Exploring the connotation of “Local Community” in ICOMOS discourse: a textual analysis based on authoritative documents
Abstract As an authoritative institution in cultural heritage conservation, ICOMOS plays a crucial role in guiding local communities’ participation in heritage conservation. However, its scattered and vague descriptions of local communities pose significant obstacles to further research and practice...
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| description | Abstract As an authoritative institution in cultural heritage conservation, ICOMOS plays a crucial role in guiding local communities’ participation in heritage conservation. However, its scattered and vague descriptions of local communities pose significant obstacles to further research and practice of community participation in heritage conservation. Given the increasing importance of local communities in heritage conservation, it is essential to systematically explore the connotation of Local Community connotations within ICOMOS discourse. This research employs Natural Language Processing methods to analyze ICOMOS’s descriptions of Local Community. Utilizing computational techniques of word frequency calculation, LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation) topic model keyword calculation, and hierarchical clustering calculation, the research uncovers relevant keywords and its thematic clusters of Local Community. These findings are further elucidated by aligning them with the principles outlined in authoritative documents of ICOMOS. The research indicates that ICOMOS’s descriptions of Local Community can be summarized into four main keywords families. These keywords families can be summarized as a comprehensive Local Community “three-level, four-family” keywords system. The “Tourism” keywords family exhibits a close association with Local Community, highlighting ICOMOS’s heightened emphasis on heritage tourism. The “Management-Development” keywords family occupies the second level, emphasizing fundamental principles for local communities’ participation in heritage practices. The “Traditional-Knowledge” and “Social-Economic” Keywords Families, situated in the third level, respectively describe the value attributes and conservation approaches of local communities. Each keywords family formed over different periods, exhibiting varying trends of development. By systematically integrating ICOMOS’s descriptions of Local Community and employing Natural Language Processing for in-depth exploration, This research aims to construct a cognitive understanding of local communities from a new perspective of quantitative text analysis, with the intention of providing theoretical references for subsequent research on local communities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c507595f9f54403788ae55ad775234812024-04-14T11:24:31ZengSpringerOpenHeritage Science2050-74452024-04-0112112410.1186/s40494-024-01222-4Exploring the connotation of “Local Community” in ICOMOS discourse: a textual analysis based on authoritative documentsYishu Xu0Yuexing Tang1Luchen Zhang2School of Architecture and Design, Harbin Institute of TechnologySchool of Architecture and Design, Harbin Institute of TechnologySchool of Architecture and Design, Harbin Institute of TechnologyAbstract As an authoritative institution in cultural heritage conservation, ICOMOS plays a crucial role in guiding local communities’ participation in heritage conservation. However, its scattered and vague descriptions of local communities pose significant obstacles to further research and practice of community participation in heritage conservation. Given the increasing importance of local communities in heritage conservation, it is essential to systematically explore the connotation of Local Community connotations within ICOMOS discourse. This research employs Natural Language Processing methods to analyze ICOMOS’s descriptions of Local Community. Utilizing computational techniques of word frequency calculation, LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation) topic model keyword calculation, and hierarchical clustering calculation, the research uncovers relevant keywords and its thematic clusters of Local Community. These findings are further elucidated by aligning them with the principles outlined in authoritative documents of ICOMOS. The research indicates that ICOMOS’s descriptions of Local Community can be summarized into four main keywords families. These keywords families can be summarized as a comprehensive Local Community “three-level, four-family” keywords system. The “Tourism” keywords family exhibits a close association with Local Community, highlighting ICOMOS’s heightened emphasis on heritage tourism. The “Management-Development” keywords family occupies the second level, emphasizing fundamental principles for local communities’ participation in heritage practices. The “Traditional-Knowledge” and “Social-Economic” Keywords Families, situated in the third level, respectively describe the value attributes and conservation approaches of local communities. Each keywords family formed over different periods, exhibiting varying trends of development. By systematically integrating ICOMOS’s descriptions of Local Community and employing Natural Language Processing for in-depth exploration, This research aims to construct a cognitive understanding of local communities from a new perspective of quantitative text analysis, with the intention of providing theoretical references for subsequent research on local communities.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-024-01222-4Local CommunityICOMOSTheoretical connotationsNatural language processingKeywords interpretation |
| spellingShingle | Yishu Xu Yuexing Tang Luchen Zhang Exploring the connotation of “Local Community” in ICOMOS discourse: a textual analysis based on authoritative documents Heritage Science Local Community ICOMOS Theoretical connotations Natural language processing Keywords interpretation |
| title | Exploring the connotation of “Local Community” in ICOMOS discourse: a textual analysis based on authoritative documents |
| title_full | Exploring the connotation of “Local Community” in ICOMOS discourse: a textual analysis based on authoritative documents |
| title_fullStr | Exploring the connotation of “Local Community” in ICOMOS discourse: a textual analysis based on authoritative documents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring the connotation of “Local Community” in ICOMOS discourse: a textual analysis based on authoritative documents |
| title_short | Exploring the connotation of “Local Community” in ICOMOS discourse: a textual analysis based on authoritative documents |
| title_sort | exploring the connotation of local community in icomos discourse a textual analysis based on authoritative documents |
| topic | Local Community ICOMOS Theoretical connotations Natural language processing Keywords interpretation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-024-01222-4 |
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