ABSTRACT

Cultural heritage is not simply the stock of a given culture's material assets, but also the sum of our memory and identity – and this is part of the increasing significance of cultural heritage. Cultural heritage today is not only a resource in need of protection, but also a potential that must be exploited for future development. The three issues of significance for the future condition of our historic resources should be emphasized. The first is the rapidly accelerating process of transformation of the entire built heritage stock. The second is the increasing need for heritage. The third issue is the clear shift in emphasis from the value of the heritage to the needs of society. This breeds an increasing need for us to redefine ourselves and open up to others, so promoting the interaction between social capital and heritage is becoming vital for the rebuilding of social cohesion. Social capital should be nurtured as an opportunity both for the protection of cultural heritage and for its exploitation as a pro-development resource. It is also a big challenge for the Cultural Mega-events that may, and should, be well melded into a policy of building a broad base of heritage awareness.

摘要

文化遗产不仅仅是特定文化物质资产的存量，也是我们记忆和身份的总和——这是文化遗产日益重要的一部分。今天的文化遗产不仅是需要保护的资源，也是未来发展必须挖掘的潜力。应当强调对我国历史资源未来状况具有重要意义的三个问题。首先是整个建筑遗产存量的快速加速转型过程。二是对遗产的需求日益增加。第三个问题是重点从遗产价值明显转向社会需求。这使我们越来越需要重新定义自己并向他人敞开心扉，因此，促进社会资本与遗产之间的互动对于重建社会凝聚力变得至关重要。社会资本应作为保护文化遗产和将其开发为有利于发展的资源的机会加以培育。对于可以而且应该很好地融入建立广泛的遗产意识基础的政策的大型文化活动来说，这也是一个巨大的挑战。