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Transcript of 28/05/2014 – Kazerne Dossin Mechelen Rob Belemans Ph. D.
28/05/2014 – Kazerne Dossin Mechelen
Rob Belemans Ph. D.
Communities as shareholding
(re-)creatorsof landscape as their
heritage
FARO = the Flemish Interface Centre for Cultural Heritage
(in)tangible - immovable as non-profit NGO a network organization in the cultural heritage field in Flanders
faro is also:
• a Brussels beer• a pokerlike card play in the Far West• the capital of the Algarve region in the south of Portugal
THE ELC FROM AN INTANGIBLE HERITAGE VIEWPOINT
Landscape = “an area as perceived by people” “result of action and interaction of natural
and/or human factors
=> a participative, non-essentialistic definition
People change their environment into a landscape by perceiving it as part of their cultural heritage
THE SHIFT
Cultural heritage and landscapeCultural heritage in landscape
Landscape heritage
Landscape as cultural heritage
A NEVER ENDING DYNAMIC PROCES
Dynamic proces of community building :
Group identities
valueing & taking care (safeguarding) of the environment as part of the common heritage by adapting it for lasting intergenerational transmission
COUNCIL OF EUROPE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON THE VALUE OF CULTURAL
HERITAGE FOR SOCIETY (2005)For the purposes of this Convention,
A) cultural heritage is a group of resources inherited from the past which people identify,
independently of ownership, as a reflection and expression of their constantly evolving
values, beliefs, knowledge and traditions. It includes all aspects of the environment
resulting from the interaction between people and places through time;
B) a heritage community consists of people who value specific aspects of cultural
heritage which they wish, within the framework of public action, to sustain and transmit
to future generations.”
LANDSCAPE AS ICH perception & values are intangible a community is intangible
common problems in safeguarding:
how to keep heritage dynamic vs. folklorisation Interaction with tourism/economy Strategies for local/regional action in a context of
globalisation PARTICIPATION
FLEMISH ICH POLICY
Inspired by the Unesco Convention for safeguarding the ICH (2006) & the Faro Convention
In 2010 the Flemish minister for culture published her vision tekst on ICH policy
ICH POLICY IN FLANDERS
1. The Flemish governmentcultivates 3 roles:- Conducting a facilitating (not a directive /
restrictive) policy- Quality controlling & moderation of the ICH-
network in Flanders- Stimulating international policy making &
cooperation (f.i. Flemish Trust Fund)
ICH POLICY IN FLANDERS
2. The ICH-networkConsists of:- different types of heritage organisations
- professionals & volunteers- “national” – regional – local- subventioned & self supporting
- all kinds of ICH-communities
FARO supports the network
ICH POLICY IN FLANDERS3. The ICH-platform - medium for contact & interchange between all participants in the ICH- network
- Contains also information on the Flemish Inventory
- the ‘place’ where ICH-communities describe their heritage element & make inforamtion about it available to the public
ICH POLICY IN FLANDERS4. ICH-communities
- define their own ICH-element(s)
- descibe the dynamic way they are dealing with it and try to safeguard it
- consult professional organisations to get advise, support to develop their safeguarding plans & adapt their ICH to new requirements
- share their experiences with other communities in Flanders & abroad
BRIDGING THE GAP
between all types of heritage:• immovable – tangible – intangible
between heritage policy and safeguarding communities
we are/could become the bridge !
‘A POLICY FOR ICH IN FLANDERS’
“A heritage community consists of people and
organisations who value specific aspects of
cultural heritage which they wish, within the
framework of public action, to sustain and
transmit to future generations.”
PROFESSIONALS / EXPERTS / SCOLARS
We are / could become the bridge,IF
we dare to understand our role in a more modest, facilitating, not directive way
we take communities serious in their concerns to safeguard their heritage by adapting it and passing it trough to the next generation
GO-BETWEENS, CONNECTORS, HERITAGE BROKERS