2004
Volume 6, Issue 1
  • E-ISSN: 2452-1051

Abstract

Abstract

Visualizations play a role in presenting archaeological heritage to the public. Some archaeologists use them to foster what they call ‘social values’, for instance, the local economy or social cohesion. To most scholars of Heritage Studies, however, this term means the values communities living in the vicinity of particular heritage ascribe to it. In practice, both approaches to ‘social values’ are sometimes combined in a single project. The question is whether this is viable. By conducting 110 interviews we investigated how the values behind two Dutch visualizations of Roman castella relate to those of local residents. We find that members of these communities are primarily interested in the usability of the visualizations, rather than heritage or aesthetics. Provided these preferences are respected, the visualizations do not compromise their values, but may even lead to an appreciation of archaeological remnants.

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