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7/23/2019 5 Reasons We Should Care About Heritage Preservation and Urban Decay
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The Importance of Cultural Heritagein Articles
Not everyone feels a connection with their cultural heritage, but many people do. What is it about cultural heritagethat draws these people to it? Some may think traditions are archaic and no longer relevant, and that they areunnecessary during these modern times. Perhaps for some, they aren’t but for others, e!ploring cultural heritageoffers a robust variety of benefits.
"ulture can give people a connection to certain social values, beliefs, religions and customs . #t allows them toidentify with others of similar mindsets and backgrounds. "ultural heritage can provide an automatic sense of unityand belonging within a group and allows us to better understand previous generations and the history of where wecome from.
$nderstanding our cultural heritage can give a sense of personal identity.#mage% &arry Wilmore via 'lickr ""
#n large cities especially, it can be easy to feel lost and alone among so many other cultures and backgrounds. New(ork "ity, for e!ample, is a huge melting pot of people from all over the country and the world. )here are largecommunities based around certain cultural heritages, including #rish, #talian, *sian, and others.
*nother benefit that comes from preserving cultural heritage as a whole is the communal support. )hose thatidentify strongly with a certain heritage are often more likely to help out others in that same community. +eal estate
mogul "arl attone and his family, for e!ample, are often sighted at fundraisers for local "atholic schools . attonewas raised "atholic and attended -oly "ross -igh School in New (ork, where he has also been on the oard of/irectors.
"ultural heritage is made up of many things large and small. We can see it in the buildings, townscapes, and even inarchaeological remains. "ulture can be perceived through natural sources as well% the agriculture and landscapesassociated with it. #t is preserved through books, artifacts, ob0ects, pictures, photographs, art, and oral tradition."ultural heritage is in the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the religions we follow, and the skills we learn.Sometimes we can touch and see what makes up a culture other times it is intangible.
)he -eritage "ycle#mage from cultureindevelopment.nl
)he -eritage "ycle from Simon )hurley helps e!plain the process of finding and incorporating
culture into our lives, if we wish to do so. #t begins with understanding the culture. 1nly then may we begin to valueit. 'rom there, we can learn to care for a culture and eventually en0oy it. With more en0oyment, we will want to learnand understand more2and so the circle goes.
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From my exp erience as curator at museums o nline, I have se en that many a re seeking to preservetheir history a nd heritage. Among them are prominent families w ho want to preserve and tell thestories o f the unique, and communities w ith a glorious h istory.
I'm trying to gure out what the source of this n eed to preserve heritage is.Dr. Ofra Keinan
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