Defying Convention: Devising New Approaches to Heritage Values in Valletta, Malta.

以联合国教科文组织世界遗产瓦莱塔(马耳他)为重点，本博士学位将探讨传统遗产价值和意义可能带来的局限性。这些往往僵化的定义，再加上发展和旅游业的压力，造成了一种独一无二的遗产景观，与社区的大部分地区脱节。使用特定地点的案例研究，并与马耳他遗产组织合作，我将致力于证明，通过探索这些遗产地区的当代历史及其对生活社区的持续和不断演变的意义，这些授权的叙述可以成功地进行反向映射

Focusing on Valletta (Malta), a UNESCO world heritage site, this PhD will explore the limitations that conventional heritage values and significance can entail. These often-rigid definitions, in conjunction with the pressures of development and tourism, contribute to a heritage landscape that is exclusive and disconnected from much of the community. Using site-specific case studies, and working alongside Heritage Malta, I will aim to demonstrate that these authorised narratives can be successfully counter-mapped by exploring the contemporary histories of these heritage places and their continued and evolving significance to living communities