Cultural mapping
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Aka: Cultural Resource Mapping Cultural Landscape Mapping | |
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"Cultural mapping" (also known as cultural resource mapping or cultural landscape mapping) is the label organisations and peoples (including UNESCO) concerned about safeguarding cultural diversity give to a wide range of research techniques and tools used to "map" distinct peoples' tangible and intangible cultural assets within local landscapes around the world [1]
In its Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, UNESCO notes the importance of States adopting inclusive ways of encouraging cultural diversity...[2]
The term "cultural mapping" is also used to describe the use of "cultural mapping" type research methods, tools, and techniques to identify, describe, portray, promote, and plan future use of particular region's or cities combined cultural assets and resources:
A broadly-based mapping exercise for purposes of investigating or creating an identity profile of the community is enriching, informative and useful [...] The process of mapping by itself draws attention to the existence and importance of cultural resources. The results point out problems to be solved or strengths to build upon.[3]