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Last night I was doing research on the UNESCO web site when I came across some terrific resources on doing Cultural Mapping and its impact on both Interpretive Planning and Community Planning that will help communities and institutions re-envision their own efforts. As these resources are buried within UNESCO at the UNESCO Bangkok website I am providing links to some of the resources below so that they have a wider distribution and greater impact on the cultural and preservation planning communities–particularly those undertaking county wide or region wide preservation planning efforts.

All works are the copyrights of their authors and UNESCO and provided here for educational use. Please check it out some of this very cool material below!

Sam Shogren

Cultural mapping has been recognized by UNESCO as a crucial tool and technique in preserving the world’s intangible and tangible cultural assets. It encompasses a wide range of techniques and activities from community-based participatory data collection and management to sophisticated mapping using GIS (Geographic Information Systems).

Cultural mapping involves a community identifying and
documenting local cultural resources. Through this
research cultural elements are recorded – the tangibles
like galleries, craft industries, distinctive landmarks,
local events and industries, as well as the intangibles
like memories, personal histories, attitudes and values.
After researching the elements that make a community
unique, cultural mapping involves initiating a range of
community activities or projects, to record, conserve
and use these elements. …the most fundamental goal
of cultural mapping is to help communities recognize,
celebrate, and support cultural diversity for economic,
social and regional development

(Keynote speech, Clark, Sutherland & Young 1995.
Cultural Mapping Symposium and Workshop, Australia).

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