- Title
- Does scientific knowledge and technical development enhance the heritage value of the environment? The example of Tasmanian Pleistocene glacial landscapes
- Creator
- Colhoun, Eric; Kiernan, Kevin
- Relation
- Australia ICOMOS Science Heritage Symposium: Under the Microscope. Proceedings of the Australia ICOMOS Science Heritage Symposium: Under the Microscope (Hobart, Tasmania 11-12 November, 2018) p. 38-63
- Relation
- https://australia.icomos.org/publications/proceedings/
- Publisher
- Deakin University
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- The cultural heritage value of any environment derives from the eye and mental understanding of the beholder. This paper argues that such value is greatly enhanced by scientific understanding of the environment concerned. UNESCO has specifically recognised science as being a key component of cultural heritage since at least 1972 (UNESCO 1972). It has progressively broadened the interpretation of scientific heritage from merely physical structures such as monuments and buildings to include moveable property such as samples and documents, while the Burra Charter adopted by Australia ICOMOS in 1979 extended the interpretation of „place‟ from physical buildings to include „site and „area‟. In 2003 UNESCO recommended that intangible cultural heritage such as knowledge and practices should also be embraced (UNESCO 2003). Australia ICOMOS also recognises intangible cultural heritage and has recently developed a Practice Note on intangible cultural heritage (Australia ICOMOS 2017).
- Subject
- Tasmanian glacias; pleistocene landscapes; cultural heritage; glacial legacy; Tasmanian wilderness
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1467913
- Identifier
- uon:47939
- Language
- eng
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