Heritage Significance
Unlisted Heritage Items – Erring on the Side of Caution
Most countries, regions and states utilise heritage listing as a means of protecting heritage assets, but many of these lists...
Read moreHeritage Significance on the Cusp
What is heritage significance. Is the Sydney Opera House significant? Is this keyboard from which I type the blog significant?...
Read moreWhat are the present day concerns with cultural heritage?
Heritage – alienation from the means of production? Many years ago, Karl Max and Friedrich Engels coined the phrase; ‘alienation...
Read moreThe Heritage Significance of Hong Kong Shop Houses
Michael Wolf – author of ‘Corner Houses’ published in 2010 by Hong Kong University Press writes that there are two...
Read moreThe Concept of Cultural Significance
In the Burra Charter cultural significance means 'aesthetic, historic, scientific or social value for past, present or future generations'. Cultural...
Read moreThe Determination of Significance
The determination of significance is a subjective intellectual process. No view of history is absolute. Every consideration, no matter the...
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