Climatic and Environmental Threats to Cultural Heritage examines the challenges that environmental change, both sudden and long-term, poses to the preservation of cultural material.
Acknowledging the diversity of human cultural heritage across collecting institutions, heritage sites and communities, the book highlights how, in Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the quest to preserve such precious knowledge relies on records and narratives being available to inform decisions now and into the future. Bringing together a diverse range of stakeholders who have an interest in – and responsibility for – the care of cultural heritage material and places of cultural heritage value, the book explores their thinking on and actions in relation to issues of climate change and environmental risk. Sloggett and Scott highlight the stakeholders’ shared interest in drawing on their expertise to meet the challenges that environmental change brings to the future of our cultural heritage and our cultural identity. Based on the understanding that this global challenge requires local, national and international co‐operation, the book also considers how local knowledge can have international application.
Climatic and Environmental Threats to Cultural Heritage will be of interest to those engaged in the study of heritage, conservation, archaeology, archives, anthropology, climate change and the environment. It will also be useful to practitioners and others attempting to understand the effect of environmental change on cultural heritage around the globe.
Author(s): Robyn Sloggett, Marcelle Scott
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 194
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Figures
Acknowledgements
Preface
Notes
References
Introduction
Notes
References
1. The story of climate change: narratives as influencers
Heritage, loss and resilience
Telling stories
Narrative frameworks and story-telling
A model for narrative enquiry
Notes
References
2. Finding unexpected data from the historical record
Archives, place and memory
Indigenous cultural records and climate change
Using cultural heritage to identify risk
Working towards a model of climate crisis conservation
Notes
References
3. My country is changing: Indigenous perspectives on climate change
On Gija land
Climate change in context
Two-way learning
The language barrier
Principle for Indigenous-led climate change research
Notes
References
4. Climate change and rock art: a valuable resource at risk
Rock art: the oldest form of documentary heritage
Rock art: heritage for the future
The effects of climate change on rock art
Managing rock art at risk
Rising sea levels
Increased wildfire activity and severity
Microorganisms and algae
Principles and practices for rock art preservation
Notes
References
5. Oral histories of natural disasters in Timor-Leste
Natural hazard and climate change risk in Timor-Leste
Local knowledge in DRM and CCA
Researching memories and oral traditions relating to natural hazards in Timor-Leste
East Timorese Diaspora in Australia
Interviews with East Timorese Diaspora in Australia
Floods
Earthquakes and tsunamis
Valuing oral heritage as social capital
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
6. Changed responses to the changing threat of climate-induced fire and drought
Australian bushfires in the summer of 2009
Collections, museums and bushfires
Responding to the 2019 Australian bushfires
Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous site management
Communicating the climate change crisis
Notes
References
7. The local in the global: community impact and responses
Small community collecting organisations
Indigenous art centres
Small historic societies and community organisations
Built heritage
The Philippines: Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda of 2013
Cultural practices
The Pacific drought: 2015-2017
Sustainability, resilience, adaptation and transformation
Building strong community engagement
Notes
References
8. Issues for institutions: the imperative for heritage organisations to lead the way
The museum environment: changing roles and responsibilities
Public positioning
Surveying the sector
Public positions
Actions and activities
Policy and strategic frameworks
Key messages
Activating cultural heritage organisations in the fight against the climate crisis
Activating organisations in the fight against the climate crisis
Notes
References
9. Conservation education and climate change: what would a resilience-based conservation curriculum look like?
Student-informed approaches
Developing a climate crisis responsive curriculum
Graduate attributes
Conservation educators
Investing in climate change pedagogy
Notes
References
Epilogue
Index
