RT Conference Proceedings
SR 00
A1 Vileikis, Ona
A1 van Balen, Koen
A1 Santana Quintero, Mario
T1 A tool for world heritage documentation, management and decision making: The silk roads cultural heritage resource information system (CHRIS)
YR 2011
FD 2011-11-27 / 2011-12-02
SP 1
OP 9
K1 documentation
K1 management
K1 internet
K1 information management
K1 information management systems
K1 experimenting
K1 monitoring
K1 world heritage sites
K1 world heritage list
K1 preventive conservation
K1 Cultural routes
K1 nominations
K1 cultural tourism
K1 cooperation
K1 databases
K1 IMS
AB This paper discusses the application of Information Management Systems (IMS) in cultural heritage management illustrated by the case study of the Silk Roads. The Silk Roads CHRIS deals with the development of an information management system supporting the Central Asian State Parties in their effort to prepare the Silk Road as a World Heritage serial transnational nomination. Serial World  Heritage nominations are an innovative concept allowing the nomination of a series of sites linked by one Outstanding Universal Value fostering national and international collaboration. This complex procedure of nominating sites has brought new ways of rethinking heritage as well as new challenges when it comes to site management and monitoring. Serial nominations have to cope with much larger volumes of data and complex participatory processes due to a larger number of stakeholders involved, and require a more  sophisticated approach towards information sharing and data integration compared to single properties. The Silk Roads CHRIS is based on the approach of “Preventive Conservation, Maintenance and Monitoring of Monuments and Sites”  supported by the PRECOMOS UNESCO Chair. It allows to combine information useful for heritage management, tourism and regional development. Being supportive to the nomination  process the Silk Roads CHRIS will also include monitoring aspects and thus be a valuable tool for heritage decision makers. Moreover, the system aims to support both, impact studies of various forms and functions of tourism on heritage as well as the development of site management strategies in a more sustainable manner. It provides an example of cultural cooperation networks, and demonstrates the potential of an improved heritage documentation system.
T2 ICOMOS 17th General Assembly
ED Paris, France
AV Published
LK http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/1260/