Transcript Cultural Heritage

Cultural Heritage
and
Climate Change
Patcharawee Tunprawat
Specialist in Cultural Heritage Management
SEAMEO-SPAFA
Activity 1
• Look at the museum object given to your
group and discuss the following points:
1. What is it?
2. How is it important?
3. How was it made?
4. What and who are needed to create it?
Look Kuang, Lao Song Ethnic
Terracotta Buffalo, Dan Kwien
Wooden Man, India
Nang Kwak Amulet, Thailand
Roman Lamp
Wooden Warrior
Persian Manuscripts
Bayon Temple
Cultural Heritage
Components of Cultural Heritage:
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Materials / Cultural Expressions
Knowledge
Values
Communities
Cultural Heritage
• Tangible Heritage
Monuments,
historic buildings,
archaeological sites,
collections, archives
Cultural Heritage
• Intangible Heritage
Traditional
knowledge, wisdom,
ways of life, rituals,
cultural practices,
performances
Living Heritage
Living Heritage
Herbal medicine doctor teaching students on
the benefits of different herbs.
• Balanced Conditions
Suitable and Stable Climate
e.g. temperature, moisture, UV rays
Traditional Knowledge
Traditional Community
Traditional Materials
Happy
Heritage
Suitable soil chemistry and
biological components
• Imbalanced Conditions
Sad
Heritage
4,500 year-old male
skeleton at the Ban
Natong prehistoric
cave site in the
North of Thailand
• Climate Change is
directly affecting the
world’s cultural heritage.
• Climate Change is
acknowledged by world
organizations dealing
with heritage
management e.g.
UNESCO, ICOMOS, Getty
Conservation Institute,
and ICCROM as one of
the most real threats
that heritage is facing.
• SPAFA published a
journal on Impact
of the Cyclone
Nargis on Cultural
Heritage
Monuments in
Myanmar.
Impact of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage
Physical Impact
• Direct Impact: Storm, flooding, erosion of
coastal areas, melting permafrost, landslides,
extreme precipitations, desertification
• Indirect Impact: Moisture, vegetation, salt
crystallization, pest, biological effects, scarcity
of traditional materials
Flooding
Coastal Erosion
Salt Crystallization and Dissolution
Lichen
Termites/ Pest
100 places to remember
www.100places.com
Ban Hueng Klang Village, Sekong, Lao PDR
ICCROM – SPAFA – Department of Heritage, Lao PDR
The Talieng (Trieng) Tribe
•23,000 Talieng people live
in southeastern Laos in
remote mountainous areas
of Sekong and Attapu
provinces, near the border
with Vietnam.
•In the 3rd lunar month of
every year the Talieng hold a
7-day ceremony where
prayer is held for all Talieng
ancestors. Buffaloes are
sacrificed in front of the
communal village house.
Communal House
50-60 years old
Ban Hueng Klang
River
One day after: Tropical Storm Ketsana, 2009
Documentation of the Village’s Settlement Pattern
What is left of the village.
Model of the Village Hall
Cultural Impact
Change of
environment
(e.g. climate,
vegetation, food
etc.)
• Migration of traditional
communities
• Adaptation causing loss
of traditional practices
and changing ways of life
Loss of Cultural Memory
• For the first time in history, climate change
makes conservators rethink conservation.
• It’s not possible to conserve everything and to
conserve forever.
• Continuity of knowledge and traditional
communities
Kaewwanna Living Indigo Museum
• Learning about Moh Hom, a
traditional way of life
Cooking
local
dishes
• เที่ยวบ้ านเก่า เข้ าใจภูมิ
ปั ญญา
Visiting old houses
Roleplaying and
Puppet-making
Interconnectedness