This document talks about the importance of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and all that it imvolves. as well as the benefits for the comunities.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF TANGIBLE AND
INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Presentado por:
Diana Yamileth Ruelas Marón
Curso: TICS
Semestre: VI

2. Introducción
We begin this paper by questioning: How can
intangible cultural heritage sustained with the effects
of tourism development? What are the effects of
tourism development? And why is so important to
preserve our cultural heritage? It is believed that
tourism is the largest industry in the world and that
tourist travel in order to know different cultures and
ways of live. So cultural heritage implies a shared
bond, our belonging to a community. It represents
our history and our identity; our bond to the past, to
our present, and the future.

3. Authors Tri Anggraini, Sadasivam, Alpana (2015) cited by
(Tudorache, 2015) consider that the heritage offers identity to
a country, and also culture sustain development.
Heritage is one of the
important components
which has the role to create
character, identity and
image of city. Secondly, it is
a mirror which show the
social and intellectual
circumstances of our time.

4. Concept of cultural heritage
Cultural Heritage is an expression of the ways of living developed by a
community and passed on from generation to generation, including
customs, practices, places, objects, artistic expressions and values. Cultural
Heritage is often expressed as either Intangible or Tangible Cultural
Heritage. (ICOMOS, 2002)

5. It is also defined as the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible
attributes that passed down from generation and for present
generation to maintained and for future generation to get benefit
from it (UNESCO, 2014) cited by (Shah, 2016).

6. Cultural Heritage can be distinguished in:
 Built Environment (Buildings, Townscapes, Archaeological remains)
 Natural Environment (Rural landscapes, Coasts and
shorelines, Agricultural heritage)
 Artefacts (Books & Documents, Objects, Pictures.

7. The importance of cultural heritage
Culture can give people a connection to certain
social values, beliefs, religions and customs. It
allows them to identify with others of similar
mindsets and backgrounds. Cultural heritage can
provide an automatic sense of unity and
belonging within a group and allows us to better
understand previous generations

8. Tangible and intangible cultural heritage
According to Tasmania (2003) in her article “Tangible and
Intangible Cultural Heritage” Tangible heritage includes
buildings and historic places, monuments, artifacts, etc., which
are considered worthy of preservation for the future. These
include objects significant to the archaeology, architecture,
science or technology of a specific culture.

9. Cultural Values
For Martorell (2001) Cultural values are to be preserved, for life to have a human
meaning. Becoming, over many centuries and places, has established the founding roots
of bio-ecodiversity for human cultures as well, which are the most genuine embodiment
of immaterial values. The impact of ethic groups, beliefs and imported lifestyles and
cultures has developed into colonial, utilitarian geopolitical set-ups, destructive for
preminent congenital values (African and South-American countries).

10. The human time of “knowing how to be” has been ostracized by that of having plenty of
more and more alternative things. Now, the past must be read in the continuity of the
present, even if, for the advancement of science, this is infused with the future. Humanity
is waiting for new cultural developments, running towards the sources of life through the
perception of the sense (expressions) the memory of the immaterial (values), the images
of places (signs).

11. The Significance of Cultural
Heritage
According to Koermo (2003) the cultural
heritage is the process that able its
significance to be presented not only for
today generation, it also offers for future
generation. There are four crucial reasons
why it’s important.
 A Reflection of National Integrity and
Sovereignty.
 A reflection of a People's Technology
and Creativity.

12. Intangible heritage includes
traditions or living expressions
inherited from our ancestors
and passed on to our
descendants, such as oral
traditions, performing arts,
social practices, rituals, festive
events, knowledge and
practices concerning nature
and the universe or the
knowledge and skills to
produce traditional crafts, food
and medicine heritage and
digital heritage.

13. Whose Cultural Heritage?
The term “cultural heritage”
typically conjures up the idea
of a single society and the
communication between its
members. But cultural
boundaries are not necessarily
well-defined. Artists, writers,
scientists, craftsmen and
musicians learn from each
other, even if they belong to
different cultures, far removed
in space or time.

14. Figure 1: Categories of National Heritage. Fuente: Idilfrity (2016)

16. The authors also include the manifestations of culture. Symbols, heroes, rituals are
tangible aspects from particular culture’ practices. It was believed that an intangible
aspect is the true meaning of culture because it’s only discovered when the practices
are interpreted by the insiders.

17. Symbols: words, pictures, objects, gesture which
understand by only particular culture or who shared. It is
the outermost layer as it
commonly copied by others from a particular culture.
Heroes: persons or characters, past or present, real or
fictitious that own his characteristic which become the
most cherished in a culture. Usually it serves as a model
for a good deed.
Rituals: collection of informally essential such as the way
of greetings, paying respect to others, social ceremonies,
religious etc.
Values: It is the core of any cultures including the good-
evil, rightwrong, natural-unnatural. There are many other
values that remain unconscious to whom hold it. It often
can’t be debated nor directly observed by others. The way
people act is the only way to interfere the values but
under different circumstances.

18. There are layers of culture that need to be
understood. Even in a same culture, there are
six different layers that differentiate individual.
• The national level: Related to the nation.
• The regional level: Related to ethnic,
linguistic, or religious differences that exist
within a nation.
• The gender level: Related to female and
male
• The generation level: Related to the
differences between
grandparents and parents, parents and
children.
• The social class level: Related to
educational opportunities and profession
variances.
• The corporate level: Related to the particular

19. Figure 2: Heritage Cycle. Fuente: Idilfrity (2016)

20. The Heritage Cycle from Simon Thurley helps explain the process of
finding and incorporating culture into our lives, if we wish to do so.
It begins with understanding the culture. Only then may we begin to
value it. From there, we can learn to care for a culture and eventually
enjoy it. With more enjoyment, we will want to learn and understand
more—and so the circle goes.

21. These diagram shows the cycle
on how to bring the past into
our future (valued it). In the
first quarter; by understanding
heritage (in this case its
culture) – people will value it.
Second quarter; by valuing it -
people will start to care. Third
quarter; by caring – it will help
people to enjoy it and last;
from enjoying it – it comes the
thirst to understand it more.
Figure 3: Cultural Attraction. Fuente: Idilfrity (2016)

22. Role of UNESCO
UNESCO’s strategy focuses on:
 Least Developed Countries (LDC) and
countries in emergency situations (post-
conflict or post-natural disaster), particularly
in Africa
 The museums and collections that best
contribute to an integrated understanding of
heritage and their potential contribution to the
economic
 Social and human development of local
communities and disadvantaged groups

23. This strategy is implemented through:
 Training activities involving simple and
efficient techniques for safeguarding objects,
with a special emphasis on the creation of
pedagogical tools
 Museum development by strengthening
professional networks and partnerships
 Improving educational content and access to
knowledge through awareness-raising and
educational activities

24.  Promoting the return, restitution, and improved access to cultural
objects by means of awareness-raising and advisory activities and
innovative partnerships
 Last but not least, through the joint implementation of normative
and operational activities, particularly in regard to the fight against
illicit trafficking and the protection of underwater heritage.

25. Source: https://www.researchgate.net/

27. Consumption of experiences and
product.
Urray (1990) and Richard (1999c)
(as cited in Mckercher and du
Cros, 2002) stated that all tourism
involves the consumption of
experiences and product, so do
with cultural tourism. Although, it
is suggested that cultural heritage
assets usually need to be
reconstructed into cultural.

28. CONCLUSIONS
FIRST: Cultural heritage gives much more benefits
towards society. It helps current generation to learn any
success and mistakes that earlier generation did as a guide
or make it better. It creates awareness and this makes the
society to have a concrete identity, self-respect, and
building up a strong country. Without cultural heritage, a
society or country will lose it main source of self-
expression and in the end their self-realization. From the
past we learn, for the future we built.

29. SECOND: Cultural heritage gives much more
benefits towards society. It helps current
generation to learn any success and mistakes that
earlier generation did as a guide or make it better.
It creates awareness and this makes the society to
have a concrete identity, self-respect, and building
up a strong country. Without cultural heritage, a
society or country will lose it main source of self-
expression and in the end their self-realization.
From the past we learn, for the future we built.

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