The theoretical framework on cultural values
| Secondary values | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary values | Social | Spiritual | Beliefs, myths, religions (organized or not), legends, stories, testimonial of past generations |
| Emotional, individual | Memory and personal life experiences | ||
| Emotional, collective | Notions related with cultural identity, motivation and pride, sense of “place attachment,” and communal value | ||
| Allegorical | Objects/places representative of some social hierarchy/status | ||
| Economic | Use | The function and utility of the asset, original or attributed | |
| Non-use | The asset's expired function, which has its value on the past, and should be remained by its existence (of materials), option (to make some use of it or not), and bequest value (for future generations) | ||
| Entertainment | The role that might have for contemporaneous market, mainly for tourism industry | ||
| Allegorical | Oriented to publicizing financial property | ||
| Political | Educational | The education role that heritage assets may play, using it for political targets (e.g., birth-nations myths, glorification of political leaders, etc.) | |
| Management | Made part of strategies and policies (past or present) | ||
| Entertainment | It is part of strategies for dissemination of cultural awareness, explored for political targets | ||
| Symbolic | Emblematic, power, authority, and prosperous perceptions stem from the heritage asset | ||
| Historic | Educational | Heritage asset as a potential to gain knowledge about the past in the future through | |
| Historic-artistic | Quality of an object to be part of a few or unique testimonial of historic stylistic or artistic movements, which are now part of the history | ||
| Historic-conceptual | Quality of an object to be part of a few or unique testimonial that retains conceptual signs (architectural, urban planning, etc.), which are now part of history | ||
| Symbolic | Fact that the object has been part/related to an important event in the past | ||
| Archaeological | Connected with ancient civilizations | ||
| Aesthetical | Artistic | Original product of creativity and imagination | |
| Notable | Product of a creator, holding his signature | ||
| Conceptual | Integral materialization of conceptual intentions (imply a conceptual background) | ||
| Evidential | Authentic exemplar of a decade, part of the History of Art or Architecture | ||
| Scientific | Workmanship | Original result of human labor, craftsmanship | |
| Technological | Skillfulness in techniques and materials, representing an outstanding quality of work | ||
| Conceptual | Integral materialization of conceptual intentions (imply a conceptual background) | ||
| Age | Workmanship | Craftsmanship value oriented towards the production period | |
| Maturity | Piece of memory, reflecting the passage/lives of past generations | ||
| Existential | Marks of the time passage (patina) present on the forms, components and materials | ||
| Ecological | Spiritual | Harmony between the building and its environment (natural and artificial) | |
| Essential | Identification of ecological ideologies on its design and construction | ||
| Existential | Manufactured resources which can either be reused, reprocessed, or recycled | ||
| Secondary values | References | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary values | Beliefs, myths, religions (organized or not), legends, stories, testimonial of past generations | ||
| Memory and personal life experiences | |||
| Notions related with cultural identity, motivation and pride, sense of “place attachment,” and communal value | |||
| Objects/places representative of some social hierarchy/status | |||
| The function and utility of the asset, original or attributed | |||
| The asset's expired function, which has its value on the past, and should be remained by its existence (of materials), option (to make some use of it or not), and bequest value (for future generations) | |||
| The role that might have for contemporaneous market, mainly for tourism industry | |||
| Oriented to publicizing financial property | |||
| The education role that heritage assets may play, using it for political targets (e.g., birth-nations myths, glorification of political leaders, etc.) | |||
| Made part of strategies and policies (past or present) | |||
| It is part of strategies for dissemination of cultural awareness, explored for political targets | |||
| Emblematic, power, authority, and prosperous perceptions stem from the heritage asset | |||
| Heritage asset as a potential to gain knowledge about the past in the future through | |||
| Quality of an object to be part of a few or unique testimonial of historic stylistic or artistic movements, which are now part of the history | |||
| Quality of an object to be part of a few or unique testimonial that retains conceptual signs (architectural, urban planning, etc.), which are now part of history | |||
| Fact that the object has been part/related to an important event in the past | |||
| Connected with ancient civilizations | |||
| Original product of creativity and imagination | |||
| Product of a creator, holding his signature | |||
| Integral materialization of conceptual intentions (imply a conceptual background) | |||
| Authentic exemplar of a decade, part of the History of Art or Architecture | |||
| Original result of human labor, craftsmanship | |||
| Skillfulness in techniques and materials, representing an outstanding quality of work | |||
| Integral materialization of conceptual intentions (imply a conceptual background) | |||
| Craftsmanship value oriented towards the production period | |||
| Piece of memory, reflecting the passage/lives of past generations | |||
| Marks of the time passage (patina) present on the forms, components and materials | |||
| Harmony between the building and its environment (natural and artificial) | |||
| Identification of ecological ideologies on its design and construction | |||
| Manufactured resources which can either be reused, reprocessed, or recycled | |||
Source(s): Tarrafa Silva and Pereira Roders (2010), ICOMOS Australia (1999), Mason (2002), Pereira Roders (2007), English Heritage (2008), Tarrafa Silva and Pereira Roders (2010)