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Submitted January 18, 2022
Published 2022-01-18

Artículos académicos

Vol. 1 No. 3 (2022): Revista Contacto

The Underwater Cultural Heritage of the Comunitat Valenciana (Spain) and the Role of Private Associations in its Protection and Dissemination. The Case of Àncora-Cultura del Mar

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Published: 2022-01-18

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Soler Navarro, X., Herrero Otsoa, I., & Micó Tonda, C. (2022). The Underwater Cultural Heritage of the Comunitat Valenciana (Spain) and the Role of Private Associations in its Protection and Dissemination. The Case of Àncora-Cultura del Mar. Revista Contacto, 1(3), 137–153. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/contacto/article/view/2629
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Abstract

This work focuses on the Valencian Community, a Spanish region with a long coastline and a wealth of underwater archaeological heritage from different periods. Through the experience of the private cultural association Àncora-Cultura del Mar we will analyze the looting, the lack of funding and the growing disconnection between the academic world and the rest of society that make both research and dissemination of this heritage difficult. Also, in this article, we explore the state of maritime archaeological heritage management, taking the Valencian coastline as a field of study. We will analyze its current state, its weakness and its potential, with especial emphasis on the high degree of cultural pillage suffered in this region during the latest decades, but also on paradigmatic cases of success and projects still under development.  

The final objective is both to make self-criticism from the archaeology on the deficiencies of the working methods in management, as well as to reveal new ways of development that we have within our reach to improve the conditions of the sector, both at the labor and scientific level. The future of the archaeology, the preservation of cultural heritage and the creation of projects that generate a real return to society depend on how we rethink the internal structures of the academic world and this relationship with the rest of the social actors, both public and private

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