By Janine McEgan This is part 1 in a series of 3 posts relating
to Janine’s Directed Studies with the City of Marion. See
Janine’s other posts here. The first step in researching
questionnaires for heritage management was to locate literature
about community consultation that had been undertaken. These
examples were primarily found through the Flinders library
databases. Some books about general heritage management
contained references to such studies also. The general consensus
among all authors was the need to consult the public and use the
information provided to bridge the gap between the professional
opinion of what constitutes heritage and that of the general
public. One article by Turnpenny (2004:296) suggested that
criteria by which heritage is assessed are major stumbling
blocks. Social values are not held in high priority, and as such
the community finds the relevance of heritage to be lacking
among them. So it is imperative that values of feeling and
belief and taken into consideration when assessi