Companion to European Heritage Revivals / edited by Linde Egberts and Koos Bosma

Linde Egberts and Koos Bosma (eds.) CLUE research institute VU University Amsterdam The Netherlands This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. ISBN 978-3-319-07769-7 ISBN 978-3-319-07770-3 (ebook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-07770-3 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014942845 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and the Author(s) 2014. The book is published with open access at SpringerLink.com. Open Access This book is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. All commercial rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher s location, in its current version, and permission for commercial use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for commercial use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover illustration Linde Egberts Cover design trockenbrot Book design trockenbrot, Claudia Schenk and Anja Sicka www.trockenbrot.com Maps: MUST urbanism, Hein Coumou and Pieter Jannink Language editor: Harvey Mendelsohn Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface This book owes its existence to a long-term European project called Cradles of European Culture (CEC) that was developed within the framework of the Culture 2007 2013 program in 2010. The project drew upon both scientific research and public outreach in order to answer a specific question: how can heritage in this case early medieval heritage play a vibrant role in creating public enthusiasm for the past and in motivating people to become further acquainted with the cultural-historical foundations of their daily life. This concern is one that is shared at the highest administrative levels, as is evident from reading the Council of Europe s Framework on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (FARO Convention - 2005) and the ICOMOS Charter for the Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites (ICOMOS Ename Charter - 2008). From their own specific points of view, both emphasize the importance of involving the community in understanding its past and participating in commemorations of past events. It is no secret that it can take quite a long time for international heritage guidelines to be generally accepted and effectively implemented, and this is precisely the reason to welcome the publication of this book, which was planned within the CEC project and is appropriately titled Companion to European Heritage Revivals. It supplies the basic knowledge relevant to any effort meant to engage a broad public in the past and to enable people to experience their heritage in a more conscious way. Such initiatives, in which an organisation and its public work together to create meaningful experiences of the past, have been called heritage revivals. In the book, concrete cases are analysed in the course of discussions of important themes such as authenticity and heritage experience, and building bridges between experts and a wide audience. The basic elements needed for the development of key concepts are combined with practical applications and presented in a lively and engaging fashion.

The book is not pedantic and does not hesitate to consider topics like the importance of commercial expertise, respect for the expectations of the public, and the opportunities the digital world provides for making it easier to get a sense of how life was lived in the past, to make it more experienceable. It offers concepts useful for turning heritage revivals into undertakings that enlarge the public s historical understanding and strengthen the social basis for heritage. And these, after all, are the ultimate goals of the FARO Convention and the ICOMOS Ename Charter. I wish to thank the editors, Linde Egberts, MA and Prof. Dr. Koos Bosma, and the authors for this splendid achievement. And I hope the book will enjoy the enthusiastic reception it deserves and have a broad impact. Dirk Callebaut Scientific coordinator for Cradles of European Culture

Index Part 1 / The Context: Heritage Practices in Today s Europe 011 Chapter 1 / Experiencing the Past / Introduction to experience, strategies, authenticity and branding / Linde Egberts 031 Chapter 2 / Creating a Shared Past? / Europe and the Frankish heritage in one of its heartlands: Alsace / Linde Egberts 053 Chapter 3 / Battlefield of Histories / Competition over authenticity and heritage in an urban region in eastern Netherlands / Linde Egberts Part 2 / Revival Tools 073 Chapter 4 / Strategies for a Heritage Revival in the Digital Age / Jasper Visser 095 Chapter 5 / Using Games to Mediate History / Connie Veugen 113 Chapter 6 / This Is Clearly Bullshit / Some views about history on television / Mijke Pol 131 Chapter 7 / Lost Cities, Exotic Travel and Digging up the World / Historical feature films as a means of enhancing appreciation of our archaeological heritage / Nina Schücker and Jan van Helt 151 Chapter 8 / When the Past Comes to Life / Historical reenactment / Peter Van der Plaetsen

169 Chapter 9 / Visualisation of Place and Landscape / Joske Houtkamp, Arnoud de Boer and Henk Kramer 189 Chapter 10 / From Preservation to Managing Change / Using spatial development as a heritage revival tool / Felix van Veldhoven 207 Chapter 11 / Europe is a Journey / The European cultural route as an instrument for heritage revival / Minke Walda Part 3 / Concepts 271 Chapter 12 / Conceptual Fuel for Reviving the Past / Creating a heritage revival in today s Europe / Linde Egberts 293 Notes 320 Bibliographies 341 Illustrations 343 About the Contributors