Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

42807

Type

conference item

Titre

Reconquering democracy through cultural and natural heritage in Chile

Langues

English

Auteurs

González Muzzio, Claudia / Rozas Vidal, Claudio / Flores Ortiz, Álvaro

Lieu de publication

Charenton-le-Pont

Pays de publication

France

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS

Date

2018

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy"

Lieu de conférence

New Delhi, India

Date de conférence

13-14th December 2017

Mots-clés

participation / empowerment / cultural heritage / development / identity / sustainability / organizations / town planning legislation / economic aspects / social aspects / prevention of deterioration / sustainable development / public awareness / communities / local level / valuations

Pays mentionnés

Chile

Résumé en anglais

During Pinochet’s dictatorship, most of civil society and community organisations werev restricted or banned, causing disaffection of citizens from public life and limiting social relations among neighbours. In addition, after the restoration of the democratic system, deepen neoliberal policies continued to promote individualism and lack of participation. However, during the last decades, and particularly after the earthquake and tsunami occurred in 2010 in Chile, several community organisationsemerged to promote, recover and protect their local cultural heritage as an essential component of their identity. Beside the recognition of the risk faced by cultural and natural heritage due to its exposure to natural hazards, people have become aware about other hazards – even more dangerous –, including bureaucracy, gentrification, real estate speculation, lack of modern regulations, lack of incentives to protect heritage buildings, energy generation or mining projects, etc. Some communities have organised themselves to rebuild traditional adobe houses, some others to protecttheir neighbourhoods from the construction of high buildings – forcing changes in urban regulations –, and others are managing to promote traditional knowledge, the recovery of traditional construction techniques and intangible heritage, as well as to protect threatened natural heritage. Communities and other civil society organisations are not only safeguarding their own heritage but also making others in society aware about the importance of heritage for sustainable development, and for protecting and strengthening local identities. At the same time, people in different rural and urban areas have recovered previously lostsocial ties and have rebuilt their sense of space and belonging, creating and strengthening social capital, thus increasing their resilience and promoting sustainable development.

Ressource intégrale

yes

Document joint

24._ICOA_1604_Muzzio_SM.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike (BY-NC-SA)