A model of economic management of cultural heritage: the rehabilitation of fort christmas as an interpretation center of defensive architecture of the Mediterranean in Cartagena (Spain)

The Cultural Heritage constitutes a way to generate social identities and play an important role in the development of the Spanish Mediterranean cities that opt to sustainable quality tourism. The reflection on the necessity of intervention on this heritage, in addition to establishing what should be done, brings up the need to define the reasons for taking action, why and what-for. These decisions are essential to establish if its maintenance and recovery are economically sustainable. The Project "Cartagena Port of Cultures", with support from the European Union, is an example of effective instrument for ensuring the sustainability of our built heritage conservation. Its main objective was to enable sustainable development of tourism in Cartagena based on sustainability and seasonality. This was achieved through a process of recovery of heritage resources and their optimum promotion and marketing.

Performed acculturation at Fort Marion : a case study of Zotom's drawings

This study examines how Native American warriors imprisoned at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida, between 1875 and 1878, used their drawings to perform acculturation. I use the Kiowa warrior Paul Caryl Zotom’s drawings as a case study to demonstrate how the prisoners became methodical and formulaic in their subject matter and artistic style. Euro-American visitors to Fort Marion appreciated particular drawings over others, thereby directing subject matter. Prisoners adopted European artistic standards, thus, connected with their White audience further. Zotom’s embrace of both the subject matter and artistic style that the Euro-American audience appreciated most indicates his desire to demonstrate how successful he and his fellow prisoners were at adopting the white man’s road. I argue that much of the apparent change displayed visually in Zotom’s drawings was performed rather than true acculturation.

Impact de l’âge et des variations pluviométriques sur la croissance du pin d’Alep (Pinus halepensis. MILL): Cas du peuplement artificiel de la forêt domaniale de Tlemcen. (Algeria)

La comparaison des résultats de l’analyse dendrochronologique et dendroclimatologique du Pin d’Alep de la forêt domaniale de Tlemcen a été réalisée en conditions stationnelles particulières. L’analyse de la croissance des cernes annuels et des rapports des écarts relatifs des cernes successifs montrent une nette tendance régressive chez les arbres jeunes. La sensibilité moyenne (SM) et les coefficients d’inter datation (SR) respectifs aux jeunes arbres et aux plus âgés confirment la dépendance assez forte des premiers aux facteurs climatiques particulièrement à la pluviométrie. Les résultats de ce travail ont permis d’établir une relation pluviométrie / accroissement radial en fonction de l’âge de leur formation. Ainsi, il est établi qu’à partir de ces résultats particulièrement ceux des valeurs des sensibilités moyennes (SM) que les conséquences probables des variations climatiques influentes sensiblement sur les jeunes sujets. Aussi pour éviter les changements d’ordre physio biologiques liés au vieillissement des arbres, il est préférable de comparer les cernes sur une période de 40 à 50 ans comme c’est le cas des six échantillons choisis dans la zone d’étude.