Pasta, F;
Johnson, C;
Can, Ş;
(2025)
Living heritage as shared knowledge: advancing community-led reconstruction in post-earthquake Antakya.
Environment & Urbanization
, 37
(2)
pp. 440-464.
10.1177/09562478251365120.
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Abstract
This paper investigates living heritage as a crucial entry point for community-led post-disaster reconstruction, drawing on the work of Architecture Sans Frontières UK (ASF-UK) post-earthquake Antakya, Turkey. As state-led reconstruction often disrupts local ways of life and overlooks residents’ needs, living heritage is proposed as a framework to broaden the range of perspectives included beyond technical expertise, providing a platform for constructive engagement withcommunities and among stakeholders. The paper situates this approach withcritical heritage and participatory recovery debates, contextualizing challenges withAntakya’s historical and sociopolitical dynamics. It outlines ASF-UK’s ongoing collaboration with local civil society, framing living heritage as shared knowledge – the tacit and explicit relations connecting people, places and practices. Technical assistance is reimagined as an interpretive role, documenting and visualizing embedded community knowledge to enhance advocacy efforts. We argue that a living heritage approach supports inclusive, locally grounded reconstruction pathways contested post-disaster settings.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Living heritage as shared knowledge: advancing community-led reconstruction in post-earthquake Antakya |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/09562478251365120 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/09562478251365120 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Change by Design, community-led planning, living heritage, participatory planning, post-earthquake recovery, reconstruction, Turkey |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10218179 |
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