Musealisation as a strategy for the reconstruction of an idealised Ottoman past
Istanbul's Sultanahmet district as a 'museum-quarter
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5701449 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pınar Aykaç (0000-0003-4534-0220, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture and planning, London, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 160-177 |
| Publication date | 2019-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13527258.2018.1475407 |
| OpenAlex | W2803955402 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 24 |
With culture-led urban regeneration becoming a leading policy for the transformation of historic cities, museums and heritage sites have become a key aspect of this transformation. Given the increasing demands of cultural tourism, the museum concept is expanded to incorporate the rest of the city and historic cities are presented as staged artefacts directed towards tourists, in a process known as musealisation. After the launch of the Istanbul Museum-City Project in 2004, musealisation was adopted as a common strategy for the regeneration of Istanbul’s historic peninsula. Within the scope of the project, the Sultanahmet district would be converted into a museum-quarter. However, recent transformations reveal an underlying motive of glorifying the district’s Ottoman past, in accordance with neo-Ottoman urban policies. This paper discusses the effects of musealisation on the transformation of the Sultanahmet district, by evaluating the policies and their implementation by concentrating on Topkapı Palace Complex, Hagia Sophia, the Great Palace Complex and Hagia Euphemia Martyrion. While the notion of built heritage always involves selection, the musealisation adopted for the Sultanahmet district is rather politically motivated, adding another level of selection through the signification of the Ottoman heritage and intentional neglect of the late-Roman and Byzantine heritage
Archaeology · Art · Byzantine architecture · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Exhibition · Heritage tourism · Historical heritage · Humanities · Industrial heritage · Old town · Tourism · Archaeological Research and Protection · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Museums and Cultural Heritage
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |