Spuścizna historyczna a społeczeństwo

• Authors: Bogdanowski Janusz

Title variants

EN

HISTORICAL HERITAGE AND SOCIETY

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper was presented at the conference Conservation of Historical Monuments on the Threshold od the 21st Century. Cracow, October 1990. The awareness of the historical heritage, emerging in Poland in the contemporary sense of a monument at least since the 17th and 18th centuries in the activity of individuals (e.g. Bishop Krasicki who has preserved as a residence the Gothic castle in Lidzbark), with the passing of the 19th and 20th centuries encompassed ever broader circles of society. Attitudes. The known social-cultural concepts of the „golden age", i.e. a form of return to the old, better times and of „progress", i.e. implementing changes in the name of it, have not solved the problem of historical monuments in a broad sense. Thus, the present concept of „coexistence" and continuation of tradition has emerged. Reality. At the same time, the concept of historical monument has expanded considerably. This concerns its material form (e.g. from the object through the city, to the cultural landscape), as well as non-material (e.g. from the local name, to „historical space ). At the same time, architectonic cosmopolitism and the ineffectiveness of spatial engineering have led to the obliteration of traditions, local as well as regional. In effect, this leads to the loss of cultural identity. Contradictions. The monument, in its broad sense, as historical heritage, has been faced with an unfavourable situation. By bringing to the foreground the state of preservation of cultural property, often not only single pieces are allowed to be removed, but also entire cities or cultural landscapes are devastated, in general the cultural property resources are disturbed. This can concern heritage in the most varied spheres and scales from local problems to e.g. general world problems. The future. The need arises for undertaking measures on a broad scale. This requires in the first place: 1 — unequivocal self-determination of the circles associated with the protection of cultural property, through the integration of various specialist circles, 2 — large-scale activity to make the society aware of the significance of cultural heritage, through information in spiring to its interpretation and intervention for the benefit of rescuing the resources, 3 — the inclusion of artistic circles in the undertakings for the purpose of carrying out activities for the continuation of traditions. Due to the more general significance of the problem, it would be good to draw up some sort of national or even European „Charter of Cultural Heritage".

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1991
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 11-18

Dates

published

1991

Contributors

author

Bogdanowski Janusz

• prof, dr hab., Politechnika Krakowska

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Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247