World Heritage and Cultural Diversity - Unesco

267 Pages·2010·5.5 MB·English

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World Heritage and
Cultural Diversity
Editors
German Commission for UNESCO
Dieter Offenhäußer
Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus
Walther Ch. Zimmerli
UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies
Marie-Theres Albert
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Copyediting and proofreading:
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© German Commission for UNESCO, 2010
Printed in Germany
ISBN: 978-3-940785-20-6
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Scientific Peer Review Committee
The editors of this book were supported by an independent Scientific Peer
Review Committee composed of recognized experts in the field of heritage
research. We therefore wish to thank Robyn Bushell, Lodovico Folin Calabi,
Thomas Heyd, Peter Howard, Klaus Hüfner, Jukka Jokilehto, Lothar Jordan,
Reinhard Kleßen, York Langenstein, Jutta Ströter-Bender and Andrea
Witcomb. The committee reviewed, evaluated, ranked and rated research
papers based on internationally established procedures and guidelines.
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Contents
Prefaces
10 Walter Hirche
11 Walther Ch. Zimmerli
13 Francesco Bandarin
Prologue
15 Stella Chiweshe
Intangible Musical Heritage
Introduction
17 Marie-Theres Albert
World Heritage and Cultural Diversity:
What Do they Have in Common?
Part 1: Setting the Framework
24 Mounir Bouchenaki
World Heritage and Cultural Diversity:
Challenges for University Education
32 Dieter Offenhäußer
UNESCO's World Heritage Programme – Reasons for its Popularity
35 Birgitta Ringbeck
On the Future of the World Heritage Convention
38 William Stewart Logan
Development of World Heritage Studies in University Education
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Part 2: Heritage in Time and Space
46 Margarita Hiebaum-Fichtl, Ruifan Yang
Preface
Standard References
50 Geneviève Susemihl
Transnational and Transcultural Movements and World Heritage
59 Alice Halsdorfer
Flight, Displacement, Exile and Migration:
How to Represent Such Complex and Multifaceted Phenomena
at World Heritage Sites?
69 Caroline Robertson-von Trotha, Robert Hauser
UNESCO and Digitalized Heritage:
New Heritage – New Challenges
79 Barbara Engels
Serial Natural Heritage Sites:
A Model to Enhance Diversity of World Heritage?
85 Susanne von der Heide
Aspects of Transcultural Movements along the
Ancient Trade Routes of the Himalayas
94 Jacek Purchla
Towards a Heritage Preservation System:
The Dilemmas of Poland's Transformation
Part 3: Tangible and Intangible
Expressions of Heritage
100 Konstantin Wenzel
Preface
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Standard References
104 Britta Rudolff
Local Identity on the Global Stage: The Challenges of Representing Diversity
112 Christina Cameron
World Heritage Sites of Conscience and Memory
120 Jagdish S. Gundara
Religious and Cultural Diversity and World Heritage
in Modern Constitutional States
129 Judith Herrmann
Tolerance and Diversity
Case Studies
138 Huang Ziming
Indian Classical Dance in the Secular Context
of a Multi-Ethnic Society in Singapore
146 Ulrich Schaaf
The Silesian Lutheran Churches of Peace in Jawor and S´widnica:
Symbol of the Struggle for Religious Freedom or Witnesses
of Religious Tolerance?
Part 4: Political Dimensions of Heritage
156 Ellen Lekka, Marc Wohlrabe
Preface
Standard References
160 Christian Manhart
UNESCO's Fight against Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property,
Restitution and Needs of Museums in Developing Countries
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164 Christoff Jenschke
Obligation to Restitute objets d'artAccording to the First
Protocol to the 1954 Hague Convention versus National
Immunity from Seizure
167 Stefan Disko
World Heritage Sites in Indigenous Peoples' Territories:
Ways of Ensuring Respect for Indigenous Cultures, Values
and Human Rights
Case Studies
180 William Xiaojun Wei, Mathew Levitt
The Qing Bronze Heads Case: Problems and Suggestions
Regarding the Repatriation of Cultural Property
186 Nadia Capuzzo Derkovic´
Dealing With the Past: The Role of Cultural Heritage Preservation
and Monuments in a Post-Conflict Society
Part 5: Cultural Landscapes and
Sustainable Development
192 Marie-Theres Albert
Preface
Standard References
196 Mechtild Rössler
World Heritage and Sustainable Development:
The Case of Cultural Landscapes
203 Michael Turner
The Perception of Urban Space as Landscape:
From Site to Space and Scape
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213 Steven Yieke Ojoo
Indigenous Interpretation of the Luo Cultural Landscapes
225 Ana Pereira Roders, Ron van Oers
Outstanding Universal Value, World Heritage Cities
and Sustainability: Mapping Assessment Processes
Case Studies
238 Shadi Azizi, Nader Afzalan, Mahda Mohammadbagher
A Case Study of Cultural Landscape as a Potential for Sustainable
Development of Local Scale: Garme Village Redevelopment
245 Yuri L. Mazurov
Challenge of Climate Change for Historical Heritage:
Monitoring and Reporting in the Russian Federation
252 Thomas Raab, Alexandra Raab
Impacts of Early Land Use and Mining on River Landscapes
262 Authors and Members of the
Scientific Peer Review Committee
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Walter Hirche
Preface
With the international conference on World Heritage and The symposium took place on the occasion of the inauguration
Cultural Diversity – Challenges for University Education, the of the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies. In 2003, UNESCO
international Master's programme World Heritage Studies at recognized the success of the Chair in Intercultural Studies at
Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus celebrated its Cottbus University, which was heading the Master's programme
10th anniversary in October 2009. This innovative and unique World Heritage Studies until 2009, by awarding the title of
interdisciplinary study course is primarily based on the World UNESCO Chair, thereby integrating Chair and study course into
Heritage Convention adopted by UNESCO in 1972. The Con- the international network of UNESCO Chairs to foster university
vention defines the commitment to preserve cultural and natural cooperation worldwide.
sites of “outstanding universal value” as heritage of humanity for
present and future generations. In it the educational mandate of The international conference stands in a long tradition of the
World Heritage and the idea of sustainability, of a responsible very successful collaboration between the Chair in Intercultural
and future-oriented handling of our heritage, are placed. In this Studies, the UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies and the Ger-
respect the study course follows the request to lead young man Commission for UNESCO. Over recent years several con-
people to constructively engage with the socio-economic, cultur- ferences have been jointly organized and publications designed
al, ecological, political and technical challenges that are con- to celebrate the significance of World Heritage and to actively
nected with the protection of heritage. Priority is given to captur- participate in the definition and application of terms and
ing World Heritage in its complex diversity, which means the methods in the field of heritage protection. I wish to express my
physical polymorphy of heritage, the significance of its immate- sincere congratulations to the Chair for its important contribution
rial aspects, as well as its contribution to intercultural dialogue to the success of the World Heritage Studies course, which it has
and mutual understanding. headed for the past ten years.
World Heritage education is therefore attributed high signifi- Now, it is my pleasure to commend the publication associated
cance. This was already acknowledged in the Cottbus Declara- with this conference, which will, I feel sure, provide interesting
tion, which was adopted at the symposium on Constructing and intriguing insights into World Heritage.
World Heritage in Cottbus on 5 June 2004:
“The protection and safeguarding of the heritage of mankind is
a central task for all societies and hence also a task for universi- Minister (retd) Walter Hirche
ties and schools. To that end, innovative forms of education and President of the German Commission for UNESCO
advanced professional training are required, such as inter-
national, intercultural, and interdisciplinary study programmes.
Knowledge about World Heritage should be implemented in all
university and school curricula.”
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