Πολιτιστικός Τουρισμός: Η συμβολή της πολιτιστικής ανάπτυξης της χώρας στον τουρισμό της

Πολιτιστικός Τουρισμός: Η συμβολή της πολιτιστικής ανάπτυξης της χώρας στον τουρισμό της
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politistikos tourismos by Melina Thiresia Dosiou

Source: scribd

Journal Article: Cultural Tourism In A Greek Insular Community: The Residents’ Perspective

Article: “Insignificant”, “superfluous” and “useless”: legal antiquities for export?

“Insignificant”, “superfluous” and “useless”: legal antiquities for export?

December 31, 2012

Posted by Yannis Galanakis under Art/Archaeology, Blog, History

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“…our dispositions [toward antiquities, archaeology and the past] have been shaped by the relevant laws…to such an extent that we are likely to forget that those laws are human institutions–products of history, that is–and treat them instead as if they draw their authority from a timeless universal sense of right or wrong. Our relationship with antiquities…is now mediated by a quasi-naturalised legal frame.”[1]

In a subject that deals with the trafficking of antiquities and archaeological legislation one may well ask: are there legal antiquities for export?

Each country has its own antiquities laws: some do not include the exportation of ancient objects or prohibit it altogether, while others allow the conditional exportation of certain categories. These conditions, as one can easily imagine, vary considerably from case to case. In 19th- and 20th-century Greece, “duplicate”, “insignificant”, “superfluous”, “useless” and “valueless” antiquities could conditionally be legally exported according to the laws of 1834, 1899 and 1932.

“No, I wouldn’t call them ruins”. 
A cartoon by Bud Handelsman from the Punch (February 3, 1982, p. 203). © 2012, Punch Ltd.

In an earlier post I mentioned the case of the “Aineta aryballos”: an inscribed Corinthian pot that Professor Rhousopoulos sold in 1865, via Charles Merlin, to the British Museum. Rhousopoulos was accused for selling the pot without the written permission of the General Superintendent of antiquities of Greece as the 1834 archaeological law prescribed. In his defense, the Greek Professor of Archaeology used the same means as the General Superintendent: the law itself.

Cultural Tourism Gr suggests : CULTURAL TOURISM POLICIES IN GREECE

CULTURAL TOURISM POLICIES IN GREECE: Conceptual approach and Case-study in Heraion Samou Paperback – February 8, 2011

by Voula Mega (Author)

CULTURAL TOURISM POLICIES IN GREECE Cultural tourism often uses the ancient cultural capital to achieve medium-term economic benefits. As with any other physical resource, tourism demand on cultural heritage may be excessive and thus negative. However, the interaction can be made beneficial, if well planned and managed. Cultural tourism provides new opportunities for wedding conservation to economic development. This monograph examines this question in Greece at a moment when tourism is considered a modern divinity and many qualitative values are sacrificed for it.