Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The 2021 floods struck the Belgian heritage sector while it was ill–prepared. Amid an ad hoc response and post–crisis management, evaluation methods played a crucial role in raising awareness of the situation, advocating for a response, and organising longer–term support for the most affected sites. Reviewing the assessment tools available at the time and their application prompts reflection on their limitations and suggests a more suitable blend between traditional narrative assessment methods and newer crisis management tools. Finally, contemplating how to assess tangible cultural heritage in a disaster context reveals how value assessment and our definitions of cultural heritage are reaching critical junctures in such circumstances.
DOI: 10.4000/145t9
Author: Françoise Collanges
Institution: CY Cergy Paris Université
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411438035