Once abandoned for more than three decades,vernacular settlements in Oman are now being progressively reinvested in to foster the country’s heritage tourism sector.The present research focuses on the emerging phenome...Once abandoned for more than three decades,vernacular settlements in Oman are now being progressively reinvested in to foster the country’s heritage tourism sector.The present research focuses on the emerging phenomenon of community-led initiatives for vernacular heritage rehabilitation and adaptive reuse in Oman.Through an examination of three case studies,its aim is to describe this process and its modes of action and discuss its efects on vernacular settlement transformations.A mixed research methodology was designed to include(A)analyses of relevant primary and secondary data,(B)documented onsite observations,(C)interviews with local community representatives and key players in the operations of rehabilitation,and(D)extractions and analyses of quantitative data from a hotel booking website.The research sheds light on unsuspected interrelations within and between the projects being implemented in these settlements and their operating modes.It reveals the focal role of a local community in a kind of‘bottom-up’management of its built heritage,coupled with a‘horizontal cooperation’between the three initiatives studied in this research.Moreover,it shows that a heavily centralised and top-down policy for the feld of heritage conservation and management is among the main obstacles that hinder such initiatives.Furthermore,community-led operations of vernacular heritage rehabilitation are being undertaken under insufcient regulations in terms of land use,building restoration and adaptive reuse.In this context,the paper discusses some of the serious threats and concerns faced by such initiatives and proposes actionable solutions to mitigate these hindrances.展开更多
In recent years,with the rapid development of urbanization in our country,academic circles have paid more attentions to and made fruitful achievements on the research of vernacular settlement. On this basis,this paper...In recent years,with the rapid development of urbanization in our country,academic circles have paid more attentions to and made fruitful achievements on the research of vernacular settlement. On this basis,this paper took Chengdu Plain's traditional town spatial morphology as the research object to interpret its spatial form through its composition elements and characteristics which are influenced by nature,history,culture and other factors. And then,it took Jiezi ancient town as an example to analyze the renewal of its spatial form so as to inherit the vernacular culture and promote the conservation of cultural heritage and sustainable development of traditional town in the course of constructing urban cities with Chinese characteristics.展开更多
Vernacular settlement is a sum of settlements that keep traditional landscapes in the process of urbanization, and its coverage coincides with that of urban community and rural settlement to some extent. It is a pheno...Vernacular settlement is a sum of settlements that keep traditional landscapes in the process of urbanization, and its coverage coincides with that of urban community and rural settlement to some extent. It is a phenomenon of social development against the background of rapid urbanization. As a national famous historic and cultural city, Tianshui City should have had excellent traditional cultural genes as the driving force for its development, however, only fragments of some historic blocks have been left in the recent urbanization. This paper, on the basis of investigating the old urban district of Tianshui City, analyzing the historical phenomenon, summarized the root causes for the status quo of vernacular dwellings in the city, so as to raise the concerns on humanistic thought, and provide proper guidance for the sustainable development of vernacular settlement.展开更多
The geographical environment of the Zhaozhou Basin provides diverse possibilities for the formation and evolution of vernacular settlements and architectural spaces within multi-ethnic communities.Taking the vernacula...The geographical environment of the Zhaozhou Basin provides diverse possibilities for the formation and evolution of vernacular settlements and architectural spaces within multi-ethnic communities.Taking the vernacular settlements and architecture of the Zhaozhou Basin as a case study,this research adopts the anthropological concept of the“Bazi Society”as an analytical framework,and integrates the methodology of“social memory”to explore the social mechanisms that shape regional architectural space.By utilizing the“social memory”research approach,this study integrates GIS image analysis,social memory indicator surveys,oral interviews,and local historical materials from the Ming and Qing Dynasties,including local chronicles,historical maps,and illustrations,along with data from the Republican era,to conduct an in-depth investigation of typical settlements in the Zhaozhou Basin.This study proposes a“rule of in-depth memory depiction”,which is structured around three elements:the research objects(settlement spaces,public temples,and vernacular dwellings),the analytical dimensions(spatial patterns,cultural practices,and collective memory),and the narrative methods(oral testimony,schematic mapping,and quantitative indicators),thereby providing a clear framework for its application.It analyzes the feasibility of the research pathway for the“Bazi Society of basins”.The results can be summarized in three points.(1)Based on field investigation and GIS-historical triangulation,151 valid questionnaires yielded five principal memory factors(communalities>0.8;cumulative variance contribution rate 85.66%),thus verifying the operational feasibility and quantitative validity of the“Thick Description of Memory”framework.(2)Settlements in the Zhaozhou Basin exhibit a significant“landform-function-memory coupling pattern”,which reveals the continuous reconstruction of power structures and spatial forms within the processes of social memory.(3)Despite their functional transformations,public temples continue to serve as the spiritual cores of communities and as explicit carriers of collective memory,so they reflect the material continuity of productive and everyday life memories.Overall,this study demonstrates that“social memory functions as a key mediating mechanism”linking geographical environment,social practice,and vernacular architectural space,which provides new theoretical and methodological support for understanding the evolutionary logic of basin settlements and for guiding cultural heritage renewal.展开更多
基金This study is part of a research project:CR/ENG/CAED/18/04 Sultan Qaboos University.
文摘Once abandoned for more than three decades,vernacular settlements in Oman are now being progressively reinvested in to foster the country’s heritage tourism sector.The present research focuses on the emerging phenomenon of community-led initiatives for vernacular heritage rehabilitation and adaptive reuse in Oman.Through an examination of three case studies,its aim is to describe this process and its modes of action and discuss its efects on vernacular settlement transformations.A mixed research methodology was designed to include(A)analyses of relevant primary and secondary data,(B)documented onsite observations,(C)interviews with local community representatives and key players in the operations of rehabilitation,and(D)extractions and analyses of quantitative data from a hotel booking website.The research sheds light on unsuspected interrelations within and between the projects being implemented in these settlements and their operating modes.It reveals the focal role of a local community in a kind of‘bottom-up’management of its built heritage,coupled with a‘horizontal cooperation’between the three initiatives studied in this research.Moreover,it shows that a heavily centralised and top-down policy for the feld of heritage conservation and management is among the main obstacles that hinder such initiatives.Furthermore,community-led operations of vernacular heritage rehabilitation are being undertaken under insufcient regulations in terms of land use,building restoration and adaptive reuse.In this context,the paper discusses some of the serious threats and concerns faced by such initiatives and proposes actionable solutions to mitigate these hindrances.
基金Sponsored by Southwest Jiaotong University Young Teachers 100-Talent Program Fund Project(2682014BR082)
文摘In recent years,with the rapid development of urbanization in our country,academic circles have paid more attentions to and made fruitful achievements on the research of vernacular settlement. On this basis,this paper took Chengdu Plain's traditional town spatial morphology as the research object to interpret its spatial form through its composition elements and characteristics which are influenced by nature,history,culture and other factors. And then,it took Jiezi ancient town as an example to analyze the renewal of its spatial form so as to inherit the vernacular culture and promote the conservation of cultural heritage and sustainable development of traditional town in the course of constructing urban cities with Chinese characteristics.
基金Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China(51568038)Humanities and Social Science Foundation of the Ministry of Education(14YJCZH108)Science and Technology Foundation of Gansu Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction(JK2014-21)
文摘Vernacular settlement is a sum of settlements that keep traditional landscapes in the process of urbanization, and its coverage coincides with that of urban community and rural settlement to some extent. It is a phenomenon of social development against the background of rapid urbanization. As a national famous historic and cultural city, Tianshui City should have had excellent traditional cultural genes as the driving force for its development, however, only fragments of some historic blocks have been left in the recent urbanization. This paper, on the basis of investigating the old urban district of Tianshui City, analyzing the historical phenomenon, summarized the root causes for the status quo of vernacular dwellings in the city, so as to raise the concerns on humanistic thought, and provide proper guidance for the sustainable development of vernacular settlement.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(52478058)The 2025 Yunnan Provincial Philosophy and Social Science Planning Annual Project(QN202522)。
文摘The geographical environment of the Zhaozhou Basin provides diverse possibilities for the formation and evolution of vernacular settlements and architectural spaces within multi-ethnic communities.Taking the vernacular settlements and architecture of the Zhaozhou Basin as a case study,this research adopts the anthropological concept of the“Bazi Society”as an analytical framework,and integrates the methodology of“social memory”to explore the social mechanisms that shape regional architectural space.By utilizing the“social memory”research approach,this study integrates GIS image analysis,social memory indicator surveys,oral interviews,and local historical materials from the Ming and Qing Dynasties,including local chronicles,historical maps,and illustrations,along with data from the Republican era,to conduct an in-depth investigation of typical settlements in the Zhaozhou Basin.This study proposes a“rule of in-depth memory depiction”,which is structured around three elements:the research objects(settlement spaces,public temples,and vernacular dwellings),the analytical dimensions(spatial patterns,cultural practices,and collective memory),and the narrative methods(oral testimony,schematic mapping,and quantitative indicators),thereby providing a clear framework for its application.It analyzes the feasibility of the research pathway for the“Bazi Society of basins”.The results can be summarized in three points.(1)Based on field investigation and GIS-historical triangulation,151 valid questionnaires yielded five principal memory factors(communalities>0.8;cumulative variance contribution rate 85.66%),thus verifying the operational feasibility and quantitative validity of the“Thick Description of Memory”framework.(2)Settlements in the Zhaozhou Basin exhibit a significant“landform-function-memory coupling pattern”,which reveals the continuous reconstruction of power structures and spatial forms within the processes of social memory.(3)Despite their functional transformations,public temples continue to serve as the spiritual cores of communities and as explicit carriers of collective memory,so they reflect the material continuity of productive and everyday life memories.Overall,this study demonstrates that“social memory functions as a key mediating mechanism”linking geographical environment,social practice,and vernacular architectural space,which provides new theoretical and methodological support for understanding the evolutionary logic of basin settlements and for guiding cultural heritage renewal.
