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41476
Type
conference item
Titre
The Use of Psychometric Scales to Measure Spirit of Place: Relevance to Heritage Conservation Efforts from Ninewa Province, Iraq
Langues
English
Auteurs
Bott, Suzanne / Banning, James
Date
2008
Pages
11 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 / setting / management / investigations / psychology / intangible cultural heritage
Pays mentionnés
Iraq
Monuments et sites
Ninewa Province, Iraq
Résumé en anglais
The theme of the 2008 ICOMOS General Assembly, Spirit of Place, has been widelyacknowledged as being nebulous, intangible, and hard to define. However, resource managers
must be able to demonstrate that Spirit of Place exists as a valid construct in order to justifymanagement strategies, and quite often, to secure financial support for research and conservation.
In order to do so, practical measurement tools must therefore be available. This paper presents amulti-faceted methodology for measuring spirit of place in order to offer ways of quantifying and
justifying management strategies. This paper is based on empirical research conducted at ColoradoState University and observations from two years of reconstruction and heritage conservation
practice in Iraq (January 2007 – present). It provides a unique perspective of the importance ofpromoting spirit of place in the case of post-conflict reconstruction. In such instances, it is
especially important to be able to reclaim spirit of place as besieged nations rebuild nationalidentity that has been severely stressed by war.
must be able to demonstrate that Spirit of Place exists as a valid construct in order to justifymanagement strategies, and quite often, to secure financial support for research and conservation.
In order to do so, practical measurement tools must therefore be available. This paper presents amulti-faceted methodology for measuring spirit of place in order to offer ways of quantifying and
justifying management strategies. This paper is based on empirical research conducted at ColoradoState University and observations from two years of reconstruction and heritage conservation
practice in Iraq (January 2007 – present). It provides a unique perspective of the importance ofpromoting spirit of place in the case of post-conflict reconstruction. In such instances, it is
especially important to be able to reclaim spirit of place as besieged nations rebuild nationalidentity that has been severely stressed by war.
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yes
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