ABSTRACT

Rock art is one of the most attractive heritage resources. Yet, some of these sites are either closed from the public or were never officially opened in the first place. Based on them being inaccessible to the public, various replicas have been built to allow tourists to still see their images. While these sites are inaccessible to the general public, they are not spared from natural and human induced damage. Informed by the three issues I discuss in this paper, namely: (1) the idea of selecting identified heritage resources as being important, (2) critiquing the concept of managing heritage resources for future generations, and (3) debating the question of who are we managing rock art for, I conclude that rock art should not be closed to the public. Such an approach promotes a view that such valuable spaces are preserved only for the privileged few.

摘要

岩石艺术是最有吸引力的遗产资源之一。但是，其中一些站点要么不对公众开放，要么从来没有正式开放过。基于它们是公众无法访问的，已经建造了各种复制品以使游客仍然可以看到他们的图像。虽然这些站点是普通公众无法访问的，但它们并不能幸免于自然和人为破坏。鉴于我在本文中讨论的三个问题，即：（1）选择确定的重要遗产资源的想法；（2）批判为子孙后代管理遗产资源的概念；（3）辩论谁的问题。如果我们要管理岩石艺术，我的结论是，岩石艺术不应该对公众开放。