Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2022) | Viewed by 2430
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metals cultural heritage; corrosion; treatments; corrosion inhibitors; coatings; green methods; marine conservation
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Interests: protection of cultural heritage; cultural heritage climate variability; IR; oxidation
Interests: indigenous partnered conservation research; heritage collections; art attribution; materials analysis; cultural materials conservation; community conservation; social and community informatics; conservation education; Australia in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Interests: cultural heritage; ceramics; glasses; lusters; mortars; pigments; oxides; nanomaterials; nanotechnology; synchrotron radiation; X-ray photo electron spectroscopy; scanning electron microscopy; atomic force microscopy; built heritage
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sustainable Cultural Heritage (CH) Management and Conservation are becoming a priority worldwide according to policy agendas in the context of global awareness regarding the fragility of our eco-system from the impacts of Climate Change (CC) and other anthropogenic factors such as the public health crisis from COVID-19 pandemic. In 2010, the “United Cities and Local Governments” approved the inclusion of Culture as the fourth pillar of Sustainable Development to the definition developed in the 1980s based on the three pillars of environment, economy, and society—with its integration into related policies. This issue will highlight how sustainable practices in CH can play an important role in promoting climate action, community cohesion, and public health through its power to connect people and societies. It will explore how the COVID-19 pandemic and other social/political movements has made museums and CH sites/monuments deal with issues related to its public advocacy and care for its collections and sites. Thus, the Special Issue will explore sustainable, resilient, safe, and eco-conscious practices in the management and conservation of Cultural Heritage by inviting papers in any of the following areas:
Special considerations in sustainable approaches in CH management and conservation when applied to memory studies and dissonant heritage;
Research related to green sustainable conservation practices that are safe, environmentally friendly, and ecologically acceptable;
-The impact of education and training in Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Special Issue on Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation is a follow-up to the 2019 issue Sustainability on the same topic. Since then, our world has come under immense global threats and challenges resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic, political and social movements for injustices (e.g., racially motivated, etc.) (past and present), and continuous extreme weather phenomena leading to flash floods, wildfires, and rises in sea-level, to name a few. In June 2019, Greece organized an international conference in Athens on the topic of the Impacts of Climate Change in Cultural Heritage, Facing the Challenge, where three of the editors for this Special Issue presented their projects and research, and the concluding documents of this conference were presented at the United Nations COPA25. The global 21st-century society is facing a continuous shift in our perspectives related to the very foundation of sustainable development and its pillars based on these global threats and movements—where approaches to manage and to conserve Culture Heritage are being called into question.
This Special Issue wishes to explore this shift and impact on the sustainable management and conservation of Cultural Heritage based on these global threats, challenges, and movements in the global 21st-century society. The issue deals both with tangible and intangible Cultural Heritage and is open to research and practices related to the topic as well as perspectives based on policy agendas.
Prof. Dr. Vasilike Argyropoulos
Dr. Johanna Leissner
Prof. Dr. Robyn Sloggett
Dr. Giuseppina Padeletti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable green practices;
- resilient innovation;
- indigenous knowledge;
- climate change;
- cultural heritage management;
- conservation treatments
