Conceptualizing coastal and maritime cultural heritage through communities of meaning and participation

Kristen Ounanian; Jan van Tatenhove; Carsten Jahn Hansen; Alyne E. Delaney; Hanne Bohnstedt; Elaine Azzopardi; Wesley Flannery; Hilde Toonen; Jasper O. Kenter; Laura Ferguson; Marloes Kraan; Jordi Vegas Macias; Machiel Lamers; Cristina Pita; Ana Margarida Ferreira da Silva; Helena Albuquerque; Fátima L. Alves; Dimitra Mylona; Katia Frangoudes

doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105806

Conceptualizing coastal and maritime cultural heritage through communities of meaning and participation

Kristen Ounanian^*, Jan van Tatenhove, Carsten Jahn Hansen, Alyne E. Delaney, Hanne Bohnstedt, Elaine Azzopardi, Wesley Flannery, Hilde Toonen, Jasper O. Kenter, Laura Ferguson, Marloes Kraan, Jordi Vegas Macias, Machiel Lamers, Cristina Pita, Ana Margarida Ferreira da Silva, Helena Albuquerque, Fátima L. Alves, Dimitra Mylona, Katia Frangoudes

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Abstract

Coastal zones are historically rich with unique land/seascapes, tangible artifacts, and intangible cultural heritage. Coastal and maritime cultural heritage (CMCH) contends with various constraining conditions of the sea and shore—both geophysical and socially constructed—which we delineate to identify risks and threats to its sustainable management. In response to calls for the greater incorporation of CMCH in the name of regional development and blue growth, we propose a conceptual framework as a means to identify risks and sustainably manage CMCH. We develop the concepts of communities of meaning and communities of participation to address how CMCH is created and contested and identify key considerations for its management. Building on theories of space, place, and identity, the paper constructs communities of meaning in order to elaborate the various opportunities but also tensions in preserving CH and cultivating reliant enterprises as a part of wider regional development strategies. Working from this understanding of place and identity in degrees of inclusivity/exclusivity, the paper draws upon literature on deliberative and participatory governance, framed as communities of participation. These two concepts provide a vocabulary for managers to address calls for the promotion of CMCH and determine appropriate management strategies and governance based on policy objectives and the will of potentially multiple communities of meaning.

Original language	English
Article number	105806
Journal	Ocean and Coastal Management
Volume	212
Early online date	03 Aug 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105806
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was completed in connection to the EU Horizon2020 Research & Innovation project, Preserving and Sustainably Governance Cultural Heritage and Landscapes in European Coastal and Maritime Regions (PERICLES) , grant no. 770504 .

Funding Information:
AMFS was supported by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) with a PhD Grant ( SFRH/BD/145485/2019 ), and CP was funded by FCT 2020.02510.CEECIND . Thanks are due to FCT / MCTES for the financial support to CESAM ( UIDB/50017/2020+UIDP/50017/2020 ) and GOVCOPP ( UIDB/04058/2020 ) +( UIDP/04058/2020 ), through national funds .

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Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

Coastal communities
Cultural heritage
Deliberative governance
Resilience
Risk
Sense of place

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
Aquatic Science
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Ounanian, K., van Tatenhove, J., Hansen, C. J., Delaney, A. E., Bohnstedt, H., Azzopardi, E., Flannery, W., Toonen, H., Kenter, J. O., Ferguson, L., Kraan, M., Macias, J. V., Lamers, M., Pita, C., Ferreira da Silva, A. M., Albuquerque, H., Alves, F. L., Mylona, D., & Frangoudes, K. (2021). Conceptualizing coastal and maritime cultural heritage through communities of meaning and participation. Ocean and Coastal Management, 212, Article 105806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105806

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