Can politically oriented interventions in built heritage contribute to its authenticity?Erbil Citadel's Babylonian Gate as a case study
作者机构:Department of Architectural EngineeringKoya UniversityUniversity ParkDanielle Mitterrand BoulevardKoyaKurdistan Region KOY45Iraq. Department of Architecture and Built EnvironmentUniversity of NottinghamRoom B35Lenton FirsUniversity ParkNottingham NG72RDUK.
出 版 物:《Built Heritage》 (建成遗产(英文))
年 卷 期:2021年第5卷第2期
页 面:39-52页
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学科分类:05[文学] 0503[文学-新闻传播学]
主 题:Progressive authenticity Heritage conservation Political interventions Inevitable changes Erbil Citadel's Babylonian Gate
摘 要:Today,the concept of built heritage authenticity is a projection screen for conficting demands and thus a contested field .Short-sighted readings started to drag the concept behind different il-considered treatises,in which some heritage aspects loosely outweighed other *** perspectives that tend to freeze heritage structures in time,such as those that are privileged upon other contemporary socio-cultural issues,while political takes also overshadowed other epistemological prospects,and vice *** have made inclusion of what is regarded as inevitable changes within the built context problematic as to the re-interpretation and thus assessment of its *** their possible momentary threat to the latter,these changes may add to the cultural value of the context over time,granting new potential that may instead boost its *** paper investigates the potential continuity of Erbil Citadel s Babylonian Gate as an inevitable change within the site s built context by studying the Gate s controversial political impacts on the context s *** study affirms that authenticity is a transcendental value of an open-ended progressive nature,which cannot be reduced to a specific period or properties within the historical chronology of built ***,authenticity should be approached as a meaningful existential issue,while revelation of its essence and thus its dimension entails precise scrutiny of both the tangibles and intangibles of the ***,to be part of its authenticity,any change in the context should be adaptable and possibly incorporated as a new value within its cultural strata,thus enabling progressive support for site authenticity.