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Yazarlar: Ece KUMKALE AÇIKGÖZ, Yousef Daneshvar ROUYANDOZAGH

Konular:-

Anahtar Kelimeler:Sense of Place,Authenticity,Counterfeit Historic Architecture,UNESCO World Heritage,Social Sustainability

Özet: This is an inquiry into the functionalisation of a historical monument in the World Heritage List, on defining a social and cultural identity through a process of selective re-creation of remembrances, that is constituted by a common sense of longing for the idealized past. The Case of Sheikh Safi al-Din Khānegāh and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil, Iran includes a core zone that is subject to the historic preservation processes under the guidance of ICOMOS; and a buffer zone that is left for renovation to achieve a complete sense of a historical old town with a great contribution of new buildings and spaces that look historic without being historical. It is argued that there is the lack of a guarantee provided by the international world heritage organizations for securing and sustaining the sense of place of the local communities that is challenged by a number of purposes including the touristic function of the World Heritage property. For the case of this study it is revealed that either for the touristic function or for some other purpose, not all the urban communities of the past are equally emphasized and protected in the current realm. Based on the literature review on the concepts of cultural heritage, authenticity, sense of place and their contribution to the act of place making, this study reveals the ongoing process of displacement of an unwanted past for creating an urban historicity. 

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