Collecting and Curating COVID-19 Heritage: Challenges of Conservation and Management

Angelo, Dante; Britt, Kelly M.; Brown, Margaret Lou; Camp, Stacey L.

doi:10.1080/13505033.2023.2283964

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“…In Egypt, greenhouse gas emission reduced by 30-40% alongside reduction in air and water pollution ((Mostafa et al, 2021) in [72]). The reduction in tourism contributed to a dramatic reduction in pollution in cities but also in nature and the seas [28,63,73], and provided fragile environments a 'welcome respite' [74]. It also demonstrated that policy can intervene when needed to limit damage (physical and social) by overtourism and achieve a more sustainable balance [24].…”

Section: Impact On Buildings and Collectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assessing the Long-COVID Impact on Heritage Organisations

Volanakis,

Seymour,

Fouseki

2024

Heritage

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The aim of this paper is to understand the long-COVID impact on cultural heritage organisations, and future research needed. COVID-19 was disruptive to cultural heritage socioeconomic activities across the world during 2020 and 2021. Whilst government intervention and changes from physical to digital engagement generally prevailed, the long-COVID impact on cultural heritage organisations, their people and users, buildings, and collections remains unknown. The extent, also, to which financing, curating, visiting, and volunteering patterns have changed is uncertain. Following the pandemic closures and associated support, cultural heritage organisations are facing continuing economic, social, political, environmental, technological, and organisational culture pressures. This research examines the existing academic literature, sector publications, annual reports and associated visitor information to understand whether cultural heritage organisations have long-COVID, whether they can survive another pandemic, and what further research is needed to be better prepared. Four case studies from the UK look at the visitor and financial impacts of COVID-19 on the British Library, the London Transport Museum, The Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and Kensington Palace. This paper contributes to heritage research by providing a deeper understanding of the impact that COVID-19 had on heritage, and how to proactively plan for similar future disruptions. The impact themes show that change did not result in a new normal but in the need for a new space, consisting of blended space (physical and digital), mixed space (indoors and outdoors), and community of practice space (isolated or cross-sector networking space). The literature highlights the significance of the sector coming together during the pandemic to share knowledge and provide support through its networks. It also highlights how important it is for such unity not to be lost but to be harnessed to support ongoing organisational sustainability and better preparedness for future crises. Finally, future research suggestions are proposed grouped into social, digital, financial, and operational research themes.

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Section: Impact On Buildings and Collectionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…And if one collects such evidence while it is all around us, how soon is it ethically appropriate to exhibit such reminder of human loss? [73]. Hoskins and Maddern ask further, who should be asked about being involved in such discourse?…”

Section: The Ethics Of Curating Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%