@phdthesis{Alhadad2023, author = {Alhadad, Esraa Fathy Abdelaziz}, title = {The contribution of community involvement in heritage management : a cultural mapping project}, doi = {10.26127/BTUOpen-6665}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-66651}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Heritage has been lately the matter of debate regarding its definition, conservation and management approaches. In the last few years, there has been an increasing demand for the involvement of the local community in heritage management. Too often, the involvement perspectives of key stakeholders in general and the community members, in particular, are entirely different. While the theoretical ground of community involvement is somehow well set, heritage management has been slow in applying the involvement approach. Practically, it is not easy to find the balance to achieve all the goals of key stakeholders in any involvement project. Subsequently, there are a few numbers of empirical works on the practical implications of understanding heritage management effective tools and limited indication to convince recent 'power-holders' such as governmental organizations to distribute their power with local community members. This doctoral research project explores community involvement in heritage management as an effective solution to building a strong management system. The study aims to examine the level and the quality of involvement in the management of heritage sites in general through a cultural mapping-based approach. This is applied to a case study which is the Religious Complex in Historic Cairo World Heritage Site. The research outcomes indicate the importance of involving the local community in heritage management and planning processes. Ultimately, the study provides critical empirical evidence and draws valuable theoretical and practical assumptions that spread knowledge of cultural mapping in critical issues, such as the drivers of involvement and cooperative decision-making.}, subject = {Heritage management; Community involvement; Cultural mapping; Stakeholder management; Kulturerbe; Gemeinschaftseinbindung; Kulturelle Kartierung; Stakeholder-Management; Weltkulturerbe; Kulturmanagement; Partizipation}, language = {en} }