TY - JOUR
T1 - Serial properties and heritage interpretation. Lessons from the Israeli Biblical Tels inscription
AU - Wolfling-Assa, Oshrat
AU - Alon-Mozes, Tal
AU - Liberty-Shalev, Ruth
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - World Heritage serial properties are groupings of several heritage component parts that share common themes and values. This paper examines how these serial properties, as well as their individual component parts, are influenced by serial interpretive dynamic, and how this dynamic affects on-site interpretation. We demonstrate these issues through the Israeli serial property inscription of the Biblical Tels–Megiddo, Hazor, Beer-Sheba (2005). We chart the revisions along the inscription process to point out the presence of an interpretive dynamic. We describe interpretive dynamic as the effect of the justifications of the nomination over heritage significance and interpretation, both within the realm of World Heritage and in each heritage property locally. This paper concludes that interpretive dynamic is an inevitable part of the serial process. We argue that the dynamic represents a gap between the frequent use of series as an inscription catalyst and their essence as value-oriented constructs. Considering this, we criticise the overuse of serial inscriptions and call for a revised definition that re-addresses the important place of interpretation in this process.
AB - World Heritage serial properties are groupings of several heritage component parts that share common themes and values. This paper examines how these serial properties, as well as their individual component parts, are influenced by serial interpretive dynamic, and how this dynamic affects on-site interpretation. We demonstrate these issues through the Israeli serial property inscription of the Biblical Tels–Megiddo, Hazor, Beer-Sheba (2005). We chart the revisions along the inscription process to point out the presence of an interpretive dynamic. We describe interpretive dynamic as the effect of the justifications of the nomination over heritage significance and interpretation, both within the realm of World Heritage and in each heritage property locally. This paper concludes that interpretive dynamic is an inevitable part of the serial process. We argue that the dynamic represents a gap between the frequent use of series as an inscription catalyst and their essence as value-oriented constructs. Considering this, we criticise the overuse of serial inscriptions and call for a revised definition that re-addresses the important place of interpretation in this process.
KW - Biblical Tels
KW - interpretation
KW - nomination
KW - serial properties
KW - Tel Beer-Sheba
KW - World Heritage
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U2 - 10.1080/13527258.2024.2320332
DO - 10.1080/13527258.2024.2320332
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AN - SCOPUS:85187172330
SN - 1352-7258
JO - International Journal of Heritage Studies
JF - International Journal of Heritage Studies
ER -