ABSTRACT

This paper develops the idea of heritage as a process that involves the interpretation and management of heritage sites. This understanding is developed empirically through a case study of mosaic playgrounds in Singapore. Investigating these playgrounds contributes to an expanded notion of heritage places beyond high-profile sites and monuments. With an explicit focus on the everyday users of playgrounds, we illustrate how the application of an ‘everyday geographies’ approach to the study of heritage provides an analytical balance to understanding the heritage process. A multiple methods approach is adopted, with findings drawn from quantitative data based on questionnaire surveys distributed to everyday users, qualitative data based on semi-structured interviews with everyday users and state representatives, as well as secondary data sources. Heritage is always in the process of becoming rather than a constant given. Towards this end, we discuss the dissonant and consonant heritage of playgrounds as perceived by everyday users, as well as the necessity of change in and management of heritage sites. How, why and whether the processes of change affect heritage are also critically explored.

摘要

本文将遗产的概念发展为一个涉及遗产遗址解释和管理的过程。这种理解是通过对新加坡马赛克游乐场的案例研究得出的。对这些运动场进行调查有助于将遗产场所的概念扩展到引人注目的场所和古迹之外。通过明确关注游乐场的日常用户，我们说明了“日常地理”方法在遗产研究中的应用如何为理解遗产过程提供分析平衡。采用了多种方法，从基于对日常用户分发的调查问卷调查的定量数据，基于对日常用户和州代表进行的半结构化访谈的定性数据以及辅助数据源中得出的结论。遗产总是处于不断发展的过程中，而不是不断地被赋予的。为此，我们讨论了日常用户所感知的游乐场的不和谐和辅音遗产，以及对遗产遗址进行变更和管理的必要性。批判性地探讨了变化的过程如何，为什么以及是否影响遗产。