Journal article
The role of heritage in facilitation of sustainable futures: A new approach to heritage as a function of cultural change
Knowledge Futures: Interdisciplinary Journal of Futures Studies, Vol.1(1), pp.115-140
2017
Abstract
The heritage futures perspective of this paper highlights the contemporary role of heritage in fostering sustainable futures. More than ever before, it is imperative to learn from the past to prevent irreversible damage to natural ecosystems , and to foster an integral worldview, embedded in transmodernism. Consequently, re-evaluation of the concept of heritage through the Causal Layered Analysis considers new approaches to heritage incorporating the integral worldview, honouring Indigenous knowledge. One of the most important contributions of Indigenous knowledge to the new concept of heritage is the consideration of circular temporality. Circular thinking is a departure from the Western goal oriented linear mind-set focusing on the future and disregarding the past. Therefore, this extended temporality illuminates sociocultural change and offers insight into the causation of present day social dissent. The circular perspective ensures that the past is periodically revisited to strengthen identity, to provide a sense of belonging, and to integrate past and present knowledge to inform future action. There are prime examples of the consciousness integrating past, present and future, in spiritual communities, and instances of grassroots activism, reviving heritage practices worldwide. Defining features of this integral consciousness are analysed through the Four Quadrant analysis. The analysis reveals a broader senses of identity, fostering creative traditionalism and cultural citizenship, within the framework of heritage futures. Heritage futures go beyond mere preservation of tangible heritage, and considers intangible heritage as a source of societal renewal, culminating in the process of 'future-making'.
Details
- Title
- The role of heritage in facilitation of sustainable futures: A new approach to heritage as a function of cultural change
- Authors
- Marta Botta (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- Knowledge Futures: Interdisciplinary Journal of Futures Studies, Vol.1(1), pp.115-140
- Publisher
- Centre for Knowledge Futures
- Date published
- 2017
- ISSN
- 2415-2374
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2017 The Author. The author accepted version is reproduced here with permission.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451126202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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