Anja B. Nelle: Mapping museality in world heritage towns
Author Dipl.-Ing. Anja Nelle M.A. studied Furniture Design in London and High Wycombe and Architecture in Berlin. She worked as an interior designer and as an architect before joining the Brandenburg Technical University as an assistant professor at the Chair of Structures and Structure Systems in 2001. She teaches on the graduate and postgraduate courses of architecture and on the postgraduate course World Heritage Studies. The topics presented in this article are part of the research carried out for the author’s PhD dissertation. The subject of her research is the investigation of the phenomena of musealisation in World Heritage Towns on both a theoretical and a practical level. Her case studies focus on medium-sized towns with a Spanish colonial background (Philippines, Cuba, Mexico). Relevant recent publications: (forthcoming): Museumsnutzung und Musealität im Kontext von Welterbeortschaften/Museum-use and museality in the context of World Heritage Towns. In: Albert, Marie-Theres (ed.): Perspektiven des Welterbes (forthcoming): Ortschaft als Welterbe – Musealisierung als Folge? – In: Jahrbuch 2004/05 der Fakultät 2 der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität: Forschungsberichte (2005): How does a World Heritage Town become a Museum? – In: patrimonio de la humanidad – patrimonio con humanidad. Publication of poster presentations at the 8th World Symposium of the Organisation of World Heritage Towns. Cuzco, Peru
Contact Brandenburg Technical University, Cottbus/Germany E-mail: abn@snafu.de
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