Towards a Preventive Conservation Approach for the Management of Living Religious Heritage Sites: The Case of Rock-Hewn Churches in Tigray KU Leuven
The Ph.D. research aims to develop operational tools and mechanisms for the implementation of a preventive conservation approach/strategy to achieve sustainable management and use of living religious heritage sites of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church (EOTC). As can be understood from the term ālivingā, living heritage sites are those that have retained their original function and use since their inception. The specific focus of the ...