Defining 'underwater cultural heritage'

Forrest, Craig

doi:10.1006/ijna.2002.1022

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“…Wrecks can be valuable assets of cultural heritage, education, economy and tourism (Delgado, 1988), and can contain anthropological, archaeological, historical, cultural and social values (Edney, 2018). Wrecks are an important component of underwater culture, and are fragile, finite resources (Forrest, 2002). They cannot be transformed back to their original state, and unlike reefs, they cannot be renewed when disturbed or damaged (Scott-Ireton, 2005).…”

Section: Special Interest In Wreck Divingmentioning

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: A lust for rust: going back in time and exploring a museum without gravity

Aygün

Tüfekçi

2020

Anatolia

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The aim of this study was to explore how do people flourish during leisure adventure activities by examining the data collected during interviews with wreck divers, as special interest tourist. Ten participants who have previously dived in touristic wrecks all over the world were interviewed using open-ended questions. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. Analysis resulted in a synthesis of the various ways participants experienced flourishing: (1) Unlocking a mystery or seeing something others may have missed, (2) Socializing and building unique social trust, (3) Carrying a torch for the restoration of the balance between humanity and the underwater cultural heritage, and (4) Enjoying more leisure and travel days for the sake of wreck diving. Wreck diving adventure is experienced as a motivating force that shows a kaleidoscopic and unique view of flourishing.

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Section: Special Interest In Wreck Divingmentioning

confidence: 99%

RETRACTED ARTICLE: A lust for rust: going back in time and exploring a museum without gravity

Aygün

Tüfekçi

2020

Anatolia

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“…At this stage, it is useful to clarify the very essence of UCH, being defined as a non - renewable resource comprising a set of tangible and intangible heritage items that are linked to past or present human activities in the sea [ 9 ]. More specifically, UCH is understood as the archaeological heritage which is in, or has been removed from, an underwater environment; and includes submerged sites and structures, wreck sites, and wreckage and their archaeological and natural context [ 10 ].…”

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Leveraging Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) Potential for Smart and Sustainable Development in Mediterranean Islands

Koutsi

Stratigea

2020

Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2020

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Martial incidents during wars (World War I and II), but also shipping fatalities through centuries along the densely populated commercial routes of the Mediterranean Sea have resulted in significant submerged remnants, falling into the Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) corps. A large part of this heritage is located in the neighborhood of insular territories. Preservation and sustainable exploitation of this UCH in the Mediterranean presents an important opportunity for both keeping alive the European identity for future generations, and tracking alternative, heritage-led future development trails for remote peripheral and lagging-behind island communities. The paper explores the context of UCH in the Mediterranean and elaborates on the value attached to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for reaping this opportunity by means of surveying, geolocating, preserving, sustainably exploiting and marketing this heritage. Based on this exploration, but also on the authors’ experience from a specific (U)CH-related cultural planning endeavor, conducted in Leros Island Greece, ICT and non-ICT related barriers for planning heritage-led future trails of insular regions are delineated.

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“…Research efforts so far also seem to have placed much more attention to study and document, preserve and protect inland CH monuments; and put them in a spatial planning context, compared to UCH [2]. As a result, UCH such as remnants of cities and civilizations, sites of archaeological interest, sunk martial equipment, ancient harbors, and ship or plane wrecks that are associated with important historical or war events (e.g., WW I and II) [3,4], although encompassing remarkable social, cultural, environmental, and economic values, remain in many cases largely unknown, unexplored, and unprotected as well as unexploited, in a sustainable way, for fulfilling purposes of historical remembrance and local development. This is due, among others, to a variety of difficulties that UCH identification, exploration, and protection implies; and results in a certain knowledge deficit as to their location, current condition, potential risks these are exposed to, or opportunities that can emerge from them for the society as a whole.…”

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Unburying Hidden Land and Maritime Cultural Potential of Small Islands in the Mediterranean for Tracking Heritage-Led Local Development Paths

Koutsi

Stratigea

2019

Heritage

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Small islands in the Mediterranean Sea, although endowed with exquisite land and maritime natural and cultural resources, are in most cases lagging behind areas, mainly due to insularity. Through their long history, many of them are strongly interwoven to events of European or even global significance, e.g., World War (WW) I and II. Such events have left in their “bodies” important remains, largely conditioning their socio-economic trajectory. Preservation and sustainable management of this Cultural Heritage (CH) is, in this work, perceived as a two-sided coin, serving endurance of European identity, memory, and CH for future generations on the one side; and leveraging future cultural tourism trails of these disadvantaged areas on the other. The goal of this article is to ‘unbury’ land and maritime, tangible and intangible, cultural remains and use them to unveil heritage-led development paths of small Mediterranean islands. This is demonstrated through a specific case study, a distinguishable insular territory and WW II battlefield scenery, Leros Island, Greece; and is accomplished by a participatory spatial planning framework, embedding scenario planning, spatial data management, and e-participation technologies (Web-GIS, social networks) for community engagement. The latter is valued for assessing options available for an integrated, sustainable, and resilient exploitation of land and maritime CH; and raising awareness of local population as to the role of CH as enabler for the transition from past failures to more promising, culturally-driven, and locally-adjusted future development trails.

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Defining 'underwater cultural heritage'

Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

RETRACTED ARTICLE: A lust for rust: going back in time and exploring a museum without gravity

RETRACTED ARTICLE: A lust for rust: going back in time and exploring a museum without gravity

Leveraging Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) Potential for Smart and Sustainable Development in Mediterranean Islands

Unburying Hidden Land and Maritime Cultural Potential of Small Islands in the Mediterranean for Tracking Heritage-Led Local Development Paths

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