Cultural heritage in actual UNESCO strategy

2026/3(46)

Contents

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, the search for the Northeast Passage and Russian maritime culture in the late 16th century

APPLIED RESEARCH

Role of popular science tourism infrastructure in the popularization and preservation of scientific and technical heritage

Zinovieva N.

Network culture in the context of two approaches to research issues

Kovbasyuk T.

Significant extension to an existing property on the example of the World Heritage site ‘White monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

Kostina N.

Methodological approaches to working with the cultural heritage of the region in the context of the cultural and educational policy of modern Russia

Khilko N.

Objectification as a form of digital reconstruction of lost cultural heritage in the urban environment of tourist sites Western Siberia

INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Kitov Yu., Egorova M.

Genesis and development of Evenki circle dances as a cultural phenomenon of historical and modern Yakutia

CULTURAL HERITAGE STUDIES

Kukhterin S., Yermolov E.

Karbas of the 17th century. An Oransky find on the coast of Novaya Zemlya

Okorokov A.

40 years of the Marine Arctic Complex Expedition of the Heritage Institute

Seleznev A.

Shamanic ladder in the Muslim cemetery: to the semantics of the ornamented on-grave posts of the Tobol-Irtysh Tatars

Selezneva S.

Identification of immovable cultural heritage objects in Russia: conceptual, regulatory and regional aspects

HERITAGE PRESERVATION

Soloviev A., Berezina N.

International and foreign models for the preservation of immovable cultural heritage: a comparative legal and cultural analysis

Spivak D.

Cultural heritage in actual UNESCO strategy

MUSEOLOGY

Pleshchenko V.

The corporate museum as a tool for preserving the history and accumulating the business reputation of the company

Sarkisova E.

School as a center for the preservation of cultural heritage: from the experience of cultural and educational activities of school museums

Publ. 18/09/2026

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DOI 10.34685/HI.2026.13.84.008

Spivak D.

Abstract. Most actual problems and prospects of elaboration and implementation of fundamental concept of cultural heritage in UNESCO Medium-term Strategy 2022-2029 are regarded, taking into account basic results of its first quadrennial period. Basing upon analysis of a number of strategic documents issued in its framework, from Outcome Document of UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development (MONDIACULT 2025) to UNESCO Global Report on Cultural Policies (2025), and Call for Action: “The Spirit of Naples”, adopted at the first UNESCO Conference on Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century (2023), and confirmed at the second one (2025), general paradigmatic shift is revealed, consisting in re-interpretation of heritage, as carrier of values, norms and behavioral patterns determining cultural identity of an individual and society. Protection and promotion of cultural heritage, interpreted along these lines, seems to be most constructive in providing support to society in building up its resilience to both natural disasters and armed conflicts, which makes it concerning not so much the past, but the future, as well.

Key words: UNESCO,Medium-term Strategy, cultural heritage, cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue.

Spivak Dmitry Leonidovich,
D. in Philology, Chief researcher,
Likhachev Russian Research Institute
for Cultural and Natural Heritage (Moscow)
Email: d.spivak@mail.ru

Published: The Heritage Institute Journal, 2026/3(46)

URL: http://nasledie-journal.ru/en/journals/903.html

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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Likhachev Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural Heritage

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