ブックタイトル「近代の文化遺産の保存理念と修復理念」英語版

概要

「近代の文化遺産の保存理念と修復理念」英語版

22Principles for Conservation and Restoration of Modern Cultural Heritage－ Interpretation through Adaptive-Use of Industrial Heritage Properties －Takashi ItohPresident, Japan Industrial Archaeology Society1. Presiding Issues ? Ambiguity in theDefinition of Industrial Heritage and aProposal for Understanding the DublinPrincipleI would like to focus on the topic of principlesfor preservation and restoration by consideringindustrial heritage as one category of moderncultural heritage, which is the theme of today’sseminar. A view into recent movementsregarding the concept of industrial heritagereveals that it has not yet been developed andremains quite ambiguous. Also, definitions andunderstanding of the terminology connected topreservation and restoration of these propertieshave not yet been unified among the variousfields involved.(1) Industrial Heritage as Defined by JapanIndustrial Archaeology SocietyConcerning industrial heritage, Japan IndustrialArchaeology Society (JIAS) in 2000 establisheda “Working Group for Creating Guidelinesfor Preservation and Adaptive-Use” to focus onthe idea of industrial heritage and definitionsfor preservation and restoration of relatedproperties. Within the members of our society,there were academicians and specialistsinvolved in enlisting “Sites of Japan’s MeijiIndustrial Revolution” and other sites on theWorld Heritage List, with high interests indiscussing and exchanging opinions on mattersregarding preservation and adaptive use ofindustrial heritage and thus, this working groupwas established.　The first task handled by this workinggroup was to sort out the terminology usedin the field, as well as to study the idea ofindustrial heritage. This was because althoughthere are other concerned organizations suchas Architectural Institute of Japan and JapanSociety of Civil Engineers, there is no commondefinition or usage of the terminology inpreservation and restoration. (In this paper,terminology regarding preservation andrestoration will be omitted.)　It soon became clear that the industrialheritage properties focused on by JapanIndustrial Archaeology Society until then weremostly historic sites, artifacts, or remnants ofstructures from the past and did not includefacilities that were still in operation. On theother hand, included in the newly listed “Sitesof Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution” wereworking facilities as significant componentresources. Taking this fact into account, theworking group created the word “industrialheritejji [sangyo-heritejji]” phoneticallywriting out the word heritage in Japaneseas a new terminology which would includeworking facilities as well. This was proposedat the general meeting of Japan IndustrialArchaeology Society with the intent of raisinga discussion among society members. Asexpected, it resulted in a hot debate.　At the society, in 1985, an industrial heritagerecommendation system was begun, in which