San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Rock Art and The Prehistoric Caves Initiative: Effectiveness of Polycentric Governance in Managing Cultural Heritage
Author(s): Ricardo Higelin
Year: 2025
Summary
This is an abstract from the "The Value of Rock Art: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Current Rock Art Documentation, Research and Analysis Part II" session, at the 90th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
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<b>This study presents the outcomes of applying the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework to define focal action situations within the Mexican Cultural System (MCS). Through a detailed examination of San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Rock Art, and The Prehistoric Caves Initiative —the research highlights the effectiveness of polycentric governance in managing cultural heritage (CH) in Mexico. The study utilized the Network of Adjacent Action Situation Analysis (NAAS) and Combined IAD-Social-Ecological Systems (CIS) frameworks to compare institutional approaches and assess their impact on CH management. The findings reveal that polycentric governance, as conceptualized by Elinor Ostrom, offers significant advantages in fostering collaboration between local communities and institutional stakeholders in preserving and managing cultural resources. The research underscores the importance of considering CH as a shared resource, managed and valued by the communities that identify with it, thereby bridging the gap between economic and archaeological perspectives in cultural heritage management.</b>
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San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Rock Art and The Prehistoric Caves Initiative: Effectiveness of Polycentric Governance in Managing Cultural Heritage. Ricardo Higelin. Presented at The 90th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2025 ( tDAR id: 510391)
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