Opinion Archives - Make Heritage Fun!

Why Should Researchers Follow the FPIC Guidelines?

March 18, 2018March 13, 2018

This article was also featured on Tools4Development 🙂 Note: FPIC stands for Free, Prior Informed Consent. How would you feel when people post your photos …

Asia, Food Heritage, Opinion

Why is it hard to find good coffee in the Philippines?

March 15, 2018September 6, 2018

As a big coffee fan—proud to say I’m not a snob— it’s a bit wearying to think that it’s so difficult to find good coffee …

Africa, Conservation, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Interviews, Opinion

Heritage and education: The GamoGofa zone in South Ethiopia

May 22, 2017September 21, 2017

The importance of sustaining traditionally and locally embedded cultural heritage, customs and practices is paramount in this era of rapidly escalating modernisation. Taking the case …

Asia, Capturing Culture, Community, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Interact with Heritage, Opinion

The Tejgadh Experiment: Culture and Development

February 8, 2017February 5, 2017

This article was originally published on www.sahapedia.org, an open online resource on the arts, cultures and heritage of India. Marginal Voices The economic marginalisation of communities and their …

Conservation, Features, Heritage, Opinion, Religious, Restoration, Travel, Uncategorized, World Heritage Sites

Protection of Pakistan’s Cultural Heritage: Voice of a common citizen

December 31, 2016September 27, 2017

Civilizations leave their footprints in the form of cultural heritage. Many historical occasions, battles, and lifestyles, are preserved in the form of artifacts and archaeological …

Heritage, Opinion, Underwater

Museums and social media: The case of Antikythera shipwreck

December 16, 2016May 22, 2018

This study focuses on the Shipwreck of Antikythera and especially on its fame through social media. Just like all the other cultural organizations and museums, …

Conservation, Heritage, Opinion

Heritage Protection and Local Communities in a Period of Financial Crisis

December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Abstract The current article is reviewing the protection of cultural heritage. Focus is given on local communities and the period after the financial crisis. Firstly, …

Heritage, Opinion

Cultural Tourism and Sustainable Development

December 16, 2016December 16, 2016

Abstract The article examines the matter of cultural tourism and sustainable development. Culture is a set of distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features of …

Built Heritage, Conservation, Heritage, Opinion, Restoration

Traditional Architectural Heritage and Management: Rashid, Heritage City

October 5, 2016

Construction of houses, settlements, or dwellings, in any architectural expression, is aimed at creating security and a comfortable environment. This perspective appears clearly within Islamic …