Finding the Spirit of the place in World Heritage Sites: Aboriginal Approaches in Perspective / Révéler l’esprit du lieu dans les sites du patrimoine mondial: Perspectives autochtones
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120
Description
For thousands of years, indigenous groups on five continents have created and then frequented specific places to carry out rituals or undertake communication with the powers, entities, or spirits who reside at such places or pass through them. Since the 1970s, many of those places have become integral parts of Workd Heritage sites. How can the ancestral substance, the intrinsic sacred nature, of those heritage sites be expressed nowadays ? How can the visitors to those places find out about such a particular atmosphere or ambiance, that is about the “Spirit of Place” associated with the World Heritage sites ? Some representatives of indigenous peoples of New Zealand, Australia and Canada present in this book the idea of the spirit of place at World Heritage sites from the point of view of their unique cultures and traditions. The various texts given here clearly draw attention to new philosophies and approaches aiming at improving the integration of aboriginal spirit of place in the management and interpretation of World Heritage sites.