... this purpose today. As theme parks construct staged environments, material authenticity holds limited relevance, while sustained appeal through change is essential to their viability. Consequently, this case-based research indicates that conservation approaches rooted in material authenticity may...

... to clearly understand and identify the heritage property values, thereby endangering the building's authenticity and integrity. Originality/value The paper outlines the limits and challenges of each conservation project undertaken on Imedghassen and their impact on its values while considering national...

... architect Qahtan Madfai. It represents the essential architectural characteristics of Madfai’s modernist work, and reveals the authenticity of his approach, in addition to being a valuable example of modern architecture in Iraq of the mid-twentieth century. As the building is being in use since its...

...Zainab Abood Hussein; Saba Sami Mehdi Al Ali Purpose The present study focuses on analysing the impact of augmented reality (AR) on enhancing the perception of the “Authenticity of Heritage Sites” in an off-site condition. It also aims to assess participants’ satisfaction with a smartphone AR...

...Niyati Jigyasu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to problematize authenticity and integrity in the context of tourist-based interventions in historic cities through a case study of skewed strategies in urban conservation programs. The paper aims to explore the paradoxes of tourists’ requisites...

...Ajay Kumar Koli Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the key criteria from the perspective of handmade, authenticity and sustainability for purchasing craft items by Indian consumers. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory qualitative research was conducted on the buying...

...Silvio Mendes Zancheti; Lúcia Tone Ferreira Hidaka Purpose The purpose of this paper is to set out the weighting of the indicator of conservation (Isc) to assess the state of conservation of urban heritage sites and three key performance indicators (KPIs): significance, integrity and authenticity...

... are their authentic values? and how can the authenticity of these buildings be conserved by their contemporary management? The applied methodology is a cross‐case‐comparison, based on the definition of authenticity as presented in the Nara Document on Authenticity. The analysis is presented in the form of a matrix...

... presents the main concepts used as key performance indicators, that is, significance, integrity and authenticity and how they contribute to meeting the objective of attaining the sustainable conservation of heritage sites. Findings The Isc indicator is expressed as a function of three key performance...