All places embody the temporality of the past, present, and future. This chapter examines how relationships between time and place have changed since the effective invention of heritage in 1970 and the widespread protection of old buildings and districts. Although a dispassionate view of heritage suggests it is a somewhat confused and selective version of history, there is no question that it challenges the previously dominant idea that anything old should not impede future progress. Furthermore, since about 2000, the notion of heritage has expanded to embrace intangible aspects, such as customs, practices, and indigenous knowledge, that have existed for centuries and continue to be part of living traditions. Finally, some implications of heritage for the temporality of places, which can be difficult to discern, are suggested by recent pilgrimages, especially the Camino de Santiago, which attracts religious and secular pilgrims worldwide. Those suggest that the revised temporality of places blends tangible and intangible heritage and interweaves them with aspects of liminality, participation, place, placelessness, and lived continuity with the past.

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Transformations in the Temporality of Place: The Roles of Heritage and Pilgrimage

  • Edward Relph

摘要

All places embody the temporality of the past, present, and future. This chapter examines how relationships between time and place have changed since the effective invention of heritage in 1970 and the widespread protection of old buildings and districts. Although a dispassionate view of heritage suggests it is a somewhat confused and selective version of history, there is no question that it challenges the previously dominant idea that anything old should not impede future progress. Furthermore, since about 2000, the notion of heritage has expanded to embrace intangible aspects, such as customs, practices, and indigenous knowledge, that have existed for centuries and continue to be part of living traditions. Finally, some implications of heritage for the temporality of places, which can be difficult to discern, are suggested by recent pilgrimages, especially the Camino de Santiago, which attracts religious and secular pilgrims worldwide. Those suggest that the revised temporality of places blends tangible and intangible heritage and interweaves them with aspects of liminality, participation, place, placelessness, and lived continuity with the past.