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Relevance of heritage safeguarding plans in the Algerian Medina

Hana Salah-Salah (Department of Architecture, Université 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, Guelma, Algeria)

Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development

ISSN: 2044-1266

Article publication date: 16 September 2020

Issue publication date: 1 July 2021

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to investigate the heritage management of the Algerian medinas subject to standardized safeguarding plans, referring only to the general community model, and then ignoring their particularities. Two medinas were selected as a case study: Annaba and Constantine.

Design/methodology/approach

Several methodologies of a descriptive historical issue and an exploratory study approach were used to determine the physical and cultural values of the two medinas. The objective is to see to what extent the medinas can be claimed as a place of affirmation and diffusion of urbanity.

Findings

On the basis of the results obtained, this work aims to articulate the tangible and intangible heritage as two inseparable dimensions to rethink the heritage of the Algerian medinas, taking into account the specificities and peculiarities of each of them.

Originality/value

This paper responds to an identified need to examine the issue of identity as a new approach that depends on the available characteristics of the historic center and the way in which planners and decision-makers use these resources as a guideline for implementing a new vision of safeguarding.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Pr. Sassia SPIGA form Annaba University for all the efforts and the valuable advices that made this paper possible. I also thank Pr. Alessandra TERENZI from the “Politenico di Milano” for the orientations she gave me and which allowed to enhance my research.

Citation

Salah-Salah, H. (2021), "Relevance of heritage safeguarding plans in the Algerian Medina", Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 226-239. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHMSD-10-2019-0126

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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