Publicomos

Réf.

42809

Type

conference item

Titre

Avoiding the tragedy: Recommendations for an appropriation of Elinor Ostrom’s design principles in governing a commons within the context of built heritage conservation in the Philippines

Langues

English

Auteurs

Vitug, Marianne Claire

Lieu de publication

Charenton-le-Pont

Pays de publication

France

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS

Date

2018

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy"

Lieu de conférence

New Delhi, India

Date de conférence

13-14th December 2017

Mots-clés

theory of conservation / governance / sustainability / identity / population / economic aspects / social aspects / education / causes of deterioration / public awareness / public participation / cooperation / destruction of cultural heritage / participation

Pays mentionnés

Philippines

Personnalités

Ostrom, Elinor

Résumé en anglais

The sad reality in the Philippines is that it has, in the past few decades, earned the notoriety for not protecting its important historic structures. Several scholars and leading figures in the local art and culture scene have both postulated and lamented that this could have been no more than a function of the Filipinos’ general lack of appreciation of their history. This sweeping statement, though tragic in so many ways, has been embraced by several sectors in the population and became an oft-quoted reason for thecontinued destruction of several historically and culturally significant buildings. But what if this is not exactly true?This paper argues that the reason Filipinos inadvertently “allow” the demise of their manifested patrimony is that they have yet to figure out their role in the preservation of these sites. It is likely that regular citizens have to be engaged by formal state institutions and allow them to participate in the preparation of conservation policies. This argument adheres to a movement that has begun a few years back when the world witnessed an explosion of scholarship around cultural heritage being considered as a “common property” or a “commons”. The late Elinor Ostrom, following and widening the footsteps of Garrett Hardin before her, wrote several books on how different entities interact to determine how their “commons” would be governed. This research, by looking at several local case studies, endeavours to appropriate Ostrom’s framework in the Philippine context and would study its viability.

Document joint

26._ICOA_1611_Vitug_SM.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike (BY-NC-SA)