The World Heritage Site of Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison and today's challenges: engaging with heritage specialists, researchers, students, and stakeholders

Author(s):
Waal, M.S. de (0000-0002-0693-7254); Simons, I.; Cumberbatch, J.: Allen, C.D.; Smith, R.; Hinkson, A.; Haynes, A.; Cummins, A.; Ashby, G.
Published
2024
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

Abstract

This paper presents insights obtained during a workshop about the Historic Bridgetown and Its Garrison World Heritage Site (February 2024). This workshop focused on a bottom-up approach to collect information by different specialists, researchers, students, and stakeholders on which topics they consider most relevant and urgent to investigate. By having Open Space Technology sessions and group discussions the participants formulated seven topics for further research: 1) Sustainable tourism &

Preventing over tourism; 2) Strategic plan / Master plan; 3) Narrative, interpretation and impact; 4) Conservation: how?; 5) 10 years of WHS: failures and successes; and 6) Resilience of Barbados heritage. In this paper these topics will be discussed and contextualised.

World Heritage CityHistoric Bridgetown and its GarrisonLiving Heritage CitiesUNESCO
Date issued
2024-12-31
Language
English
Is part of
Journal of the Barbados Museum & Historical Society (2024), Vol. LXX, p. 43-66
hdl
1887/4177142