Looking to Leap: Considering the Broader Cultural Landscape When Developing World Heritage Sites in the United States by Mark Barnes

7/27/2019 Looking to Leap: Considering the Broader Cultural Landscape When Developing World Heritage Sites in the United States by Mark Barnes

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Looking to Leap, Considerations for

World Heritage Sites from the United States

Presentation by Mark R. Barnes, Ph.D.

and

Arleen Pabn, Ph.D


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Historic urban areas are among the most abundant and diverse

manifestations of our common cultural heritage, shaped by

generations and constituting a key testimony to humankinds

endeavors and aspirations in space and time.


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Historic urban areas are defined by an historic layering of values that

have been produced by successive and existing cultures and an

accumulation of traditions and experiences, recognized as such in their

diversity.St. Francis Street, St. Augustine,Florida, 1860s

St. Francis Street, St. Augustine,Florida, 2010.


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Item 26 of the Recommendations states Research should target the

complex layering of urban settlements, in order to identify values,

understand their meaning for the communities, and present them to

visitors in a comprehensive manner.

Sixteenth Century Spanish colonialartifact recovered from excavations.

Archaeological Investigations at theoriginal 1565 site of St. Augustine.


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Item 26 of the Recommendations also states It is

essential to document the state of urban areas and their

evolution, to facilitate the evaluation of proposals forchanges, and to improve protective and managerial

skills and procedures.


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Interpretation of the historic urban area changes with

new research approaches.


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Savannah College of Art and Design and National Park Service

Additional Documentation Study of St. Augustine Historic District.


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SCAD/NPS Survey

Results

1. The location of a numberof additional Spanish

colonial sites, landscapes,

fortifications, and

buildings.

2. The development of an

appropriate boundary for

the historic district of St.

Augustine.

3. A document to assist localplanners on future projects

in the community.


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The fortifications and town of St. Augustine were one of a series

of planned Spanish Colonial communities created to defend the

Spanish Empire. In response, other colonial powers created

their own fortifications and communities.


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Recent progress in the

United States World

Heritage Sites programs.

1. Since 2008, the United Stateshas developed a newTentative List of potentialWorld Heritage Sites (WHS).

2. Recently, the first WHS fromthe United States was

designated in over a decade.

3. This January the PovertyPoint WHS nomination wascompleted with the assistanceof ICAHM.

4. The Secretary of the Interiorhas proposed two serial WHSstudiesSan AntonioMissions and 11 Frank LloydWright designed buildings.

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Looking to Leap: Considering the Broader Cultural Landscape When Developing World Heritage Sites in the United States by Mark Barnes