Learning to Let Go: The Process of Establishing an Ecomuseum in Southwell

Massing, Katharina

doi:10.1080/13500775.2019.1706953

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“…External experts should act as intermediaries, and the coordination process must be given enough time and treated with great patience for community consultation. Community counselling is not just fieldwork, as the example of Southwell [21] which is still ongoing. In this project, researchers did not directly ask the community to understand the idea of ecomuseum or immediately inform them with the construction and plan.…”

Section: Ways Forward For Longer Term Sustainable Ecomuseumsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are many great examples of the practice in the world to uncover the outstanding community participation in ecomuseums, such as the District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa [15,16], the Ak-Chin Him Dak Ecomuseum in Arizona [17][18][19], the Retracing Salford Project in Salford, UK [20] and the ongoing Discovering Southwell Project in Southwell, UK [21]. Although these outstanding practices have occurred in different eras, social backgrounds and countries, their practical processes can be abstracted into a similar framework.…”

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Ecomuseums in China: Challenges and Defects to the Existing Practical Framework

Selim

2021

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This paper examines the shortcomings of the existing practical framework of ecomuseums in China. The social context of China’s ecomuseum practice is critically analysed and elaborated to show the particularity of community and community participation in the Chinese context. In this context, the framework of Chinese ecomuseum practice is critically examined to illustrate the defects. This study is based on a literature analysis; the existing Chinese and English literature on the theory and practice of ecomuseums in China has been critically reviewed and analysed. The study found that the existing framework lacks people-oriented long-term development goals and a precise definition of roles of all parties, which has resulted in a dilemma for relationship of ecomuseums and communities in the country. Based on existing studies on ecomuseums in China and other areas, the study also offers corresponding suggestions to modify the existing framework.

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Section: Ways Forward For Longer Term Sustainable Ecomuseumsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecomuseums in China: Challenges and Defects to the Existing Practical Framework

Selim

2021

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“…The scientific literature is paying an increasing attention to eco-museums, considering them as the result of the need for rediscovering local cultures and safeguarding them from the homogenization brought by globalization (Donghai, 2008). Scholars involved in this research stream have investigated different management topics, ranging from the challenges and issues related to the establishment of an eco-museum (Massing, 2019) to the assessment of the value produced by the cultural activities provided by these institutions (Corsane et al , 2007). However, to the best of the authors' knowledge, there is limited agreement about the peculiar organizational features of eco-museums, as well as about the institutional and management factors that underpin their effectiveness (González et al , 2017).…”

Section: Introduction and Study Rationalementioning

confidence: 99%

Locally focused and digitally oriented: examining eco-museums' digitization in a service quality management perspective

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Pellegrini

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PurposeEco-museums safeguard the cultural authenticity and the historical identity of the place in which they operate. Conventional organizational models and management practices are generally employed to achieve this institutional aim. Conversely, innovative solutions – such as digitization – are overlooked. Adopting a service quality management perspective, the article intends to examine the role of managerialization and professionalization in triggering eco-museums' digitization.Design/methodology/approachAn empirical analysis involving 126 eco-museums operating in Italy as of 2018 was designed to investigate the implications of managerialization and professionalization on the eco-museums' propensity to embark on a digitization process. Two different forms of digitization were examined: (1) the presence of eco-museums in the digital environment; and (2) the exploitation of digital tools for service delivery. The mediating role of two “soft” total quality management (TQM) practices, i.e. people centredness and strategic focus on visitors' experience, was contemplated in the empirical analysis.FindingsThe research findings suggest that managerialization and professionalization have ambiguous effects on eco-museums' digitization. Nevertheless, they indirectly contribute to a greater digital presence of eco-museums and to a larger use of digital tools for service delivery through an increased use of soft TQM practices.Research limitations/implicationsManagerialization and professionalization are likely to foster the digital transition of eco-museums, which advances their ability to protect and promote the local cultural heritage. Soft TQM practices intended to achieve people-centredness and to enhance the visitors' experience should be exploited to stimulate the eco-museums' digitization.Originality/valueThe article examines the triggers of eco-museums' digitization, providing some food for thought to scholars and practitioners.

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“…The turning point came in the 1980s and 1990s when, firstly, a demand for participatory democracy was on the rise; secondly, the Italian tourism industry began to see ecomuseums as a potential tool-especially for places without stunning antiquarian objects and sites-of place branding; thirdly, local authorities presumed it to be a more manageable approach compared with traditional museums, since the former seems to require less economic and human resource input (Maggi 2006). Since the pioneering endeavours of the Piedmont region in the mid-1990s, Italy rapidly grew as the largest country in the world in terms of its number of ecomuseums (Borrelli and Davis 2012;Jalla 2011;Massing 2019). Up to 2018, 13 Italian regions (including Lazio and Apulia) and one autonomous province (Trento) have adopted legislation on ecomuseum, while another region has published a bill.…”

Section: The Widespread Ecomuseumsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Coming to grips with diverse voices in participatory heritage initiatives

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Community participation is increasingly advocated as a promising approach to cultural heritage management. One of the main justifications for doing so is to challenge the authorized heritage discourse and further multivocality. However, regarding the approach of “community participation”, many issues are yet to be addressed. This project tackles one of the main issues faced by participatory heritage initiatives. That is, with the presence of diverse voices about heritage in a so-called community, how does the community deal with the multivocal reality? This project explores this question by drawing on various examples from three Italian communities - Mesagne and Latiano from the southern Italian region of Apulia, and the neighbourhood of Testaccio in the historic centre of Rome.

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Learning to Let Go: The Process of Establishing an Ecomuseum in Southwell

Cited by 3 publications

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Ecomuseums in China: Challenges and Defects to the Existing Practical Framework

Ecomuseums in China: Challenges and Defects to the Existing Practical Framework

Locally focused and digitally oriented: examining eco-museums' digitization in a service quality management perspective

Coming to grips with diverse voices in participatory heritage initiatives

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