Towards cultural sustainability: The potency of 'The Thousand and One Nights' in reviving the imageability of Baghdad city

Fakhrulddin, Huda S.; Al-Alwan, Hoda A. S.; Fadhil, Amal

doi:10.1016/j.asej.2022.101807

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“…The methods and tools proposed in the work help to refine, improve, and complement the previous developments in the field of the fourth pillar of sustainability [24], namely the preservation of cultural heritage and its application in modern fashion and textile design. The results obtained in this work can be a driver for the environmental, social, and economic aspects of sustainable development.…”

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Digital Color Images as a Tool for the Sustainable Use of Embroidery Elements from Folk Costumes

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The aim of the research is to improve the public’s assessment and understanding of the cultural values and history of Bulgaria. The main issues related to the sustainable use of elements of the cultural heritage are defined, and the accessible literary sources related to the digitization of the folklore heritage are reviewed. Shape indices, color, and textural characteristics were obtained from digital color images of the elements of Bulgarian folk costumes. The most informative indices of these features were selected. A kernel variant of the principal component analysis (kPCA) method was used to reduce the data volume of the feature vector. A Naïve Bayes classifier, discriminant analysis, and the support vector method (SVM) were used for classification. The classification accuracy was assessed. In the analysis of the decorative elements of Bulgarian costumes, it was found that the accuracy of classification depended both on the method for reducing the volume of data and on the separability of the classes of data, depending on the classifier used. In the analysis of microscopic images of textile fabrics from Bulgarian costumes, it was found that the accuracy of classification for the studied objects depended both on the method for reducing the volume of data and on the used classifier. In the considered cases, a classification error below 10% was obtained using a non-linear kPCA kernel and SVM with a non-linear partition function. It was proven that the results of this development can be used in the creation of modern cross-stitch patterns, textile patterns, and clothing. The practical application of these research findings has the potential to benefit various stakeholders, including cultural heritage institutions, researchers, artisans, designers, and the general public, promoting a deeper appreciation and sustainable use of costume embroidery elements. Research can continue in the direction of the sustainable use and preservation of embroidery elements of Bulgarian costumes, enriching the understanding of cultural heritage and promoting appreciation for it in future generations.

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Digital Color Images as a Tool for the Sustainable Use of Embroidery Elements from Folk Costumes

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“…Cultural sustainability, as González et al define it, is the ability of a culture to maintain its identity and values over time while adapting to changing circumstances [19]. In other words, cultural sustainability aims to preserve cultural heritage and traditions to ensure their continued existence and relevance in the future [20]. UNESCO declared that the holistic approach to cultural sustainability takes into account both the tangible heritage, such as artifacts, monuments, buildings, and tools, and intangible aspects of culture, such as learned traditions, lifestyles, ways of living together, language, customs, beliefs, and symbols that are important to a particular community [21].…”

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“…Cultural sustainability's significance comes from promoting social cohesion and identity within a community [22]. Preserving cultural heritage helps to ensure that communities remain connected to their past and continue to pass on their traditions to future generations [20]. Additionally, it helps foster a sense of pride and belonging among community members, which can lead to increased social cohesion [17].…”

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Evaluating the Cultural Sustainability of the Adaptive Reuse of Al-Nabulsi Traditional House into a Cultural Center in Irbid, Jordan

Amro,

Sukkar,

Yahia

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Adaptive reuse maintains cultural sustainability by adapting heritage buildings for new functions while retaining their original structure. The al-Nabulsi’s traditional courtyard house in Irbid, northern Jordan, represents the city’s dominant residential heritage building typology from the 1920s. It has been adapted and reused to preserve cultural sustainability by providing a visitor experience pertinent to the local tangible and intangible cultural heritage. This article evaluates the effect of the house’s adaptive reuse into a cultural visitor center on the local community’s cultural sustainability between 2018 and 2023 through the user experience. Through a review of the literature on cultural sustainability and adaptive reuse and deploying mixed qualitative and quantitative methodology of field observation, statistical analysis, and critical reflections on interviews and Google Travel’s reviews of the building, the research presents the project phases, resolutions, and challenges, contextualizing them in the modern debate on tangible and intangible heritage. The article used the Quintuple Helix Model as an analytical framework to explain the interactions between societal systems that directly and indirectly affect the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The findings revealed that in 2018, the center’s conservation and adaptation relatively enhanced the local community’s cultural sustainability and feeling of its identity. However, in 2023, further actions are needed to enhance the visitor experience and spread awareness of its significance. Enrichments in government, education, and civil society systems have been moderate, and further improvements in economic and environmental systems are essential to meet the potential goals of the SDGs. No research to date has evaluated the cultural sustainability of the adaptive reuse of this significant house/center, providing insights into a notable example of the conditions surrounding adaptive reuse in Jordan and Arab Middle Eastern countries.

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“…Moreover, cautiously designed rubrics have been considered in other studies [ 78 , 79 ]. More recent studies have concentrated their analysis using specialized computer software packages such as SketchMapia [ 80 , 81 ], Gardony Map Drawing Analyzer [ 82 ], Aram Mental Map Analyzer [ 83 ], and MaxQDA [ 50 , 84 , 85 ].…”

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Perception of Spatial Legibility and Its Association with Human Mobility Patterns: An Empirical Assessment of the Historical Districts in Rasht, Iran

Askarizad

2022

IJERPH

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Achieving legibility within the context of historical districts has become a controversial problem due to their widespread growth and unconventional constructions within, which has led to inconsistencies in the urban context system, and a decrease in the level of urban sociability. This paper aims to provide an empirical assessment towards facilitating the perception of spatial legibility and its association with human mobility patterns. To this end, a novel mix method was developed in order to comprehend the association between spatial legibility and human mobility patterns using Space Syntax, cognitive sketch maps, and time-lapse photography. The results revealed that there is a significant association between spatial legibility and human mobility patterns, such that the incorporation of objective and subjective factors affecting legibility, including highly integrated morphological characteristics along with the saliency of landmarks featuring historical values, can lead to increased human mobility patterns in terms of use frequency. Accordingly, this research aids urban planners and designers in recognizing how to deal with historical districts in order to foster the sociability of these areas and create a lively and socially sustainable urban environment.

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Towards cultural sustainability: The potency of 'The Thousand and One Nights' in reviving the imageability of Baghdad city

Cited by 9 publications

References 35 publications

Digital Color Images as a Tool for the Sustainable Use of Embroidery Elements from Folk Costumes

Digital Color Images as a Tool for the Sustainable Use of Embroidery Elements from Folk Costumes

Evaluating the Cultural Sustainability of the Adaptive Reuse of Al-Nabulsi Traditional House into a Cultural Center in Irbid, Jordan

Perception of Spatial Legibility and Its Association with Human Mobility Patterns: An Empirical Assessment of the Historical Districts in Rasht, Iran

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