Unveiling children’s perceptions of World Heritage Sites: a visual and qualitative approach

children’s artwork; Cultural heritage; intangible heritage; perceived value; visual perception; Conservation; Cultural Studies; Geography, Planning and Development; History; Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management; Museology

Abstract :

[en] This paper investigates World Heritage (WH) perception from the perspective of children, both as physical representations in space and as experiences and understandings of place. The Little Artists Exhibition serves as a case study. This exhibition was a global call initiated by UNESCO inviting children between 6 and 12 years old to draw a WH site that matters to them. More than 500 children participated in the online exhibition and posted their artwork on Instagram. By proposing a mixed visual and qualitative text analysis method for the assessment of children’s drawings and narratives, this paper captures both children’s perceived image and values of WH. Results show that children express a holistic perception of heritage combining built, natural, and intangible assets. Correspondingly, findings from the qualitative text analysis highlight: (1) children’s historic and aesthetic appreciation of WH; (2) children’s emotional and experiential association with built heritage and natural landscape; (3) children’s inspirational and imaginative stories; and (4) heritage as a social construct in the minds of children. We discuss our findings by reflecting on their conceptual contributions as they speak to broader debates on WH and associated values.

Disciplines :

Arts & humanities: Multidisciplinary, general & others

Author, co-author :

Ginzarly, Manal ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Urban and Environmental Engineering ; Graduate Studies and Research, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

Srour, F. Jordan ; Adnan Kassar School of Business, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon

Language :

English

Title :

Unveiling children’s perceptions of World Heritage Sites: a visual and qualitative approach

Publication date :

2021

Journal title :

International Journal of Heritage Studies

ISSN :

1352-7258

eISSN :

1470-3610

Publisher :

Routledge

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

1324 - 1342

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13527258.2021.1977374

Funders :

LAU - Lebanese American University

Funding text :

This work was supported by the office of Graduate Studies and Research (GSR) at the Lebanese American University (LAU). We would like to thank our two research assistants, Omar Youssef Mahfouz and Amer Al Baba, for their assistance in developing the codebook.

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