Cultural Heritage and Identity: The Case Study of Luxor City, Egypt | ||
| International Academic Journal Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management | ||
| Article 10, Volume 4, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 231-246 PDF (404.42 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijaf.2018.95507 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mahmoud Abdou* | ||
| Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Civil Engineering, Heritage Studies Program, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This paper aims to investigate and broaden our concept of the critical relationship between cultural heritage and identity. To uncover this relationship, it is important to clearly describe the meanings attached to the concept of heritage, as the nature of the term is elastic with multiple definitions. In theory, this mutual relationship is well-established and analysed. However, in practical theory, this relationship needs further investigation to illustrate how heritage can be a crucial tool in maintaining the identities of local communities. Therefore, the research selected Luxor as the main case study due its cumulative heritage that definitely helps to discover how this heritage would shape and enhance the feeling of identity of the local community of Luxor. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| cultural heritage; identity; memorisation; sense of belonging | ||
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