Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HERITAGE STUDIES
Volume 28, Issue 2, Pages 133-146Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2021.1950026
Keywords
sustainable development; cultural heritage; poverty alleviation; gender equality; environmental sustainability; international development agenda
Funding
- Arts and Humanities Research Council Leadership Fellowship Grant [AH/S001972/1]
- Fondazione Franco e Marilisa Caligara per l'Alta Formazione Interdisciplinare
- AHRC [AH/S001972/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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The paper highlights the importance of cultural heritage as an enabler of sustainable development, discussing its potential and challenges through empirical research and case studies. It critically examines the contribution of cultural heritage to global developmental issues in economic, social, and environmental dimensions.
The importance of cultural heritage as an enabler of sustainable development is widely acknowledged. However, its role has remained marginalised in past and current international development agendas. This paper provides an original interdisciplinary study interrogating the potential of harnessing cultural heritage (both tangible and intangible) for sustainable development. It also reflects on how international policies and narratives on cultural heritage for development have been implemented on the ground. In particular, it critically examines the contribution of cultural heritage to worldwide developmental issues, with an approach that traverses the three sustainable development dimensions. It investigates how cultural heritage has been used to tackle global challenges, such as poverty alleviation in marginalised groups (economic dimension); gender equality and the empowerment of women (social dimension); and environmental sustainability (environmental dimension). The analysis focuses on three heritage for development projects funded through the 'Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund', jointly implemented by UNESCO in partnership with other United Nations organisations and local partners in the Middle East and North Africa between 2008 and 2013. The article sheds light on multifaceted aspects of cultural heritage for sustainable development by discussing key achievements and common pitfalls.
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