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Stones, Books and Flags: Born and the Role of Archaeological Heritage Management under the Barcelona Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2018

Laia Colomer*
Affiliation:
Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden

Abstract

Since the 1980s, Barcelona's local institutions have been pioneers in creating a close relationship between culture, urban regeneration, and the social and economic development of the city, and subsequently in implementing a new paradigm in cultural policy for entrepreneurial, cultural, and creative cities. As a consequence, the city has also become a model for place branding and cultural tourism. In this context, Born, an archaeological site of the early eighteenth century which offers detailed testimony to both the cultural and economic lifestyle of the city at that time and the defeat of the Catalans during the War of the Spanish Succession, has been preserved and opened to the public in line with the city's varying cultural policies and attitudes to national identity over the last two decades. This article discusses Born from 2000 to 2017 and the political and cultural management context in relation to the Barcelona model that has defined its current form as a cultural centre. In this context, this article also discusses the role of archaeology in Barcelona's cultural governance, as a case study through which to consider the role of urban archaeological heritage management today.

Depuis les années 1980, les institutions locales de Barcelone ont joué un rôle pionnier dans la création de relations plus étroites entre la culture, la réhabilitation urbaine et le développement social et économique de la ville, puis dans la mise en œuvre d'un nouveau modèle de politique culturelle destiné aux villes à vocations entrepreneuriales, culturelles et créatives. Ainsi la ville est devenue un modèle de tourisme culturel et d’élaboration d'une image de marque pour un lieu donné. C'est dans ce contexte qu'El Born, un site archéologique qui a produit des indications détaillées sur la vie culturelle et économique de la ville au début du XVIIIe siècle et sur la défaite des Catalans pendant la Guerre de Succession d'Espagne, a été conservé et ouvert au public conformément aux diverses politiques et attitudes de la ville envers l'identité nationale qui ont eu cours durant les deux dernières décennies. Dans cet article, il sera question d'El Born entre 2000 et 2017 et du contexte dans lequel sa gestion politique et culturelle s'est inscrite par rapport au modèle de Barcelone, un modèle qui a déterminé le centre culturel sous sa forme actuelle. On examinera aussi le rôle de l'archéologie dans la gestion culturelle de Barcelone, une étude de cas pouvant servir à considérer le rôle que la gestion du patrimoine archéologique urbain joue de nos jours. Translation by Madeleine Hummler

Seit den 1980er Jahren haben die lokalen Institutionen in Barcelona als Pioniere bei der Förderung von engen Beziehungen zwischen Kultur, Stadterneuerung und die soziale und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der Stadt gewirkt, und dann bei der Verwirklichung eines neuen Modells in der Kulturpolitik von unternehmerischen, kulturellen und kreativen Städten. Dadurch ist die Stadt ein Modell der Markenbildung eines Ortes und des Kulturtourismus geworden. In diesem Zusammenhang ist El Born, eine archäologische Stätte des frühen 18. Jahrhunderts mit ausführlichen Angaben über das kulturelle und wirtschaftliche Leben in der derzeitigen Stadt und über den Niederschlag der Katalanen im Spanischen Erbfolgekrieg, erhalten worden und der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht worden, in Übereinstimmung mit den verschiedenen Strategien und Einstellungen zur nationalen Identität, die in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten in der Stadt vorlagen. In diesem Artikel wird El Born zwischen 2000 und 2017 und seine politische und denkmalpflegerische Führung in Bezug auf das Barcelona Modell, welche seine aktuelle Form als Kulturzentrum geprägt hat, dargelegt. Dabei wird auch die Bedeutung der Archäologie in der Leitung des Kulturbereichs in Barcelona als Fallstudie für die Rolle der Bodendenkmalpflege in den heutigen Städten untersucht. Translation by Madeleine Hummler

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