How does heritage emerge, change, stagnate, disappear and/or revive over time? Should heritage be approached as a ‘non-renewable resource’ that needs to be sustained for eternity, or as a ‘renewable resource’ that adapts to change and transformation? Heritage Dynamics deconstructs the dynamic nature of heritage. Heritage as a socio-cultural practice goes through non-linear, continuous lifecycles, where certain factors will be the catalyst for the ending of one lifecycle and the revival for another. Kalliopi Fouseki develops a theoretical and methodological framework of ‘heritage dynamics’, which is used as the analytical thread of six heritage contexts: heritage-led transformation in historic urban places; decision-making on energy efficiency and heritage conservation in ‘everyday heritage’ residential buildings; lifecycles of heritage collections; exhibition dynamics and the impact of participation with emphasis of ‘difficult heritage’; dynamics of dissonance on contested museums and the dynamics of ‘intangible heritage’ with emphasis on flamenco. The book offers a new theoretical and methodological framework that will enable heritage scholars and practitioners to unpack the ways and conditions under which heritage changes. The new theoretical framework will re-orientate current thinking of heritage as a thing, a process or discourse towards a new, more systemic thinking that captures the complexity of heritage. Methodologically, Heritage Dynamics introduces the potential of systemic methods, such as system dynamics, in capturing the dynamic nature of heritage. The new theory and method not only opens up new avenues for theoretical explorations, but also offers a significant tool for heritage managers and policymakers.
Author(s): Kalliopi Fouseki
Publisher: UCL Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 255
City: London
Tags: intangible heritage;flamenco;archaeology;museum studies;conservation;sustainability
Cover
Half-title
Title page
Copyright information
Table of contents
Dedication
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Heritage dynamics
Introduction
‘Practice theories’ and ‘heritage dynamics’
Heritage dynamics – complexity, system and assemblage theories
Complexity theory and critical realism
Assemblage theories
Assemblage theories and system dynamics
Assemblage theories and actor network theories
Assemblage theories and ‘critical system dynamics’
‘Assemblage’ theories in heritage literature
Relational theories and relational models in heritage research
‘System dynamics’ thinking in heritage literature
Why and for whom is a ‘heritage dynamics approach’ important?
2 Urban heritage dynamics
Introduction
Methodology
Urban dynamics
Urban heritage dynamics
Urban dynamics in the Royal Arsenal and its surroundings
Urban dynamics in the Royal Arsenal
Royal Arsenal in decline
Post-decline valorisation and conservation
Culture and heritage–led revival and regeneration
Merging the ‘old’ with the ‘new’
Cultural revival
Social division
Urban heritage dynamics beyond the Royal Arsenal
‘Modelling’ urban heritage dynamics
Conclusion
Notes
3 ‘Everyday heritage’
Introduction
‘Official’ heritage discourses on ‘originality’ and ‘authenticity’
‘Unofficial’ heritage discourses on ‘originality’ and ‘authenticity’
‘Authenticity’, ‘originality’ and ‘character’
‘Character’, ‘personification’ and ‘continuity’
The interconnectedness of ‘aesthetics’
Dynamic interactions between interior environment and original features
From ‘property’ to ‘home’ and from ‘home’ to ‘asset’
Replacing, restoring or replicating ‘original features’
Conclusion
4 Collection life cycles
Introduction
Collections and collection management as dynamic, non-linear practices
Collections as dynamic assemblages
Collections’ ‘lifetime’
Damage and ‘unacceptable’ change
Value, material change, context and ‘expected lifetime’
The growth and de-growth of museum collections through disposal
The Malta ‘old’ buses – a dynamic collection assemblage
Conclusion
Notes
5 Museum exhibition dynamics
Introduction
Methodology – how to deconstruct the dynamics of a museum exhibition
‘Heritage dynamic’ elements in exhibition dynamics
Exhibition dynamics – the ‘Atlantic Worlds’ exhibition
Contextual framework
External environment
Museum building
Narrative–making
Materiality and space
Senses, feelings and space
Participation dynamics
Exhibition dynamics – the ‘London, Sugar and Slavery’ exhibition
Contextual framework
The surroundings
The building
Narrative–making
Affective exhibition assemblages
Participation dynamics
The fluidity of permanence
The dynamics of the surroundings
Conclusion
Notes
6 ‘Dissonant heritage’ dynamics
The New Acropolis Museum as a contested arena – a historic outline
‘Visual contact’ in the ‘Attic light’
When the ‘modern’ clashes with the ‘classical’
Unpacking the mechanisms of ‘heritage dissonance’
The museum as a national and international emblem
The New Acropolis Museum – an act of ‘sacredness’ or ‘sacrilege’?
Conclusion
7 When performing arts meet heritage
Introduction
Flamenco as ‘intangible heritage’
Embodied heritage
Embodied senses, embodied identity
Embodied authenticity
Artefactual embodiment
Embodied place and space
Embodied skills
Embodied time
Embodied resources
Conclusion
Conclusion
References
Index
