Quijano Quiñones, Elia Romina;
(2023)
Analysing the impact of participatory heritage conservation on social development: the case of contemporary Maya communities in Yucatán, México.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This thesis explores the associations between participatory heritage conservation and social development. However, before assessing this aim, this research deals first with the social impact of participatory heritage conservation on a community level. Therefore, two topics of interest are investigated: the evidence of the long-term effect of participatory methodologies in heritage conservation on communities and the interconnections between these and social development. Currently, in heritage practice, the use of participatory methodologies is a staple in the field as an effective strategy to understand the meanings, values, and dynamics of heritage and to include local communities in collaboratory processes for heritage sustainability. Nevertheless, there is a lack of research done on tracking the evolution of such strategies. This gap compromises deep discussions around its impacts and scope on areas of development. This research uses the cases of contemporary Maya communities in Yucatán, México – primarily with a historic and living religious heritage [Catholic] – to assess this gap. Here, a mixed methodology with an exploratory sequential design (QUAL->QUANT) is implemented together with theories of social practice and symbolic interactionism. To explore social development, this study uses the Indices of Social Development, as proposed by the International Institute of Social Studies. Participatory heritage conservation is explored here as a social practice – dealing with its issues of longterm commitment and evolution within communities. A total of 49 in-depth interviews were collected and analyzed thematically using NVivo® and a total of 64 surveys were statistically analyzed using SPSS®. As part of the findings, this research presents a conceptual framework for the evaluation of the social impact of Participatory Heritage Conservation and discusses significant associations between the latter and social development.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | Analysing the impact of participatory heritage conservation on social development: the case of contemporary Maya communities in Yucatán, México |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2023. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10181295 |
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