Conveners
T_06 URBAN CULTURES AND LIVED HERITAGE (O): Culture, Heritage, and Meaning
- Zeynep Gunay (Istanbul Technical University)
- Anita Martinelli (Politecnico di Milano)
- Tihomir Viderman (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)
T_06 URBAN CULTURES AND LIVED HERITAGE (O): Culture, Heritage, and Interpretation
- Evangelia Athanasiou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
- Tihomir Viderman (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg)
- Zeynep Gunay (Istanbul Technical University)
T_06 URBAN CULTURES AND LIVED HERITAGE (O): Culture, Heritage, and Perception
- Evangelia Athanasiou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
- Anita Martinelli (Politecnico di Milano)
The Gargano promontory, located in Puglia, south of Italy, is a distinctive territory, punctuated by an extraordinary concentration of sacred sites that have profoundly shaped its cultural and landscape identity over centuries. Referred to as the "Sacred Mountain," it epitomizes the transformative interaction between cultural heritage and natural landscapes, influencing not only the physical...
Over the past decades, large-scale urban construction has conflicted with collective memory, causing the decline of urban collective memory, especially in China. This trend of decline is manifested in the hollowing out of historic communities, mono-functionality, and spatial homogenization after regeneration (Chu, Xie and Chang, 2019). However, current perspectives dealing with these problems...
Graffiti, as a transformative element of the contemporary urban landscape, plays an important role in the consolidation of cultures and identities. Despite its relevance, the graffiti scene is predominantly male, and women face difficulties in being accepted in this field (Pabรณn-Colรณn, 2018), reflecting the oppressions of the patriarchal system (Federici, 2017). Consequently, feminist...
The Duku Heritage Corridor is known as โChinaโs Most Beautiful Highwayโ ,represents the the essence of the Tianshan World Heritage Scenic Byway. The 14th Five-Year cultural development Plan from Chinaโs central government emphasizes the importance of systematically protecting and utilizing historical and cultural heritage. This policy highlights the need for holistic strategies to integrate...
Cities with rich historical layers, such as Xi'an, continuously face a persistent tension between urban renewal and heritage conservation. This conflict may find resolution in the integration of archaeological sites into contemporary urban life, fostering both preservation and adaptive reuse. However, in the context of rapid economic growth, many historical areas are subjected to...
The issue of enhancing cultural heritage increasingly intersects with the significant challenges of contemporary society - climate change, depletion of non-renewable resources, social inequalities, and the crisis of the welfare State - all of which are leading to significant changes in the socio-economic and spatial models of territories. Over the last decade, the concept of Cultural Heritage...
Across Europe, inner peripheries (ESPON, 2017) are increasingly struggling with marginalization shaped by spatial, socio-economic, political, and symbolic dynamics (Schmidt, 1998; Kรผhn, 2015; Rodriguez-Pose, 2018). From a cultural perspective, marginalization manifests itself as geographical isolation, characterized by a limited access to cultural resources, centers, and infrastructure, such...
This paper investigates the transformative potential of urban planning by presenting the process through which the authors drew up a comprehensive Views and Vistas Analysis for Valletta, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and Maltaโs capital city. As a Mediterranean port city, Valletta's urban form and architectural heritage, deeply intertwined with its maritime history, reflect a rich tapestry of...
The Yellow River culture is one of the origins of Chinese civilization. The section of the Yellow River Basin in Qinghai Province contains more than 70% of the cultural heritage of Qinghai Province. It is not only the central hinterland for the inheritance of historical culture in Qinghai Province, but also a key node of the heritage corridor in the Yellow River Basin. Analyzing the...
Traditional settlement landscapes, exemplifying the symbiotic cultural system between humans and nature, have developed distinctive regional spatial forms and organizational structures within historical environments. Yet, the preservation of China's traditional settlements faces significant threats from industrialization, urbanization, and globalization, leading to systemic fragmentation,...
Background: In the context of increasingly unsettled urban development, historic urban spaces serve as crucial physical carriers of a city's culture and memory, providing collective connections that shape the city's sense of social identity. These visual elements of historic streets constitute spatial memory patterns that are deeply intertwined with people's cultural lives. However, with...
Background:
Modernist urban planning has profoundly shaped urban environments during global urbanization, emphasizing functional zoning, large-scale land parcels, and rapid transit systems. In China, the extensive construction of new towns since the 1990s has been guided by modernist planning principles and executed via regulatory detailed planning. While this approach has facilitated...
Amid escalating planetary crises, postgrowth urbanism emerges as a critical paradigm shift, challenging traditional planning models by prioritizing ecological balance, social equity, and community well-being over relentless economic expansion. This paper investigates the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage as a transformative tool for advancing sustainable urban futures. Focusing on regions...
This paper explores the evolving notion of the monument within the context of urban conservation, emphasizing its relationship with time, values, and societal continuity. Moving beyond traditional definitions, we propose that a monument is not merely a static physical object, but an architectural sign that establishes virtuous behaviors over time. This perspective highlights the concept of...
The preservation and revitalization of heritage districts within the context of urban regeneration and cultural economic development have garnered increasing attention. For residential historic districts characterized by complex social fabrics and relatively scant economic resources, the emphasis lies in maintaining the authenticity of daily life, where autonomous participation from community...
As the process of globalisation accelerates, cultural diversity is receiving unprecedented attention. The international community's ongoing exploration of sustainable development models for traditional communities has increasingly highlighted the importance of culture in shaping local identity, transforming the value of resources and enhancing economic competitiveness. The intrinsic connection...
With the gradual deepening of the protection of World heritage, the protection of intangible cultural heritage has gradually shifted from "cultural residue" to "living state" protection. The state of intangible cultural heritage development, its level, and how to evaluate the liveliness level of intangible cultural heritage are pressing issues that need to be addressed in its development....
Qinghai Province, situated in the eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, encompasses 517 designated cultural heritage sites at both national and provincial protection levels, distributed across its vast territory spanning 720,000 square kilometers. The spatial fragmentation of these cultural assets presents significant challenges to conservation efforts.
While contemporary scholarship on cultural...
It is known that cultural heritage sites are affected by the impacts of climate change (CC) in physical (e.g. sea-level rise, coastal erosion, or increase in temperature (Simpson et al., 2022)), social (e.g. migration or demographic shifts (UNESCO, 2007)), cultural (e.g. cultural erosion (UNESCO, 2007)), environmental (i.e. biodiversity loss (Lafrenz Samuels, 2017) or deforestation (IPCC,...
