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Réf.
42345
Type
conference item
Titre
The macuti house, traditional building techniques and sustainable development in Ilha de Moçambique
Langues
English
Auteurs
Sollien, Silje Erøy
Date
21/05/2012
Pagination de section
312-321
Titre de conférence
ICOMOS 17th General Assembly
Lieu de conférence
Paris, France
Date de conférence
2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02
Mots-clés
conservation of cultural heritage / World Heritage Sites / sustainable development / vernacular architecture / conservation of architecture / intangible heritage / slums / urban areas / cultural identity / enhancement / economic development / architecture / town planning / management / World Heritage / World Heritage List / economic and social development / conservation of historic sites / tangible and intangible
Pays mentionnés
Mozambique
Monuments et sites
Ilha de Moçambique
N° Patrimoine mondial
599
Résumé en anglais
This paper is part of the initial phase of PhD research focusing on conservation of the macuti architecturein the World Heritage City of Ilha de Moçambique. It questions how initiatives to preserve traditional
ways of building in this area, of which parts could be described as an urban slum, may reflect a sustainablereturn to the art of building. Implied is that preservation of this way of building may have a value in the form
of strengthening cultural identity and possible environmental and socio-economic advantages. However, inorder to overcome negative associations with colonial subordination, poverty and low social status, such initiatives need to be part of a wider programme of strengthening cultural and social capital among the population,avoiding division into tangible and intangible heritage management, and include broad ecological and
socio-economic considerations.
ways of building in this area, of which parts could be described as an urban slum, may reflect a sustainablereturn to the art of building. Implied is that preservation of this way of building may have a value in the form
of strengthening cultural identity and possible environmental and socio-economic advantages. However, inorder to overcome negative associations with colonial subordination, poverty and low social status, such initiatives need to be part of a wider programme of strengthening cultural and social capital among the population,avoiding division into tangible and intangible heritage management, and include broad ecological and
socio-economic considerations.
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