RT Conference Proceedings
SR 00
A1 Zerouali, Hayat
A1 Mouna, Loubna
A1 Guenoun, Hicham
A1 El Gaieb, Mouna
A1 Smati, Nozha
A1 Merah, Aissa
T1 Panel 6 Paper 6.1: Ksar Ait Ben Haddou : quelle démarche pour le développement social durable d'un site patrimoine mondial ?
YR 2019
FD 17 October 2019
K1 Cultural Landscapes
K1 Rural Heritage
K1 Rural landscapes
K1 Intangible heritage
K1 Community participation
K1 Local communities
K1 development projects
K1 economic and social aspects
K1 cultural tourism
K1 World Heritage
K1 World Heritage sites
K1 rehabilitation
K1 associations
K1 citizens
K1 case studies
K1 China
AB Ksar Ait Ben Haddou, classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1987, is now at the origin of a new social dynamic thanks to the involvement of a group of stakeholders in a process to enhance the cultural heritage of this emblematic site, which encapsulates universal value and local identity. These include the Ait Aissa Association for Development and Culture and the We Speak Citizen Association, which mobilizes an expert field approach with the local population and its representatives. On another level, this dynamic is carried out in conjunction with the Ksar Ait Ben Haddou management committee and local authorities.    Indeed, the transformation of this World Heritage site has made it possible to develop a tourism that is certainly heritage in nature and confirms the link between World Heritage and tourism. From a traditional place of community life, the Ksar has essentially become a place of relatively short visits by different types of tourists, but studies carried out by the We Speak Citizen collective show that this tourist activity does not benefit the local and surrounding populations. From then on, this new dynamic that is taking root is part of a vision and approach to enhance the value of Ksar Ait Ben Haddou in a perspective of sustainable social development of this rural territory. Thus, several social projects are being developed through processes of heritage presentation of the local cultural and anthropological heritage. Some of them were created as the Tawesna solidarity café, an innovative concept promoted by the village women's association. Others are in progress, such as the visit route with relays: some are part of the Complex concept for the enhancement of the heritage of the ksours and Kasbahs, including the Maison de l'oralité du Ksar, others in the solidarity economy, such as the Maison des coopératives. Work on its various projects began in 2016. Inspired by traditional values and local cultural heritage, they are initiated on the basis of in-depth work with the local population.    In an interaction between researcher and associative actors, the objective of this work is to present and analyse this social dynamic: the positive impacts but also the tensions and resistance it generates.
T2 ICOMOS 2019 Advisory Committee Scientific Symposium - Rural Heritage - Landscapes and Beyond
ED Marrakesh, Morocco
AV Published
LK http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2247/
UL https://doi.org/10.7275/e7fp-h423