Dear Friends of Patrimonio Panamá:

Thursday 20 of November, 2014, Deputy National Historical Heritage of the National Institute of Culture (INAC), I gave a lecture entitled, “Panama City to their 500 years old: Heritage”, under the First Academic Day History, Anthropology and Tourism which was held at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Panama 19 until 21 this month.

For the link to the Call of the First Academic Day History, Anthropology and Tourism, click here.

This is the summary of my paper: “The significance of national heritage World Heritage is an honor and a challenge for the country, where they are in the balance perception of historical as well globalized economic asset to the demands of tourism and real estate development, and public perception of historical heritage in its capacity as a witness of the past of the nation and therefore their identities. Circumstances in national and world history caused profound changes in the official perception of what heritage, and spurred the formulation of laws and regulations for protection and management, especially in cases where it is exploitable as an economic good prominently, such as the Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo and Casco Antiguo Panama City: both components of a world heritage places almost five centuries of existence that projects into a difficult future to predict.”

In my lecture, attended by distinguished anthropologists, Archaeologists, Panamanian historians and cultural managers, I detailed the current situation of the Old Town of Panama to UNESCO, as reflected in the various articles of this blog.

First Academic Day History, Anthropology and Tourism which was held at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Panama 19 until 21 of November, 2014. Photos are courtesy of Clemente fine Marin, Coordinator of Archaeology of the Board of Panama Viejo.

Regards,

Katti Osorio Ugarte, Ph.D.