Development of new economies by merging heritage and entrepreneurship
Journal Title: Ecocycles - Year 2015, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
‘Heritage’ could be the driving force in developing new economies in geographic areas with unstable growth. The establishment of industrial remains as heritage during the 1980s and 90s describes a development of heritage practices that improved possibilities to address such issues, as compared with traditional sub-divided heritage work. Heritage afloat exemplifies how industrial and maritime heritage could be instrumental in rethinking heritage practices. Two examples are presented. The first concerns a recent reconstruction of an early 19th century paddle steamer, where tacit knowledge within both traditional as well as industrially based craft skills became the main issue. The other example builds on a century old steamboat that has been preserved as designated heritage with original appearance, in original route, and with original function. ‘Working order’ and the difference between ‘heritage’ as the material result, and ‘heritage’ as a process resulting in both intangible and material qualities are discussed as a necessary base in strategies to develop new economies by merging heritage and entrepreneurship, specifically in non-urban landscape perspectives.
Authors and Affiliations
Bosse Lagerqvist, Lennart Bornmalm
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP175107
- DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.19040/ecocycles.v1i1.22
- Views 145
- Downloads 0
Current thinking on sustainable human habitat: the Findhorn Ecovillage case
Ecovillages worldwide address the contemporary quest for sustainability while increasing bioregional literacy and developing processes and tools that aim to reduce their ecological footprints. The Scotland-based Findhorn...
Sustainable development deficit in Europe: modelling, ranking, and classification of countries
The paper focuses on evaluation of progress of European and neighbouring countries in sustainable development using the system of environmental, social and economic indicators. The task of the research is to identify the...
Recent advances and future trends in zebrafish bioassays for aquatic ecotoxicology
Zebrafish (Danio rerio), a cyprinid teleost, has become an ideal model species for aquatic ecotoxicology due to the broad spectra of methodologies that have been developed since the 1980s. The zebrafish has many advantag...
Tourist safety and security in the Central Region of Ghana - overview and case study
As a result of the sharp rise in the interest for tourism activities, safety and security matters have also become one of the forces causing vicissitudes in the tourism industry in the world. Since tourism sector is cont...
Rising cities: continuity, innovation and deliberation of Vauban District, Freiburg, Germany
The future of the biosphere, indeed of humanity, will be determined in the cities of the 21st century. Urban centres are where the battle for sustainable development will be won or lost, and we find today an increasing n...