The Cradle of Humankind, famous for its abundance of hominid fossils, has been preserved as a pristine
landscape throughout the modern era, thanks to the establishment of the site as a natural and cultural
World Heritage Site in 1994 (Maropeng 2016). In this dissertation the complexity surrounding a world
heritage hominid fossil site is investigated.
Kromdraai Cave, one of the five original caves included in the World Heritage declaration on the Cradle of
Humankind, is investigated as a point of connection between conflicting values within the world heritage
context. Through the intervention the site is envisioned as connecting not only the values of the world
heritage site, but also providing an understanding of the landscape as a whole.
The site is envisioned as a centre of knowledge, relating the value of the site directly to the context. The
distribution of knowledge will allow the heritage to be accessible, not only to the scientist but also to the
community. / Die Wiegvan die Mensdom is bekend vir die oorvloed hominied-fossiele wat daar voorkom, en is dwarsdeur
die moderne era as 'n ongerepte landskap bewaar, danksy die die feit dat dit in 1994 as 'n natuurlike en
kulturele Werelderfenisgebied verklaar is (Maropeng 2016). Hierdie skripsie ondersoek die kompleksiteite
wat so 'n hominied-werelderfenisgebied omring.
Kromdraai-grot, een van die vyf oorspronklike grotte wat ingesluit is toe Werelderfenisstatus a an die
Wieg van die Mensdom toegeken is, word as aansluitingspunt tussen teenstrydige waardes binne 'n
werelderfeniskonteks ondersoek. Deur die voorgestelde ingryping word dit moontlik dat die terrein nie
aileen 'n verband skep tussen die onderskeie waardes wat 'n werelderfenisgebied verteenwoordig nie, maar
dat daar oak 'n beter begrip van die landskap as 'n geheel verskaf word.
Die terrein word as 'n kennissentrum beskou, wat sy waarde direk met die konteks in verband bring. Die
verspreiding van kennis sal die erfenis toeganklik maak vir nie net wetenskaplikes nie, maar ook vir die
gemeenskap. / Mini Dissertation (MArch (Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2016. / Architecture / MArch (Prof) / Unrestricted
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/60189 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Barnard, Abigail A. |
| Contributors | De Bruyn, Derick, abbialice@gmail.com |
| Publisher | University of Pretoria |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Mini Dissertation |
| Rights | © 2017 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. |
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