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28/05/2014 – Kazerne Dossin Mechelen

28/05/2014 – Kazerne Dossin Mechelen. Rob Belemans Ph. D. Communities as shareholding (re-)creators o f landscape as their heritage. FARO = the Flemish Interface Centre for Cultural Heritage (in) tangible - immovable as non-profit NGO a network organization in

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28/05/2014 – Kazerne Dossin Mechelen

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  1. 28/05/2014 – Kazerne Dossin Mechelen Rob Belemans Ph. D. Communities as shareholding (re-)creators of landscape as their heritage

  2. FARO = the Flemish Interface Centre for CulturalHeritage (in)tangible - immovable as non-profit NGO a network organization in the culturalheritagefield 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

  3. The ELC fromanintangibleheritage viewpoint • Landscape = “an area as perceivedbypeople” • “result of action andinteraction of naturaland/or human factors => a participative, non-essentialisticdefinition People change their environment into a landscape byperceivingit as part of theirculturalheritage

  4. The shift Culturalheritageand landscape Culturalheritage in landscape Landscape heritage Landscape asculturalheritage

  5. a never endingdynamic proces • Dynamic proces of community building : • Group identities • valueing & taking care (safeguarding) of the environment as part of the common heritagebyadaptingitforlastingintergenerationaltransmission

  6. 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.”

  7. Landscape as ICH • perception & values are intangible • a community is intangible common problems in safeguarding: • howto keep heritagedynamic vs. folklorisation • Interactionwithtourism/economy • Strategiesforlocal/regional action in a context of globalisation • PARTICIPATION

  8. Flemish ICH policy • Inspiredby the Unesco Conventionforsafeguarding the ICH (2006) & the Faro Convention • In 2010 the Flemish minister for culture published her vision tekst on ICH policy

  9. ICH policy in Flanders • The Flemishgovernment cultivates 3 roles: • Conducting a facilitating (not a directive/ restrictive) policy • Quality controlling & moderation of the ICH-network in Flanders • Stimulatinginternational policy making & cooperation (f.i. Flemish Trust Fund)

  10. ICH policy in Flanders 2. The ICH-network Consists of: • different types of heritageorganisations • professionals & volunteers • “national” – regional – local • subventioned & selfsupporting • all kinds of ICH-communities FARO supports the network

  11. ICH policy in Flanders 3. The ICH-platform - medium for contact & interchangebetweenallparticipants in the ICH- network • Containsalso information on the Flemish Inventory • the ‘place’where ICH-communitiesdescribetheirheritage element & make inforamtionaboutitavailableto the public

  12. ICH policy in Flanders 4. ICH-communities • definetheirown ICH-element(s) • descibe the dynamic way they are dealingwithitandtrytosafeguardit • consult professional organisationsto get advise, support todeveloptheirsafeguardingplans & adapttheir ICH to new requirements • share theirexperienceswithothercommunities in Flanders & abroad

  13. Bridging the gap • betweenall types of heritage: • immovable – tangible – intangible • betweenheritage policy andsafeguardingcommunities we are/couldbecome the bridge !

  14. ‘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.”

  15. professionals / experts / scolars We are / couldbecome the bridge, IF we daretounderstandourrole in a more modest, facilitating, notdirective way we take communitiesserious in their concerns tosafeguardtheirheritagebyadaptingitand passing ittroughto the next generation go-betweens, connectors, heritagebrokers

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