TY - JOUR
AU - Sofaer, Joanna
AU - Davenport, Ben
AU - Sørensen, Marie Louise Stig
AU - Gallou, Eirini
AU - Uzzell, David
PY - 2021
DA - July
TI - Heritage sites, value and wellbeing: learning from the COVID-19 pandemic in England
JO - International Journal of Heritage Studies
EP - 1132
VL - 27
IS - 11
DO - https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2021.1955729
AB - The COVID-19 lockdown of society in 2020 deprived people of access to many heritage sites. This made the public uniquely aware of why they visited heritage sites and what they valued about the visits, once heritage sites reopened. In particular, regaining access framed visits in terms of personal agency and wellbeing. Notions of capability, social connections, ontological security, and trust–all important elements of wellbeing–were widely shared values. Heritage sites also offered distinct opportunities for combining hedonic (subjective) and eudaimonic (psychological) wellbeing effects. While heritage value cannot be reduced to wellbeing effects, we suggest that constructive awareness of how these effects may be generated can enhance the outcome of visits to heritage sites.
PB - Taylor and Francis
UR - https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/82322/
KW - Coronavirus (COVID-19)
KW - Environment, community and place
KW - Mental health and wellbeing
ER