Publicomos

Réf.

41444

Type

conference item

Titre

Heritage, local communities and the safeguarding of ‘spirit of place’ in Taiwan

Langues

English

Auteurs

Davis, Peter S. / Huang, Han-Yin / Liu, Wan-Chen

Date

2008

Pagination de section

1-11

Titre de conférence

16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’

Lieu de conférence

Quebec, Canada

Date de conférence

29 sept – 4 oct 2008

Mots-clés

local communities / community participation / public awareness / intangible heritage / spirit of place / economic aspects / social aspects / interpretation / ecomuseums

Pays mentionnés

Chinese Taipei

Monuments et sites

Matsu, Taiwan

Résumé en anglais

After brief reviews of the theoretical issues relating to place and ecomuseological processes this paper traces the changing relationships between people and place in Taiwan. Recent research carried out by the authors with local communities on Matsu (a group of Taiwanese islands off the coast of mainland China), and case study material collected from local cultural workshops in southern Taiwan provides a focus for the discussion. Both sets ofdata demonstrate the growing awareness of heritage by local communities in Taiwan, and their recognition that heritage is significant because it reflects and builds local identities, can aid community sustainability and provides a sense of place. It is suggested that the research and processes described here indicate that the heritage sector in Taiwan would benefit by becoming more community-centred, with consultation, involvement and democratisation playing a significant part of the process of safeguarding natural resources, the cultural environment and intangible cultural heritage.

Document joint

77-LtNt-2012_.pdf

Licence

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