Takht-e-Soleyman and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump: the recognition and conservation of world heritage cultural landscapes

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dc.contributor.advisorMcMordie, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorInanloo Dailoo, Shabnam
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T21:57:12Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T21:57:12Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 319-330en
dc.descriptionSome pages are in colour.en
dc.description.abstractThis research emphasizes that cultural landscapes are places where tangible and intangible values are integrated, where cultural and natural characteristics of place are subject to change over time, and where people and places are interconnected. They are places characterized by use and continuity. This research examines the factors that contribute to the identification, conservation and management of cultural landscapes and to an understanding of how their conservation affects the critical relationship between culture and nature. It proves that while scholarly literature and institutional guidelines are available to help define, identify and evaluate cultural landscapes, research is weak with respect to their management. Despite the broadening of the concept of cultural landscape during the last two decades, there is a critical need to further develop this concept and to integrate it into a values-based management approach as well as into national legislation. The study of two examples from Canada and Iran highlights the shortcomings of the application of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention and demonstrates the complexities of identifying, designating and conserving cultural landscapes at national and international levels. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and Takht-e-Soleyman illustrate how a lack of recognition of values and inadequate and often inappropriate legal frameworks at different levels of government have resulted in significant management and conservation challenges. The research concludes that cultural landscapes are not protected and are under threat because of a misapplication of theory in practice, and because of a lack of understanding of the concept of cultural landscape and its categories in local and cultural contexts. Improvements could be achieved by recognizing the complexities and challenges of large-scale, multi-layered cultural landscapes, and by introducing new approaches and perspectives into the broader field of heritage conservation. The development of reference models would illustrate the challenges of applying the concept of cultural landscape in conservation practice and of promoting the application of an integrated and holistic approach for similar heritage properties with tangible and intangible, and cultural and natural values. The conceptual framework that emerges out of this study is intended to be ultimately applied in practice.
dc.format.extentxvii, 378 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationInanloo Dailoo, S. (2009). Takht-e-Soleyman and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump: the recognition and conservation of world heritage cultural landscapes (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2968en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/2968
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/103969
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyEnvironmental Design
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.titleTakht-e-Soleyman and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump: the recognition and conservation of world heritage cultural landscapes
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1868 520502038
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
ucalgary.thesis.uarcreleaseyen
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