Abstract
A Systematic Literature Analysis on Cultural Heritage and Memory
The vitality of the memory of individuals, societies and the city is an important factor in the sustainability of cultural heritage. This relationship between ‘cultural heritage’ and ‘memory’ gets stronger over time. In recent academic studies, this relationship between the two concepts has begun to be studied more. In this study, it is aimed to systematically reveal the cases where the concepts of cultural heritage and memory are considered together in the literature. Within the scope of the study, the scanning of the theses containing the concepts of cultural heritage and memory was carried out in the National Thesis Center. A bibliometric analysis of 144 theses obtained as a result of scanning was performed. In the analyzes made, it has been determined that the theses written in this field are mostly at the master's level and the number of theses has increased over time. Since the distinction between tangible and intangible cultural heritage concepts was not made in the survey, theses produced in quite different disciplines were reached. For the content analysis of the theses containing the concepts of cultural heritage and memory, 43 theses on architecture, in which the most theses were written, were selected. Identified theses, data collection, data evaluation and results were examined in the titles. It is foreseen that the research data will facilitate the determination of the current situation in the literature for the studies to be carried out within the scope of cultural heritage and memory.
Keywords
Cultural Heritage, Memory, Core Memory, Conservation, Sustainability
