Place of memory in the resource of cultural heritage of technology

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Waldemar J. Affelt

waldemar.affelt@wilis.pg.gda.pl

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3274-5210

Abstract

The author considers the issues of the place of memory or remembrance which embraces all the cultural heritage assets, regardless of their condition, under with the proviso that their narrative interpreting based on a value assessment was provided to the public, and that the their presentation scenario was implemented in practice of sightseeing. Narrative interpretation is a kind of social communication, so the relationship between the interpreter and the recipient should be interactive, as this determines the cognitive effectiveness. The five case studies of technological concern present the issues of social identity and discuss an ethical context. Definitions related to the place of memory notion are given.

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social and cultural memory, memory place, interpretation and presentation of heritage of technology

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Affelt, W. J. (2018). Place of memory in the resource of cultural heritage of technology. Protection of Cultural Heritage, (5), 11–31. https://doi.org/10.35784/odk.856
Author Biography

Waldemar J. Affelt, Faculty of Fine Arts/Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

inżynier budownictwa i konserwator zabytków architektury, emerytowany pracownik Politechniki Gdańskiej i Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu; autor ponad stu publikacji o dziedzictwie kultury, twórca metodyki wartościowania zasobów dziedzictwa kulturowego techniki TECHNITAS, ekspert Komisji Europejskiej ds. programu Horyzont 2020, członek-specjalista Komitetu Historii Nauki i Techniki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, członek Głównej Komisji Konserwatorskiej, prezes organizacji pozarządowej „Stowarzyszenie Zabytkowa Gdynia”, członek ICOMOS i TICCIH. Tematyka badawcza: techno-estetyka, kultura pamięci, koncepcja kłącza kultury w milieu dziedzictwa techniki.