Theme:
3. The Life of Archaeological Heritage in Society
Title:
MERC Forum. Standing Ruined Buildings in Large Cities: A Burden or a Resource for Society?
Content:
This forum, inspired by the location of the EAA conference in Rome, the Eternal City, seeks to confront the ways large European cities deal nowadays with important remains of ancient buildings preserved above ground level and analyse whether they are seen, both by the local authorities and by the local population, as a burden or on the contrary as a resource (with possible changes from one to the other point of view). By the term “ancient buildings”, we do not refer only to classical Antiquity but also to major medieval and post-medieval ruined architectural remains which are part of the contemporary townscape and may still frame it. The forum will be based on the presentation of three European case studies, selected by MERC committee, providing a diversity of situations and supporting a general discussion afterwards, in which all EAA members can participate. Case studies will be presented by three archaeologists:
- Jeroen Bouwmeester, Cultural Heritage Agency, The Netherlands
- Çİğdem Özkan Aygünon, Istanbul Technical University, Humanities and Social Sciences, Istanbul
- Riccardo Santangeli Valenzani, Università Rome Tre, Rome.
Keywords:
Architectural heritage, town-planning, townscape, ruins, reuse
Session associated with MERC:
yes
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:
Elisabeth Lorans (France) 1
Co-organisers:
Carlo Citter (Italy) 2
Affiliations:
1. University of Tours
2. University of Siena
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