Theme:
3. The Life of Archaeological Heritage in Society
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Heritage Tales: Participatory Approaches to Heritage Management and Community Engagement
Content:
ICOM’s new ‘Museum Definition’ was issued in 2022. Although many key points remained seemingly the same, there is a significant change in the emphasis on social components, such as diversity, accessibility, and inclusivity, which is markedly different from the previous 2007 definition. This approach builds substantially on the aims and objectives put forward in the Faro Convention as a seminal document discussing the democratisation of appreciation, access and management of cultural heritage by promoting the idea of shared responsibility within a broader heritage community.
Due to increased public activities, museums are increasingly committed to becoming more accessible, friendly and inspiring places, although several challenges may limit such efforts.
For instance, museum representations of cultural heritage may not accurately reflect the diversity and complexity of the local community due to a lack of representativeness or accessibility to the cultural life of certain groups. These problems require constant efforts by museum institutions to ensure that museums are genuinely inclusive and representative of their local communities.
The proposed session invites contributions that analyse theoretical concerns and, mostly, case studies of good practices in heritage management that demonstrate how these efforts contribute towards building local communities and supporting positive social change, focusing, among others, on the following:
- How can museums or other cultural institutions provide a context for developing community consciousness around specific archaeological sites and these networks /and thematic routes?
- Which methods can be used for community building for different target groups and stakeholders, and how do these efforts contribute towards supporting positive social change?
- The (in)adequacy of a conventional understanding of heritage for an increasingly challenging 21st century.
- Contested heritage: what happened to inclusivity?
- The priority of visual qualities: homogeneity vs. diversity in heritage interpretation.
- Cultural tourism in rural and urban areas: excluding residents.
Keywords:
archaeological heritage, participatory approach, cultural routes, Faro Convention, inclusivity, cultural tourism
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Szilvia Fábián (Hungary) 1
Co-organisers:
Athena Hadji (Greece) 2
Sanjin Michelic (Croatia) 3
Giuseppe Pace (Italy) 4
Fabio Pagano (Italy) 5
Affiliations:
1. Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
2. DIKEMES - College Year in Athens
3. Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb
4. Institute of Studies on the Mediterraean (ISMed-CNR)
5. Archaeological Park of Campi Flegrei, Pozzuoli
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