Otherizing the Place Through Buildings Moved to Museums


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Küçükkatırcı S., Ertürk S., Kozlu H. H.

Livenarch VII- Livable Environments & Architecture Congress 2021: Other Architect/ure (s), Trabzon, Turkey, 28 - 30 September 2021, vol.3, pp.944-959

  • Publication Type: Conference Paper / Summary Text
  • Volume: 3
  • City: Trabzon
  • Country: Turkey
  • Page Numbers: pp.944-959
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Historical buildings that have lifetimes spanning long centuries faced different interventions according to the periods in which different approaches in the conservation issue. In the historical development process of conservation thought, it is possible to see examples in the world where the value of historical buildings is not sufficiently understood by the society and the government and cultural heritage elements are detached from the context of place as a result of the unconsciousness in this matter. Pieces/buildings belonging to rich civilizations such as Anatolia, the Middle East and Egypt were transported to different countries, sometimes illegally and sometimes by legal practices and they started to be exhibited in museums of these countries. Detaching these buildings from their original context and exhibiting them in a completely different environment is an application that ignores the notion of "spirit of the place" and is against the understanding of scientific conservation. Within the extent of the study, examples of historical buildings that have been moved from one country to another country and taken from the context of the place and exhibited in the museum environment will be examined through the notion of "the other". The investigated buildings have turned into objects exhibited in museums in London, New York and Berlin. This study, remind these buildings that have taken place in the cultural memory in their original space, will bring a criticism to the intercultural change that occurs as a result of the fairly legal exhibition of the buildings in the examined museums.