TY - CPAPER
AU - Spyridoula Arathymou
AU - C Gambardella
AB - This paper is about a three- year research program funded by European Union and partly by Greek funds under the title: "The documentation of cultural information used as vehicle for regional sustainable development. The case of olive culture". The research is carried out by the author and hosted by the University of Peloponnese, School of History, Archeology and Cultural Management in Greece. It will be realized by the end of 2014.Olive culture has been part of the Mediterranean culture for centuries and part of the global culture, as well. Olive oil has been a wealth - producing factor of the areas where olive grows. Unfortunately, through time the rest of olive s culture elements seem to vanish, knowledge, practices and techniques of hundreds of years are likely to be lost. Also, the olive cultivation areas face severe financial problems and seek for solutions. The reuse of the elements of olive culture in a new perspective has the potential to give to these areas the solution they look for.The project s aim is the recording and documentation, in accordance with existing standards, of the whole of the scientific information of olive s culture (recording and documenting traditional and modern methods of cultivation, the olive groves, production techniques, products, production facilities, tools, and written testimonies, local traditions related to olive) in the prefectures of Messinia and Corfu (which includes the island of Paxos and Diapontia Nisia), oil producing areas of the past and present with different socioeconomic backgrounds, and using its results by their representation in electronic environment with open access for the public via Internet and by various methods such as seminars, workshops, study visits to strengthen social and economic development of local communities, but also to their use in areas with similar socio-economic characteristics. As far as it concerns the project s originality, it is the first attempt to document all the cultural elements associated with olive culture in Greece and abroad. It is not only confined to the documentation and promotion of technical culture but combines folklore and intangible heritage with cultural landscape heritage to promote regional growth. Although, the culture of olive is attached to Mediterranean culture, in the World Heritage List no olive oil cultivation areas are included as cultural landscape heritage although vineyards and other cultivations are. So far, across Europe and especially in countries where olive is cultivated, the documentation of cultural elements associated with it is limited to a partial or patchy record of the technical culture of olive such as machinery and production tools, and factories, mills, soap factories as architectural monuments of modern heritage. The olive museums in the Mediterranean countries have documented the technical olive heritage and some of the offer also educational programs for the traditional methods of oil cultivation and production and have historical archives, library and art departments specialized in olive culture. There are also recordings of archival material relating to oil production and the traditional olive oil soap. Occasionally, the production techniques of olive oil and traditional olive oil soap are documented as intangible cultural heritage by official government agencies and scientific instruments. The cultivation methods of olive trees, traditional and contemporary, have not been documented as intangible cultural heritage and the olive groves have not been documented as cultural landscape heritage according to scientific documentation standards, techniques and practices.This project intends to suggest how areas of these local economies could improve with the help of the total documentation of olive culture. It is the first time that cultural documentation aims at enhancing local economy and proposes development models.TECHNICAL / SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVESRecording and documentation of all cultural goods associated with the olive in these areas, in accordance with international standards of documentation for each category of cultural goods. The recording will be done through field research.Evaluation of the documented cultural information. Methods  design for its dissemination in society.Promoting the documented cultural information to society, via Internet. Organizing the documented cultural information in an electronic environment (databases, electronic directories, multimedia, etc.) which will be accessible via Internet for users  information and education.Application of cultural information promoting methods ( except for Internet) to a variety of socioeconomic groups in order to educate and improve local economies. Possible methods are: seminars, workshops, study visits, conferences, contributing to the content of courses at all levels of educationReview of the first results from the transfer of knowledge to users
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N2 - This paper is about a three- year research program funded by European Union and partly by Greek funds under the title: "The documentation of cultural information used as vehicle for regional sustainable development. The case of olive culture". The research is carried out by the author and hosted by the University of Peloponnese, School of History, Archeology and Cultural Management in Greece. It will be realized by the end of 2014.Olive culture has been part of the Mediterranean culture for centuries and part of the global culture, as well. Olive oil has been a wealth - producing factor of the areas where olive grows. Unfortunately, through time the rest of olive s culture elements seem to vanish, knowledge, practices and techniques of hundreds of years are likely to be lost. Also, the olive cultivation areas face severe financial problems and seek for solutions. The reuse of the elements of olive culture in a new perspective has the potential to give to these areas the solution they look for.The project s aim is the recording and documentation, in accordance with existing standards, of the whole of the scientific information of olive s culture (recording and documenting traditional and modern methods of cultivation, the olive groves, production techniques, products, production facilities, tools, and written testimonies, local traditions related to olive) in the prefectures of Messinia and Corfu (which includes the island of Paxos and Diapontia Nisia), oil producing areas of the past and present with different socioeconomic backgrounds, and using its results by their representation in electronic environment with open access for the public via Internet and by various methods such as seminars, workshops, study visits to strengthen social and economic development of local communities, but also to their use in areas with similar socio-economic characteristics. As far as it concerns the project s originality, it is the first attempt to document all the cultural elements associated with olive culture in Greece and abroad. It is not only confined to the documentation and promotion of technical culture but combines folklore and intangible heritage with cultural landscape heritage to promote regional growth. Although, the culture of olive is attached to Mediterranean culture, in the World Heritage List no olive oil cultivation areas are included as cultural landscape heritage although vineyards and other cultivations are. So far, across Europe and especially in countries where olive is cultivated, the documentation of cultural elements associated with it is limited to a partial or patchy record of the technical culture of olive such as machinery and production tools, and factories, mills, soap factories as architectural monuments of modern heritage. The olive museums in the Mediterranean countries have documented the technical olive heritage and some of the offer also educational programs for the traditional methods of oil cultivation and production and have historical archives, library and art departments specialized in olive culture. There are also recordings of archival material relating to oil production and the traditional olive oil soap. Occasionally, the production techniques of olive oil and traditional olive oil soap are documented as intangible cultural heritage by official government agencies and scientific instruments. The cultivation methods of olive trees, traditional and contemporary, have not been documented as intangible cultural heritage and the olive groves have not been documented as cultural landscape heritage according to scientific documentation standards, techniques and practices.This project intends to suggest how areas of these local economies could improve with the help of the total documentation of olive culture. It is the first time that cultural documentation aims at enhancing local economy and proposes development models.TECHNICAL / SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVESRecording and documentation of all cultural goods associated with the olive in these areas, in accordance with international standards of documentation for each category of cultural goods. The recording will be done through field research.Evaluation of the documented cultural information. Methods  design for its dissemination in society.Promoting the documented cultural information to society, via Internet. Organizing the documented cultural information in an electronic environment (databases, electronic directories, multimedia, etc.) which will be accessible via Internet for users  information and education.Application of cultural information promoting methods ( except for Internet) to a variety of socioeconomic groups in order to educate and improve local economies. Possible methods are: seminars, workshops, study visits, conferences, contributing to the content of courses at all levels of educationReview of the first results from the transfer of knowledge to users
PY - 2012
SN - 978-88-6542-129-1
SP - 1061
EP - 1066
TI - The documentation of cultural information used as vehicle for regional sustainable development: the case of olive culture
ER -