ABSTRACT
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH), an institution managing the cultural heritage in Mexico, prioritises risk management. However, politics, economy, or social concerns precede risk management. While efforts are being made to improve the situation, promoting risk management for the built cultural heritage is further prioritised.
A conservation team working on the decorative elements for archaeological built heritage in the central-southeast area of the country (Proyecto de Conservación de Bienes Culturales Muebles Asociados a Inmuebles Arqueológicos en la Región Centro-Sur-Golfo de México) has developed an initiative towards risk management. The initiative proposes the mapping and risk assessment of archaeological decorative elements. While the scope of this initiative is limited, the central idea is a broader complex process of collaboration where the institution, the government, and society mutually develop a regional risk management plan for the cultural heritage. The initiative’s purpose is to exhibit that a simple activity can provide a starting point for a large-scale risk management plan for the country’s cultural heritage.
The initiative aims to create awareness, provide a starting point, build capacity for the people participating, and share with cultural heritage preservation professionals the learnings of the International Training Course (ITC) 2016.
