When the heritage came : world heritage and local communities through the prism of Ironbridge Gorge
Exploring the role of local communities in the identification and subsequent management of World Heritage Sites (WHS) is particularly relevant, as it is not clear how to define local communities and how they can be included in the World Heritage process, which was initially designed for professionals. This thesis adopts two concepts - cognitive ownership and Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) - as overarching frameworks in an attempt to address the gap in research on communities and World Heritage and to bring new knowledge to the field. An overview of global representations of communities in the literature in the contexts of authenticity, integrity, management and OUV is complemented by a review of developments pertaining to the inclusion of communities within the World Heritage discourse, based on archival research at ICOMOS Paris, IUCN Gland, ICCROM Rome and on the study of World Heritage Centre decisions. The aim of this research is two-fold. It explores global representations of communities through the prism of self-defined communities in Ironbridge Gorge. The application of the cognitive ownership model in identification of communities at the micro level bring knew knowledge about the role of communities
Trelka, Malgorzata
G Geography (General)
When the heritage came : world heritage and local communities through the prism of Ironbridge Gorge. Exploring the role of local communities in the identification and subsequent management of World Heritage Sites (WHS) is particularly relevant, as it is not clear how to define local communities and how they can be included in the World Heritage process, which was initially designed for professionals. This thesis adopts two concepts - cognitive ownership and Outstanding Universal Value (OUV) - as overarching frameworks in an attempt to address the gap in research on communities and World Heritage and to bring new knowledge to the field. An overview of global representations of communities in the literature in the contexts of authenticity, integrity, management and OUV is complemented by a review of developments pertaining to the inclusion of communities within the World Heritage discourse, based on archival research at ICOMOS Paris, IUCN Gland, ICCROM Rome and on the study of World Heritage Centre decisions. The aim of this research is two-fold. It explores global representations of communities through the prism of self-defined communities in Ironbridge Gorge. The application of the cognitive ownership model in identification of communities at the micro level bring knew knowledge about the role of communities
heritage come world_heritage local_community prism ironbridge_gorge exploring role local_community identification subsequent management world heritage sites particularly relevant clear define local_community include world_heritage process initially design professional adopts concept cognitive ownership outstanding universal value overarch framework attempt_address gap community world_heritage bring_new knowledge field overview global representation community literature contexts authenticity integrity management complement review development pertain inclusion community within world_heritage discourse base archival paris rome study world_heritage centre decision aim two_fold explores global representation community prism self defined community ironbridge_gorge application cognitive ownership model identification community micro_level bring know knowledge role community