The second decade of the 21st century is a time for thinking not only about the system of heritage protection itself but also on its significance and philosophy: What is to be protected? How should relations between the present and the past be built? In the context of international and local lists of properties, sites, and forms of cultural heritage, where does this heritage end and when does the present become heritage? The theme of “the limits of heritage” draws our attention to the indefinable and complex relationship between the past and the future. And rightly so, because what cultural heritage in fact means is using the past in order to achieve a contemporary aim. The growing importance of cultural heritage also stems from that belief. The focal point of deliberations held in the volume is Central Europe, whose experience and cultural dilemmas are both unique and universal. Consequently, they illustrate perfectly the ongoing contemporary debate carried out not only in Europe but also all over the world. In this debate, our voice must be present and heard!
The volume contains over forty articles from both Central Europe and outside the region. The strong interest in the idea behind the Forum among scholars from all over the world and the range of perspectives (also in geographic terms) represented by the authors of the texts is the best confirmation that the Central European Heritage Forum is an important platform for dialogue and a response to the need for enhanced studies into the region’s heritage.
Spis treści
Jacek Purchla, Preface
Jacek Purchla, Central Europe and Its Heritage: The Dilemmas of Transformation
Part 1 – The Limits of Heritage
Dennis Rodwell, The Limits of Heritage: What Limits?
Tamás Fejérdy, Detecting and Respecting the Changing Limits of Heritage
Kalliopi Fouseki, May Cassar, What Is Heritage? Towards a Cross‑Cultural Lexicological Approach to the Conceptualisation of Heritage
Andrzej Szczerski, The Past in the Present: Contemporary Art and the Limits of Heritage
Katarzyna Jagodzińska, Paradoxes of Contemporaneity in Museums of Art: The Temporal Limits
Marko Špikić, The Concepts of Altruism and Values in the Perception of Cultural Heritage in Contemporary Croatia
Beata Labuhn, Eric Luiten, When Everything Becomes Heritage: Experiments with Heritage Sensitive Spatial Design and Planning in the Netherlands
Nikola Krstović, Open‑Air Museums: Simulacra of Everything
Part 2 – Heritage and Politics
Marie‑Theres Albert, The Global Strategy of World Heritage: Challenges and Weaknesses of the 5 Cs
Tobias Strahl, Anti “Aura”: The Use of Heritage in the Politics of the Yugoslav Wars (1991–1999 (2004))
Riin Alatalu, The Social and Economic Impact of Heritage in Estonia
Sergiu Nistor, Irina‑Oana Calinescu, Whose Heritage, What History, Which Heritage Community? A Convention too Far(o)
Ewa Klekot, Making Polish Folk Arts and Crafts into Heritage
Jana Kořínková, The Attempts of Non‑Governmental Initiatives in the Czech Republic and Slovakia to List Public Art from the Communist Era (1948–1989)
Jelena Savić, In Search of an Appropriate Past: Deconstruction and Reconstruction in Banja Luka
Marjeta Ciglenečki, Forma viva Maribor: Monuments to Industrial Development
Andreja Rihter, Heritage of Socialism between Oblivion and Remembrance
Part 3 – How to Sell Heritage?
Gregory Ashworth, You Can Sell Your Past: But Be Cautious
Monika Murzyn‑Kupisz, Galicia’s Multicultural Heritage in Contemporary Museum Practice in Southern Poland
Izabella Parowicz, Disappointment‑Satisfaction‑Delight: Nuances and Power of the Cognitive and Affective Perception of Conservation Services
Jolanta Sroczyńska, The Limits of Social Access to Cultural Heritage in Poland
Rafał Szrajber, Videogames as an Element of Heritage
Paul Zalewski, Getting the Message Across: Reflections on the Challenges Facing Heritage Institutions in Germany
Jin‑il Yoo, Travel Patterns, Destinations, and the Future Prospects of South Korean Travellers to the Visegrad Countries
Part 4 – Attractive Cities and Heritage
Joanna Sanetra‑Szeliga, Retropolis: Heritage and Development
Dobrosława Wiktor‑Mach, Cultural Resources and the Idea of the Creative City
Tomáš Pavlíček, The City as a Social Space for the Creation of Cultural Values: Between the Intimate and Institutional Traditions
Daniela Tomšič, Creating a Living Room for the City: Ljubljana’s Mixture of History and Modernity
Nataša Urošević, Urban Identity, Heritage Management and Sustainable Development: The Case of Pula
Marzanna Jagiełło, Wojciech Brzezowski, Wrocław: An Inherited Legacy
Agnieshka Kiera, The Urban Identity and Design Code as a Tool for the Creative and Sustainable Development of Historic Cities: The Case
of Fremantle, Western Australia
Part 5 – Management of Large-Scale Cultural Heritage Properties
Dominika Hołuj, Using Local Land-Use Development Plans to Administer Changes in Poland’s Largest Cities
Bohumil Kováč, Peter Vodrážka, The Use of Land-Use Plans to Manage Cultural Heritage Areas
Michael Schimek, The Role of Voluntary Involvement in Managing the World Heritage Cultural Landscape Wachau
Peter van Dun, The Vistula Żuławy and Its History: The Dutch Connection
Part 6 – Intangible Cultural Heritage
Krzysztof Kowalski, Inventing a Common European Memory: Reflections on the “European Heritage Label” Initiative
Andrew E. Dixey, Crafts, Artisans and Communities
Juraj Hamar, The National Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage as an Effective Instrument to Promote and Protect Intangible
Cultural Heritage in the Slovak Context
Wojciech M. Marchwica, The Musical Tradition of Central European Intangible Heritage
Julia Włodarczyk, The Polish National Methodology for Identifying and Inventorying Intangible Cultural Heritage
László Beke, A New Concept of Heritage in Central Europe: Between Philosophy and Politics