Cultural Ecological Protection through Integration of Humanistic Culture into Industrial and Urban Development: Theoretical Evolution, Practical Exploration and Mechanism Construction
ZHOU Jie
College of Liberal Arts, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, 515063
Abstract:The study of cultural ecology has experienced multiple perspectives and theoretical evolution from systems theory to geography and then to anthropology. Its application in the protection of global cultural heritage is mostly reflected in three ways: ecological museums, intangible cultural heritage communities and cultural ecological protection areas. Although it is difficult to implement the conception of ecological museums, to define intangible cultural communities, and to coordinate resources in cultural ecological protection areas, the overall conception of cultural ecological protection is widely recognized. To construct a cultural ecological protection system in the new era, we need to integrate humanistic culture into industrial and urban development. On the one hand, we should clarify the endogenous logic of cultural ecology, and have a new understanding of the spatial relationship pointing to the geographical boundary, the historical relationship pointing to the time axis, the cultural relationship pointing to the heterogeneous civilization and the social relationship pointing to individuals, so as to make the four sub-ecological circles of nature, life, society and industry in a dynamic balance, and promote the multi-dimensional interaction of cultural ecological protection in an integral thinking mode. On the other hand, we should build a coordination mechanism across administrative divisions from a global perspective. We should emphasize system construction and resource integration at macro-level, build four conservation systems at meso-level, and attach importance to the protection of living heritages among common folks at micro-level, so as to make joint efforts to promote the inheritance and revival of traditional cultural resources in contemporary cultural ecological environment.