The recognition and misrecognition of community heritage

Waterton, Emma; Smith, Laurajane

doi:10.1080/13527250903441671

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“…A similar situation occurs in the field of heritage studies, where the few accounts exploring the relation between heritage and community do not tackle the issue (e.g. Crooke 2010, Waterton andSmith 2010).…”

Section: The Commonsmentioning

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From a Given to a Construct

González¹

2013

Cultural Studies

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Section: The Commonsmentioning

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From a Given to a Construct

González¹

2013

Cultural Studies

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“…On the other hand, the participatory process may generate certain feedback mechanisms, whereby a rise in the value of a space for one group may mean a devaluation for others . This is connected with the subjective character of the creation of space, which again has its roots in the individualized perception of the value of elements of cultural heritage and various variants of the collective memory (Waterton and Smith, 2010;Kapralski, 2010;Huigen and Meijering, 2005;Rampley, 2012;Wertsch and Billingsley, 2011;Whelan, 2005) . For this same reason many of the projects proposed will be exponents of a particular vision of the past and judgment of it.…”

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Public Spaces and Cultural Heritage in Community Projects – the Example of Warsaw

Hołuj¹

2018

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Public space in cities is widely seen as a developmental resource.It thus becomes a kind of urban product, and a lure for a range of groups of current and potential users. Cities compete for prestige and standing by creating new spaces or altering existing ones. The author attempts to assess the extent to which filling such a space with historical content is a significant contributing factor to the pursuit of such goals and the fulfilment of these tasks. The background for the analysis are projects submitted for the citizens’ participatory budget for the Polish capital, Warsaw.

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“…According to Waterton and Smith, (2010), professional heritage efforts, including those of the academy, are dominated by a nostalgic ideal of communities as homogenous collectives with communal pasts. In contrast, evidence suggests that local communities are 'run through with divergent interests, anger, boredom, fear, happiness, loneliness, frustration, envy, wonder and a range of other motivating or disruptive energies' (ibid p. 10).…”

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Linking to the past: an analysis of community digital heritage initiatives

Tait

Macleod

Beel

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The recognition and misrecognition of community heritage

Cited by 381 publications

References 26 publications

From a Given to a Construct

From a Given to a Construct

Public Spaces and Cultural Heritage in Community Projects – the Example of Warsaw

Linking to the past: an analysis of community digital heritage initiatives

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