Powerful Voice of the Silence or Genius Loci in/of the Memory

Abstract

Relevant theories of H. Bergson, Ch.

Norberg-Schulze, M. Pěťová, I.

M. Havel and E.

Kohák are discussed in order to suggest how we can preserve genius loci of heritage sites that were chosen to both mediate and materialise non-material values of collective memory. Then, four practical case studies of school projects, which were based on the concept of heritage education, are analysed in order to map opportunities as well as challenges for education on such silent - and therefore the most vulnerable - heritage sites.

Keywords

• Genius loci
• space
• time
• memory
• duration
• education