In this step, we will introduce three kinds of tensions between cultural heritage and urban development. Archaeological research in the urban environment can take place under the pressures of urban …
Watch this video, where we discuss the interactions between urban transformation and heritagization in Istanbul. Istanbul is, on the one hand, a millenary imperial city that contains the layers of …
Heritage and urban change As a city evolves, some of its infrastructures and buildings may lose their initial functions, be conserved and become part of its cultural heritage: Various examples …
Well done! You have almost completed the second week of our course! Watch this video to remember the main ideas that we have discussed about the governance of heritage. We …
We now move on to Italy: Nick Dines points out the main features and current trends with regards to the governance of cultural heritage in Italy. The decline of a …
Let us look at heritage governance in Hungary and Germany. Peter Inkei and Cornelia Dümcke discuss some key features and current trends in cultural heritage governance in their respective countries. …
What can international organisations do to preserve and promote cultural heritage? In this step we will look at the difficulties that they may encounter, with the examples of the two …
In this video, we point out three main features in heritage governance today. Heritage governance has traditionally been linked to the nation-state and was centralised – a task entrusted to …
Welcome back! This is the second week of our course on Cultural heritage and the City! Last week, we explained and discussed how cultural heritage is defined and the existing …
By the 1980s, the use of industrial heritage as tool of urban development spread rapidly. These strategies resulted from the context of the industrial crisis, as well as from the …
In this video, we discuss the economic benefits that cultural heritage can bring to cities. Economists have developed numerous works to account for the short-term economic impacts of cultural heritage, …
Watch this interview with Chiara de Cesari to see how a cultural heritage organisation can turn into a provider of urban services. Chiara de Cesari explains how, in Hebron, a …
In the heritage sector, non-profit organizations can play various roles. We will illustrate them with different case studies from the 2016 UNESCO report on Culture and Sustainable Urban Development (which …
Watch this video to understand the key historical milestones that led to the protection and the promotion of Carthage as one of the main archaeological sites in Tunisia. The case …
So far we have discussed heritage governance at the scale of countries. We now move on to the local scale. How do cities govern their heritage? What does a local …