A neighborhood museum for Barrios Altos Ecomuseums: drivers of community development

Authors

  • Juan De Orellana Rojas Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
  • Jessica Osorio Málaga

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33539/consensus.2019.v24n1.2244

Keywords:

Ecomuseum; Barrios Altos; sustainable socio-economic development; traditional culture; Creole culture and history

Abstract

Los Barrios Altos is the most traditional area of Lima - outside Rímac (or Under the Bridge) in Lima Historic Center, World Heritage. Over the last years, it has been threatened by its gradual destruction to give way to huge pseudo-architectural buildings used as warehouses or to maintain trade in Gamarra and in Chinatown. To face this physical loss and the gradual loss of people’s identity, the idea of a Museo del Vecindario (Neighborhood Museum), proposed to the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima 15 years ago, reappears. This would become an ecomuseum, where people could discuss their concerns, recover and revalidate their self-esteem and self-worth so as to generate development for themselves, from themselves.
This only requires the will and decision of the Municipality as well as the collaboration of an academic entity that follows the research and advises the population suitably. The idea is that it should be highly participative, and that the voice of the citizen self-government of this population could arise from this ecomuseum -almost like the medieval town halls. In this way, people would recover their cultural heritage, in general, but especially their intangible cultural heritage

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Author Biographies

Juan De Orellana Rojas, Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón

Arquitecto por la Universidad Ricardo Palma. Maestría en Arquitectura en la Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal. Maestría en Restauración de Monumentos en Arquitectura y urbanismo en la UNI. Especialista en Arquitectura en la Universidad de Lima. Es miembro del Comité Científico Internacional de Paisajes Culturales del Consejo Internacional de Monumentos y Sitios ICOMOS. Miembro de la Asociación Internacional de Semiótica Visual AISV. Miembro Honorario de la Asociación de Historiadores de la Región Sur Arequipa AHIRSA. Docente Principal de la Facultad de Arquitectura de la UNIFÉ, de la que ha sido Jefe del
Departamento de Arquitectura y Director del Programa de Arquitectura. Con 5 libros en colaboración (en Perú, México e Irlanda); 1 libro publicado como autor único y numerosos artículos publicados en revistas nacionales e internacionales. 

Jessica Osorio Málaga

Arquitecta master en restauración y fotógrafa. Ejercicio independiente.  

Published

2019-06-01

How to Cite

De Orellana Rojas, J., & Osorio Málaga, J. (2019). A neighborhood museum for Barrios Altos Ecomuseums: drivers of community development. Consensus, 24(1), 79–114. https://doi.org/10.33539/consensus.2019.v24n1.2244

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