| Archaeological sites in Lima and their inheritors |
activities include the cleaning of sites, guided tours,
workshops for schools, and a ‘cinema event’ similar
to the one at Huaca Pucllana. The difference is that
Cinema at your huaca consists of a combination
between theatre and cultural movies (Municipalidad
Metropolitana de Lima 2014, 31). The engagement
of schools through workshops and guided tours encourage the development of the children in an active
way and, at the same time it raises awareness of the
importance of their heritage. The event Transforming my past, transforming my city encourages the
development of ‘troubled’ youngsters and provides
them a new chance in society (Guzmán et al. 2014,
9).
preservers. The emergence of a civil movement that
is concerned with the preservation of archaeological
sites shows that the community is willing and capable of being involved in the management of sites.
Furthermore, the community can ‘use’ the archaeological sites by taking advantage of their different
roles (cultural, educational, and entertaining). An
important element of this usage is that it can contribute to the development of the community on several levels. Lastly, the community can contribute
to the preservation of the sites by getting involved
in the community programs, activities, and civil initiatives.
Plan: My huaca, legacy that unites us
The civil initiatives organise programs and
activities similar to those of the authorities, including guided tours, cleaning of sites, cultural events,
and workshops, among other things. The use of social media like Facebook and blogs is characteristic
for these initiatives, which helps the initiatives to
reach a large audience and diffuse news and information about activities and other initiatives. These
initiatives can be divided into ‘local’ and ‘general’ initiatives. Local initiatives put an emphasis
on local heritage and usually cooperate with local
schools. Together with the local community they
organise guided tours around heritage sites, artistic
demonstrations, and the cleaning of heritage sites
(Chirinos Cubillas 2013, 48). General initiatives
put an emphasis on heritage in general and organise programs or activities that incorporate several
huacas. To illustrate, every month the initiative Cyclist Club Defender of the Huacas organises guided
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aims at raising awareness for the valorisation of
archaeological sites (www.facebook.com/Circulo).
The initiative Let us save the Huacas promotes
the idea of the guardianship of archaeological heritage in which educational centres play an important role: teachers should take their role as leaders
(pers. comm. with Contreras Velez). This initiative
tries to create partn