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Réf.
41503
Type
conference item
Titre
Rethinking the spirit of place: conceptual convolutions and preservation pragmatics
Langues
English
Auteurs
Silva, Kapila D.
Date
2008
Pages
8 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 / conservation / sacred places / World Heritage List / definitions / concepts / historic towns / intangible cultural heritage
Pays mentionnés
Sri Lanka
Monuments et sites
Sacred City of Kandy, Sri Lanka
N° Patrimoine mondial
450
Résumé en anglais
Bringing theories form anthropological, psychological, andenvironmental disciplines together, this paper proposes a definition of the
notion of spirit of place, its constituents, and how the tangible andintangible aspects of a place and culture evoke such a spirit of place and
memory of it. It then uses that conceptual framework to critique thecurrent definitions of constructs such as tangible and intangible heritage
and heritage values, showing their conceptual convolutions and limitedpracticality in preservation. The paper then discusses how such definition
could lead the conservation policies and practices as well as social
&
economic sustainability of a historic place. Finally it presents a casestudy of a World Heritage site in Sri Lanka in order to illustrate the thesis
postulated in the paper.
notion of spirit of place, its constituents, and how the tangible andintangible aspects of a place and culture evoke such a spirit of place and
memory of it. It then uses that conceptual framework to critique thecurrent definitions of constructs such as tangible and intangible heritage
and heritage values, showing their conceptual convolutions and limitedpracticality in preservation. The paper then discusses how such definition
could lead the conservation policies and practices as well as social
&
economic sustainability of a historic place. Finally it presents a casestudy of a World Heritage site in Sri Lanka in order to illustrate the thesis
postulated in the paper.
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