TY - JOUR
KW - Greece
KW - intangible heritage
KW - Living religious heritage
KW - Monastic communities
KW - Mount Athos
KW - Orthodox heritage
AU - Georgios Alexopoulos
AB - This paper explores the decision-making process for heritage management at the monastic community of Mount Athos, a World Heritage Site in Northern Greece, in relation to the concept of living religious heritage and the pursuit to balance the heritage values of both the experts (heritage professionals) and the non-experts. The function and impact of a specific heritage agency - KEDAK (Centre for the Preservation of Athonite Heritage) - designed to establish the decision-making power of the Athonite monasteries will be critically discussed. A range of interesting compromising solution s and some challenges and problems raised by the function of this agency will serve as the background for examining the extent to which different perceptions on heritage management can coexist, particularly when heritage professionals find themselves on the bottom of a top-down decision-making process.
DO - 10.1179/1350503313Z.00000000047
M1 - 1
N2 - This paper explores the decision-making process for heritage management at the monastic community of Mount Athos, a World Heritage Site in Northern Greece, in relation to the concept of living religious heritage and the pursuit to balance the heritage values of both the experts (heritage professionals) and the non-experts. The function and impact of a specific heritage agency - KEDAK (Centre for the Preservation of Athonite Heritage) - designed to establish the decision-making power of the Athonite monasteries will be critically discussed. A range of interesting compromising solution s and some challenges and problems raised by the function of this agency will serve as the background for examining the extent to which different perceptions on heritage management can coexist, particularly when heritage professionals find themselves on the bottom of a top-down decision-making process.
SP - 59
EP - 75
TI - Management of Living Religious Heritage: Who Sets the Agenda? The Case of the Monastic Community of Mount Athos
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84877904917&doi=10.1179%2f1350503313Z.00000000047&partnerID=40&md5=ede4e8da2bc88052d41a92f9ebda73a2
VL - 15
SN - 13505033 (ISSN)
ER -