The Forsaken Buildings |
| Photo 8 shows a dilapidated building in Burnette Street, Scarborough . |
The degree to which certain types
of buildings are conserved depends on various factors. Buildings are conserved
on the basis of intellectual, psychological and financial importance. However,
the intellectual tradition remains the main purpose for conservation because of
its ability to define the cultural achievement of a society (Hall and Barrett
2012, 144). Therefore, particular structures such as religious, monument and homes
of the ruling elite are examples of conserved structures within urban areas
because of their importance to cultural tradition to society. On the other
hand, structures of the minority groups and local population are not likely to
be conserved. According to Graham et al (2000), such is the politics of
heritage, where the use of the past in the present is a highly contested
process bound up the production of individual and collective identifies. The
photograph above shows an ideal example of a dilapidated building in Burnette Street , Scarborough that was owned by a minority group. Unlike
the Scarborough Methodist Church
References
Graham, B, Ashworth, G.J. and Tunbridge,
J.E. 2000. “The Geography of Heritage:
Power, Culture and Economy.” In Urban
Geography 4th edition, edited by Hall, Tim and Heather Barrett,
144. London and New York : Routledge.
Hall, Tim and Heather Barrett.
2012. Urban Geography 4th
edition. London and New York : Routledge.
This is a really good picture and relates to my blog on urban decay. The view of conserving cultural urban forms and structures is evident with the rejuvenation of the old museum in Port of Spain.
ReplyDelete"Buildings are conserved on the basis of intellectual, psychological and financial importance." Do you have a reference for this?
ReplyDeleteIs the pic of an old commercial building or cinema? It has a disconcerting lack of windows in the lower floors. What was it used for? Looks like people are living there now?
Very powerful image.
Great post.
Maybe you could link to heritage conservationists in TT?