RE-designing Access to Cultural Heritage for a wider participation in preservation, (re-)use and management of European Culture This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement no 769827. Deliverable number D5.5 Title Small towns’ heritage pilot results Due date Month 36 Actual date of 9 February 2021 delivery to EC Project Coordinator: Coventry University Professor Neil Forbes Priority Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, United Kingdom +44(0)797 498 4084 E-mail: [email protected] Project website address: http://www.reach-culture.eu Page 1 of 99 REACH Deliverable: D5.5 Title: Small towns’ heritage pilot results Context: Partner responsible for Univerzita Karlova/Charles University (CUNI) deliverable Deliverable author(s) Pilot Leader: Luďa Klusáková (Charles University) Authors: Jaroslav Ira, Jan Krajíček (Charles University), Friederike Berlekamp (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz/Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), Tim Hammerton (Coventry University) Contributions: Jiří Janáč, Zdeněk Uherek (Charles University) Deliverable version number 1.0 Dissemination Level Public History: Change log Version Date Author Reason for change Luďa Klusáková, Jaroslav Ira, Preliminary draft 13/01/2019 Jiří Janáč Jaroslav Ira, Jan Krajíček Restructured following feedback from 12/05/2020 COVUNI 06/09/2020 Jaroslav Ira Further content added and structure developed, feedback from COVUNI 27/10/2020 Jaroslav Ira Chapter 5 on results of the pilot enhanced 26/11/2020 Jaroslav Ira, Friederike Feedback following review by SPK, leading Berlekamp to improved structure of the deliverable, with new text added Jaroslav Ira, Friederike Further comments from SPK and COVUNI, 14/01/2021 Berlekamp, Zdeněk Uherek new content added, including conclusion. 09/02/2021 Jaroslav Ira, Tim Feedback from COVUNI, leading to minor Hammerton, Jan Krajíček structural changes, with new content added and final editing Release approval Version Date Name & organisation Role 1.0 09/02/2021 Tim Hammerton, COVUNI Project Manager Page 2 of 99 REACH Deliverable: D5.5 Title: Small towns’ heritage pilot results Statement of originality: This deliverable contains original unpublished work except where clearly indicated otherwise. Acknowledgement of previously published material and of the work of others has been made through appropriate citation, quotation or both. LUĎA KLUSÁKOVÁ IN MEMORY OF A DEAR FRIEND AND VALUED COLLEAGUE Page 3 of 99 REACH Deliverable: D5.5 Title: Small towns’ heritage pilot results TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. 6 2. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................. 7 2.1. BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................ 7 2.2. ROLE OF THIS DELIVERABLE IN THE PROJECT ......................................................................... 8 2.3. APPROACH ............................................................................................................................. 9 2.3.1. REACH PROJECT THEMES ................................................................................................. 9 2.3.2 PILOT’S CONSIDERATIONS AND APPROACHES ............................................................... 11 2.4. STRUCTURE OF THE DOCUMENT .......................................................................................... 15 3. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................... 16 3. 1. SMALL TOWNS .................................................................................................................... 16 3.2. RESILIENT CULTURAL HERITAGE ........................................................................................... 18 3.3. HERITAGISATION .................................................................................................................. 20 3.3.1 CONSTRUCTIVIST AND ACTOR-CENTRED CONCEPT OF HERITAGE ............................ 20 3.3.2 STRATEGIES AND PLANNING .................................................................................... 21 3.3.3 AMBIGUOUS USES OF SMALL-TOWN HERITAGE ...................................................... 21 3.3.4 AUTHENTICITY, FANTASY AND THE TOURIST EXPERIENCE ....................................... 22 4. ANALYSIS OF SMALL TOWNS ...................................................................................................... 24 4.1. LOCAL ENCOUNTERS ............................................................................................................ 24 4.1.1 PRAGUE WORKSHOP, FEBRUARY 2018 ........................................................................... 25 4.1.2 JIHLAVA CONFERENCE, JUNE 2018 ................................................................................. 29 4.1.3 BIAŁYSTOK ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH EVALUATION, 2018 ... 30 4.1.4 PRAGUE MEETING, JANUARY 2019 ................................................................................. 31 4.1.5 PRAGUE MEETING, FEBRUARY 2019 ............................................................................... 33 4.1.6 BIAŁYSTOK INTERVIEWS, MAY 2019 ............................................................................... 34 4.2. VYSOČINA ............................................................................................................................ 35 4.2.1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 35 4.2.2. BRTNICE: A CASE STUDY ................................................................................................ 35 4.2.3. HERITAGE AS A RESOURCE: WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE HERITAGE AND WHY?.......... 40 4.2.4. USES OF HERITAGE: OBJECTIVES AND IMPACTS ............................................................ 42 4.2.5. CULTURAL HERITAGE ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS: POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS ...... 47 4.3. ŠARIŠ .................................................................................................................................... 49 4.3.1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 49 4.3.2. HERITAGE AS RESOURCE: WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE HERITAGE AND WHY? ............. 51 4.3.2 USES OF HERITAGE: OBJECTIVES AND IMPACTS ............................................................. 53 4.3.4 CULTURAL HERITAGE ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS: POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS ....... 56 Page 4 of 99 REACH Deliverable: D5.5 Title: Small towns’ heritage pilot results 4.4. PODLASIE ............................................................................................................................. 58 4.4.1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 58 4.4.2. HERITAGE AS RESOURCE: WHAT IS TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE HERITAGE AND WHY? .. 59 4.4.3. USES OF HERITAGE: OBJECTIVES AND IMPACTS ............................................................ 61 4.4.4. CULTURAL HERITAGE ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS: POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS ...... 62 4.5. PRESENTATION OF PILOT FINDINGS WITHIN THE ACADEMIC SPHERE .................................. 65 4.6. INTERACTIVE MAP ................................................................................................................ 67 5. RESULTS AND IMPACT................................................................................................................. 69 5.1. HERITAGE AS RESOURCE: WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE HERITAGE AND WHY? ................... 69 5.1.1 STRENGTHS .................................................................................................................... 69 5.1.2 WEAKNESSES .................................................................................................................. 70 5.1.3 GENDERED PERSPECTIVES OF CULTURAL HERITAGE ....................................................... 71 5.2. USES OF HERITAGE: OBJECTIVES AND IMPACTS ................................................................... 72 5.2.1 TOURISM IN SMALL TOWNS ........................................................................................... 73 5.2.2 REPRESENTATION AND SPATIAL IMAGINATION ............................................................. 76 5.2.3 DIVERSIFICATION............................................................................................................ 77 5.3. CULTURAL HERITAGE ACTORS AND INSTITUTIONS: POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS ............. 78 5.3.1 HUMAN POTENTIAL........................................................................................................ 78 5.3.2 PUBLIC LEGITIMACY AND INVOLVEMENT ....................................................................... 80 5.3.3 ROLES, LIMITS AND RELATIONS OF THE SMALL-TOWN BASED CH INSTITUTIONS .......... 81 5.4. FINAL STATEMENTS AND POLICY SUGGESTIONS .................................................................. 83 5.5 EVALUATION OF THE PILOT’S PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE ................................ 83 5.6 FURTHER USE OF RESULTS, AND IMPACT BEYOND THE PILOT ............................................... 86 5.7 REACH PROJECT EVALUATION ..............................................................................................