Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this episode, Dr Işılay Gürsu and Dr Peter Cherry talk with Dr Aylin Orbaşlı, the current deputy chair of the BIAA. Dr Orbaşlı is a researcher and a lecturer at the Oxford Brookes University with extensive experience in heritage management.
As an architect and an independent consultant specialising on the historic built environment, Dr Orbaşlı works internationally advising on the protection, conservation and management of historic places and sites. In this episode she talks about her experiences in historic site management from different geographies including Türkiye, the Middle Eastern and European countries. She underlines the similar challenges and opportunities that historic sites face in contemporary times, touching upon issues such as conservation, tourism, and local communities.
Resources:
- Aylin Orbaşlı, Tourists in Historic Towns: Urban Conservation and Heritage Management London: Routledge, 2002.
- Aylin Orbaşlı, Architectural Conservation: Principles and Practice Oxford: Blackwell, 2008.
- Aylin Orbaşlı and Simon Woodward, “Tourism and Heritage Conservation”. In The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Studies, eds. T. Jamal and M. Robinson. London: Sage, 2009.
- Aylin Orbaşlı, “Archaeological Site Management and Local Development”, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 15/3-4 (2014): 237 – 253.
- Aylin Orbaşlı, “Urban Heritage in the Middle East: Heritage, Tourism and the Shaping of New Identities”. In Routledge Handbook on Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. D. J. Timothy. London: Routledge, 2019: 95 – 105.
- Giorgia Cesaro, Monther Jamhawi, Hanadi Al-Taher, Ibrahim Farajat, Aylin Orbaşlı, “Learning from Participatory Practices: The Integrated Management Plan for Petra World Heritage Site in Jordan”, Journal of Heritage Management 8/2 (2023): 125 – 141.
In this episode, Dr Işılay Gürsu and Dr Peter Cherry talk with Dr Aylin Orbaşlı, the current deputy chair of the BIAA. Dr Orbaşlı is a researcher and a lecturer at the Oxford Brookes University with extensive experience in heritage management.
As an architect and an independent consultant specialising on the historic built environment, Dr Orbaşlı works internationally advising on the protection, conservation and management of historic places and sites. In this episode she talks about her experiences in historic site management from different geographies including Türkiye, the Middle Eastern and European countries. She underlines the similar challenges and opportunities that historic sites face in contemporary times, touching upon issues such as conservation, tourism, and local communities.
Resources:
- Aylin Orbaşlı, Tourists in Historic Towns: Urban Conservation and Heritage Management London: Routledge, 2002.
- Aylin Orbaşlı, Architectural Conservation: Principles and Practice Oxford: Blackwell, 2008.
- Aylin Orbaşlı and Simon Woodward, “Tourism and Heritage Conservation”. In The SAGE Handbook of Tourism Studies, eds. T. Jamal and M. Robinson. London: Sage, 2009.
- Aylin Orbaşlı, “Archaeological Site Management and Local Development”, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 15/3-4 (2014): 237 – 253.
- Aylin Orbaşlı, “Urban Heritage in the Middle East: Heritage, Tourism and the Shaping of New Identities”. In Routledge Handbook on Tourism in the Middle East and North Africa, ed. D. J. Timothy. London: Routledge, 2019: 95 – 105.
- Giorgia Cesaro, Monther Jamhawi, Hanadi Al-Taher, Ibrahim Farajat, Aylin Orbaşlı, “Learning from Participatory Practices: The Integrated Management Plan for Petra World Heritage Site in Jordan”, Journal of Heritage Management 8/2 (2023): 125 – 141.
