Marine Cultural Heritage and Global Challenges. Challenge-led research toward the sustainability of our Oceans

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution", at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Marine Cultural Heritage, including tangible and intangible traces of human interaction with the marine environment, is largely affected by increasing development factors and global challenges. Its study and protection have been influenced by the Cartesian divide between nature and culture, humanities and Sciences, sustained by traditional conservation practices and international heritage frameworks. In the context of the Cultural Heritage Framework Programme of the Ocean Decade Heritage Network, this paper will present the scope, impacts, and outcomes of UN Ocean Decade Endorsed Activities, such as The Rising from the Depths Network or the project Linking Nature and Culture for Sustainable Livelihoods in the Island of Mozambique, which look into harnessing economic, social, and environmental sustainable development by understanding heritage as a community-defined reality, part of the marine ecosystem. The talk will reflect on how the integration of the heritage perspective within marine sciences can contribute to the Ocean Decade Societal Objectives.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for Historical Archaeology 2024   •
• UN Decade for Ocean Science's Heritage Network: Historical Archaeology's Contribution

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