A description of the endeavors and objectives of the Greek organization called 'Monuments at Risk' (MUA).

1. Stelios Lekakis, MA, PhD
Archaeologist – CHM Consultant

2. Managed by:
Funded by:

3. www.mua.gr/

4. ‘Παράδοση’ και ‘Κληρονομιά’
Background
National Context
• Monumentenwacht (Netherlands)
• Heritage at risk programme (UK - English
Heritage)
• Carta del Rischio (Italy)
• Cultural Heritage Risk Map (Israel)

5. ‘Παράδοση’ και ‘Κληρονομιά’
Background
International Context
• UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger
• ICOMOS Heritage @ Risk Report
• World Monuments Watch: The list of 100 most
endangered sites
• Global Heritage Network

6. Objectives
‘Παράδοση’ και ‘Κληρονομιά’
1. Solid thoretical framework
- Monuments at the centre: Ontological approach

8. Historical
Aesthetic
Emotional
Social

9. Threats
Historical
Threats
Aesthetic
Threats
Emotional
Social
Threats

10. 2. Participation

11. Objectives
‘Παράδοση’ και ‘Κληρονομιά’
3. Open – access
- MySQL
- Creative Commons
- …

12. General Objectives

13. Greek Context
L'état, c'est MuA
• 65 new entries submitted by 57 individual users (since June 2011)
• 70 new users
• More than 250 monuments in the database

14. Aspirations
• wiki technology
• Work on the economic & cultural values of
monuments

15. Democratise the call
for the protection of
heritage
stelios.lekakis@gmail.com

16. • Stelios Lekakis, Archaeologist - CRM Consultant: Project
management / member of the research team
The MuA Project team
• Vasilis Ganiatsas, Architect: Project consultant on theory and
methodology / member of the research team
• Ioseph Efraimidis, Architect-Planner: Project consultant on theory and
methodology / member of the research team
• Niki Megalommati, Archaeologist: Consultant for the digitisation
process of the material / member of the research team
• : Programming
• Alexandros Scaramangas, Designer: Web page design
• Volunteers: Dimitris Papadelis, Architect