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Réf.
42324
Type
conference item
Titre
Reinforcing the authenticity and spirit of place of indigenous peoples to promote cultural tourism at world heritage sites as a development approach: Learning from the Canadian experience
Langues
English
Auteurs
Arsenault, Daniel / Maclaren, Fergus
Date
21/05/2012
Pagination de section
575-586
Titre de conférence
ICOMOS 17th General Assembly
Lieu de conférence
Paris, France
Date de conférence
2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02
Mots-clés
World Heritage / Aboriginal cultures / Aboriginal sites / indigenous peoples / World Heritage Sites / authenticity / management plans / development / public awareness / rock art / rock engravings / tourism management / tourism / sustainable tourism / types of tourism / visitor flow / rituals / community participation / presentation / interpretation
Pays mentionnés
Canada
Monuments et sites
SGaang Gwaii Village, Canada / Áísínai’pi Park, Canada
N° Patrimoine mondial
157 / 1935
Résumé en anglais
Historically, most state institutions that deal with World Heritage (WH) rarely involve Indigenous people who have lived, worked and interpreted the sites for generations. In the development and management of these WH sites, particularly for touristic purposes, raising the question: Does the manner in which this heritage is presented correspond to the notions that indigenous societies have of themselves and of their history? The global exchange and information economy results in greater visibility of minority peoples and cultures, including indigenous cultures. The creation of cultural heritage tourism from indigenous sites, monuments and artefacts alike, however, incite concerns on how culture is transmitted as a form of “globalisation of indigenousness”.
This increased visibility translates into three connected phenomena: 1) mass “cultural” tourism, 2) the “globalisation” of indigenous groups’ interventions, on the global scale and on the local scale for defence and promotion of their interests, and 3) the public movements sympathetic to the indigenous cause, which are initiated or taken over by political support networks.Government authorities around the world that manage or oversee WH sites, recognizing these cultural imbalances, are looking at ways to better convey spirit of place and the cultural/natural evolution of a site, as interpreted by the indigenous people who live in and around them. The desire is to identify tangible ways to work with indigenous communities that retain this important cultural/natural heritage fabric that has sustained local people, while ensuring that the representation of a WH site’s character and integrity retains its authentic representation.
The objectives of this paper are to:-Define “spirit of place” (tangible and intangible) as identified and represented by individual indigenous peoples living in and around WH sites in Canada;
-Discern the drivers and barriers to the development of cultural tourism within indigenous communities; and-Present approaches as to how the application of indigenous spirit of place and authenticity can be better incorporated into the tourism planning process and management of international WH sites as a development instrument.
This increased visibility translates into three connected phenomena: 1) mass “cultural” tourism, 2) the “globalisation” of indigenous groups’ interventions, on the global scale and on the local scale for defence and promotion of their interests, and 3) the public movements sympathetic to the indigenous cause, which are initiated or taken over by political support networks.Government authorities around the world that manage or oversee WH sites, recognizing these cultural imbalances, are looking at ways to better convey spirit of place and the cultural/natural evolution of a site, as interpreted by the indigenous people who live in and around them. The desire is to identify tangible ways to work with indigenous communities that retain this important cultural/natural heritage fabric that has sustained local people, while ensuring that the representation of a WH site’s character and integrity retains its authentic representation.
The objectives of this paper are to:-Define “spirit of place” (tangible and intangible) as identified and represented by individual indigenous peoples living in and around WH sites in Canada;
-Discern the drivers and barriers to the development of cultural tourism within indigenous communities; and-Present approaches as to how the application of indigenous spirit of place and authenticity can be better incorporated into the tourism planning process and management of international WH sites as a development instrument.
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