Sammendrag
The thesis is part of one of the work packages of the research project Marine Ventures1, which focus is on comparative perspectives with respect to the dynamics of early human approaches to the seascape of Tierra del Fuego and Norway. Among other things, Marine Ventures aspires to enhance the knowledge about Latin America in Scandinavia. Of particular relevance to the work at hand, is that the project has selected heritage management legislation and practice as one of its areas of inquiry in Work Package 4 (WP 4). The central issues pertaining to WP4 are how cultural heritage is defined, assessed, and activated in contemporary management (Marine Ventures, 2010). It is with reference to these central issues that this study intends to contribute to the Marine Ventures project.
When studying how cultural heritage is managed, there is not only the actual official management to examine, but also how it is perceived by the public. In a time where we talk about world heritage - a common heritage - and that cultural heritage belongs to everyone, it is essential to include the public when talking about heritage management. An additional ambition for this thesis is to make a contribution to the branch of Public Archaeology, which has as one of its main objectives to study the communication between experts and the public.
Comparing heritage management in Argentina and Norway is a comprehensive task; case studies will therefore be employed in order to see how the heritage management is reflected in heritage legislation and practice. The two case areas that are elected and that we will follow in this thesis both represent listed areas of protection in their respective nations; Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego (PNTDF) in Argentina and the World Heritage Site (WHS) Vega in Norway. Within these listed areas the coastal trail in PNTDF and the Stone Age trail at Middagskarheia at Vega are studied more closely. The main question for this thesis is: How is the cultural heritage management addressed in PNTDF and the WHS Vega? This main question is enlightened through these more specific research questions; 1. What differences and similarities can be found in the legislation and history of heritage management in Norway and Argentina? 2. How is the cultural heritage management reflected through the management
The project is owned by the NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet and funded with support from the Research Council of Norway, Latin America program (Project 208828) (Marine Ventures, 2010).
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practice at the trails (differences and similarities)? 3. How do locals and visitors perceive the cultural heritage and the practical measures by which it is managed by the experts?
The thesis uses three levels of hierarchy as a point of departure (Figure 1); the national level constitute the first; the two separate ways of management (national park and WHS) define the second; and the third hierarchy level is represented by the Middagskarheia Stone Age trail at Vega and the coastal trail at PNTDF. This table is a tool, both for the reader as well as the writer, and will be referred to in this thesis, as it sums up which cases that will be compared on different levels.
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