Management Plans for the Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica as an Example of Management Problems with UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Waldemar J. Affelt

waldemar.affelt@wilis.pg.gda.pl

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

Abstract

A research and educational project “The Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica. World Heritage Site. Management Plan” was carried out between 2012–2014 as part of Polish – German collaboration. It was based upon a textbook published by German Commission for UNESCO. This article presents the principles thereof as well as discusses the results and conclusions coming from the project. Other reference publications dealing with cultural heritage issued after 2014 have been included as well.

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UNESCO world heritage, cultural heritage management, Lutheran churches, wooden-frame buildings

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Affelt, W. J. (2017). Management Plans for the Churches of Peace in Jawor and Swidnica as an Example of Management Problems with UNESCO World Heritage Site. Protection of Cultural Heritage, (4), 105–120. https://doi.org/10.24358/ODK_2017_04_10
Author Biography

Waldemar J. Affelt, Gdańsk University of Technology

dr inż., st. wykładowca na Wydziale Inżynierii Lądowej i Środowiska Politechniki Gdańskiej;
autor 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 i koncepcja kłącza w milieu zabytku techniki.