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Réf.
41436
Type
conference item
Titre
The Making of Place: Myth and Memory at the site of Tiwanaku, Bolivia
Langues
English
Auteurs
Friedman, Leslie A.
Date
2008
Pagination de section
1-10
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
World Heritage List / intangible heritage / spirit of place / historical surveys / cultural significance / archaeological sites / rituals
Pays mentionnés
Bolivia
Monuments et sites
Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture, Bolivia
N° Patrimoine mondial
567
Résumé en anglais
The sacred site of Tiwanaku, Bolivia, the firstmajor city-state in the Central Andes, has, for almost 3,000 years, been appropriated for various intents by the Inca, theSpanish, the Bolivian state, European travelers, spiritualists,
and the indigenous Aymara people who claim the WorldHeritage site as their ancestral home. Investing the site with meanings, myths, memories, each group has created – or recreated– the spirit of the site of Tiwanaku. Today, the site of Tiwanaku continues to be a vortex of competing claims and alocation for multiple intangible heritages, such as Aymara cultural ceremonies and modern music videos; a newly created solstice festival that is held yearly at the site; and, arguably, the rituals of archaeology and world heritage. Thispaper traces the making of place and heritage: how, from its
inception through today, multiple histories and collectivememories have physically altered the site of Tiwanaku, impacting its excavation, conservation, and presentation; andhow intangible acts shape the tangibility of place.
and the indigenous Aymara people who claim the WorldHeritage site as their ancestral home. Investing the site with meanings, myths, memories, each group has created – or recreated– the spirit of the site of Tiwanaku. Today, the site of Tiwanaku continues to be a vortex of competing claims and alocation for multiple intangible heritages, such as Aymara cultural ceremonies and modern music videos; a newly created solstice festival that is held yearly at the site; and, arguably, the rituals of archaeology and world heritage. Thispaper traces the making of place and heritage: how, from its
inception through today, multiple histories and collectivememories have physically altered the site of Tiwanaku, impacting its excavation, conservation, and presentation; andhow intangible acts shape the tangibility of place.
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