Sustaining Cultural Heritage by Means of Museums in an Ever-Changing World

Abstract

The main objective of this comparative study is to understand and analyse the sustainability perspectives of museums in France, Canada, Sweden, Turkey and Greece. By adopting a qualitative research approach, data were gathered from eleven museum officials in five different countries. As an interesting result of the study, an advanced use of technology was seen at the oldest museum of the research sample. Overall, the comparative analysis revealed that general sustainability efforts, use of technology in presenting cultural heritage and active participation of visitors to the museum activities need to be improved and paid more attention at some of the museums. The increase in the number of museum activities contributes to the understanding of how cultural heritage can be sustained. The study sheds a light on the inside of changing museology and offers suggestions to the researchers in this field.

Keywords

• Museum management,Change,Sustainability,Culture,Heritage

Değişen Dünyada Kültürel Mirası Müzelerin Yardımıyla Sürdürmek

Abstract

Çalışmanın temel amacı, Yunanistan, Türkiye, İsveç, Kanada ve Fransa’daki müzelerin sürdürülebilirlik kavramına bakış açılarını anlamak ve analiz etmektir. Niteliksel araştırma yöntemleri kullanılmış, 5 farklı ülkede 11 müze yetkilisi ile derinlemesine görüşmeler yapılarak veriler toplanmıştır. Çalışmanın ilginç bir sonucu olarak, araştırma örneklemindeki en eski müzede, ileri teknoloji kullanımı görülmüştür. Karşılaştırmalı analizlerin ortaya çıkardığı sonuçlara göre; müze faaliyetlerine ziyaretçilerin aktif katılımının, kültürel mirası sunarken teknoloji kullanımının ve genel sürdürülebilirlik çabalarının geliştirilmesi ve bazı müzelerde daha dikkatle ele alınması gerekmektedir. Müze etkinliklerinin sayısındaki artışın, kültürel mirasın nasıl sürdürüleceğinin anlaşılmasına katkısı olmaktadır. Çalışmada, değişen müzeciliğin içyüzüne ışık tutulmaya çalışılmakta, alandaki araştırmacılara önerilerde bulunulmaktadır.

Keywords

• Müze yönetimi,değişim,sürdürülebilirlik,kültür,miras

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