Two weeks ago we discussed definitions and particular issues of cultural heritage vs. architectural/natural heritage, and their relationship to historic registers. The concepts of valorization, inflation, ethnological value, and memory were important for us to understand these definitions.
We also considered La Alhambra, in Granada, as a place of monumental value, as a past of ruins, and as one of the greatest assets of the Spanish State now that the set of buildings and gardens have been named World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. Who lives in these places? Who owns them? Who benefits from them? How did they come to be?
These are some important questions for you to consider in your developing your knowledge of Atlanta architecture. Although OPTIONAL, if you wish to write a short paragraph addressing any of these questions, the readings we discussed, or if you want to ask any questions you were left with after our discussions, please feel free to reply here.