Legacy of culture heritage building revitalization: place attachment and culture identity
IntroductionCultural heritage buildings are revitalized to promote culture instead of being neglected or demolished. For locals, the revitalization of heritage buildings symbolizes a commitment to the community and a taste of collective memory. The study attempts to test the effectiveness of heritag...
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| description | IntroductionCultural heritage buildings are revitalized to promote culture instead of being neglected or demolished. For locals, the revitalization of heritage buildings symbolizes a commitment to the community and a taste of collective memory. The study attempts to test the effectiveness of heritage cultural building on visitors’ post-experience behavior through cultural identity and place attachment. “Cultural activities engagement” and “knowledge transfer” serves as moderating attributes. Their moderating the effects on cultural identity and place attachment are examined, respectively.MethodA valid sample size of 348 from four heritage buildings located in Hong Kong: Tai Kwun, Police Married Quarters (PMQ), Mei Ho House and The Mills. A data analysis platform for PLSSEM is chosen for this study.ResultsResults demonstrate that the effectiveness of heritage building revitalization on visitors’ local cultural identity and emotions leading to place attachment.DiscussionIn our study, the effectiveness of heritage building encompasses three elements which includes appearance and components; technology and planning as well as contribution. Knowledge transfer positively moderates the effectiveness of heritage building revitalization and cultural identity. However, cultural activity engagement negatively moderates place attachment. Findings also exhibit that place attachment in heritage building revitalization leads to a positive experience extension. For the practical contribution, the study provides insights to policy makers and planners for historic building design such as appearance and components, technology in facilitating local visitors’ local identity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b3866cdc23541c1948fc560ffd88d402024-01-25T13:38:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-01-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.13142231314223Legacy of culture heritage building revitalization: place attachment and culture identitySuk Ha Grace Chan0Wing Han Helen Lee1Binglin Martin Tang2Ziyi Chen3School of Liberal Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, Macao SAR, ChinaInstitute of Management and Health, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Swansea, United KingdomFaculty of International Tourism and Management, City University of Macau, Macau, Macao SAR, ChinaFaculty of Innovation and Design, City University of Macau, Macau, Macao SAR, ChinaIntroductionCultural heritage buildings are revitalized to promote culture instead of being neglected or demolished. For locals, the revitalization of heritage buildings symbolizes a commitment to the community and a taste of collective memory. The study attempts to test the effectiveness of heritage cultural building on visitors’ post-experience behavior through cultural identity and place attachment. “Cultural activities engagement” and “knowledge transfer” serves as moderating attributes. Their moderating the effects on cultural identity and place attachment are examined, respectively.MethodA valid sample size of 348 from four heritage buildings located in Hong Kong: Tai Kwun, Police Married Quarters (PMQ), Mei Ho House and The Mills. A data analysis platform for PLSSEM is chosen for this study.ResultsResults demonstrate that the effectiveness of heritage building revitalization on visitors’ local cultural identity and emotions leading to place attachment.DiscussionIn our study, the effectiveness of heritage building encompasses three elements which includes appearance and components; technology and planning as well as contribution. Knowledge transfer positively moderates the effectiveness of heritage building revitalization and cultural identity. However, cultural activity engagement negatively moderates place attachment. Findings also exhibit that place attachment in heritage building revitalization leads to a positive experience extension. For the practical contribution, the study provides insights to policy makers and planners for historic building design such as appearance and components, technology in facilitating local visitors’ local identity.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1314223/fullcultural identityheritage buildingplace attachmentpost-experience behaviorrevitalization |
| spellingShingle | Suk Ha Grace Chan Wing Han Helen Lee Binglin Martin Tang Ziyi Chen Legacy of culture heritage building revitalization: place attachment and culture identity Frontiers in Psychology cultural identity heritage building place attachment post-experience behavior revitalization |
| title | Legacy of culture heritage building revitalization: place attachment and culture identity |
| title_full | Legacy of culture heritage building revitalization: place attachment and culture identity |
| title_fullStr | Legacy of culture heritage building revitalization: place attachment and culture identity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Legacy of culture heritage building revitalization: place attachment and culture identity |
| title_short | Legacy of culture heritage building revitalization: place attachment and culture identity |
| title_sort | legacy of culture heritage building revitalization place attachment and culture identity |
| topic | cultural identity heritage building place attachment post-experience behavior revitalization |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1314223/full |
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