

27 – 31 oct 2003

Mots-clés

conservation / case studies / historic sites / conservation of cultural heritage / tentative lists / urban development / urban design / intangible cultural heritage

Pays mentionnés

South Africa

Monuments et sites

Blyderiver canyon and Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Department of Foreign affairs of the Union building, Pretoria, South Africa
Salvokop Freedom Park, Pretoria, South Africa

Résumé en anglais

Under new heritage legislation in South Africa the conservation of ‘place’ and inherent intangible values have been enshrined, but are not readily supported by environmental controlling bodies and developers in practice. Three case studies are used to demonstrate how intangible place values were successfully defended where developmental and political pressures indicated their loss. The first example explains the process of identifying a suitable site and providing urban design guidelines for the introduction of 500 low-cost housing units in a ‘mixed’ cultural property that is earmarked for nomination for World Heritage status – namely, the gold-rush town of Pilgrim’s Rest and the Blyde River Canyon - with the aim of retaining the intangible heritage resources whilst redressing historical race-based injustices and providing much-needed economic stimulus for the heritage place. In the second example the intangible values inherent to the Union Buildings in Pretoria - the seat of Government designed by Sir Herbert Baker - were defined and used as the departure point for urban design guidelines for the proposed headquarters of the Dept of Foreign Affairs planned in its proximity. In the last case study, the conservation process for an inner city regeneration project in a 100 year-old railway precinct in Pretoria at the foot of the new Freedom Park - a national legacy site commemorating African struggles for freedom succeeded in retaining intangible heritage resources in the face of extremely compromising urban development pressures and low-cost housing needs, as well as the ravages of a rapid rail system which is soon to traverse the site.

Ressource intégrale

yes

Document joint

C3-3_-_Bakker.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)

Document source

26567 - English #26567

N° d'entrée et cote

14852