Baltic Sea Identity: Common Sea - Common Culture? 1st Cultural Heritage Forum, Gdańsk, 3rd-6th April 2003 at the Polish Maritime Museum in Gdańsk

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When the Ministers of Culture in the Baltic Sea States meet in St. Petersburg in December this year they will be presented with a final report on the development of the "Strategic Plan for Safeguarding and Developing the Common Baltic Sea Heritage". The main body responsible for this presentation is a Monitoring Group representing all member states with the commission and a mandate from the Ministers of Culture to enhance and develop cooperation concerning the Common Baltic Sea Cultural Heritage. One of the core items in this plan will be the proposal to hold a "Cultural Heritage Forum" every second year on a rotating basis in the member countries. This first Forum was organised mainly within the theme "Coastal Culture" and so the Sea itself throughout history – its trade, shipping and fishery together with the living conditions for its sailors and tradesmen as well as its settlers and settlements were the main topics. List of contributors 7 Note by Rafał Skąpski 9 Note by Jerzy Litwin 10 Introduction by Christina von Arbin 11 PART I: "COMMON SEA – COMMON CULTURE?" Merja-Liisa Hinkkanen: Common Sea, Common Culture? On Baltic Maritime Communities in the 19th Century 17 Michael Andersen: Mare Balticum – Reflections in the Wake of an Exhibition 22 Christer Westerdahl: Scando-Baltic Contacts during the Viking Age 27 Fred Hocker: Baltic Contacts in the Hanseatic Period 35 Mirosław Kuklik: Selected Issues of the Sea Fishery Heritage of the Polish Baltic Coast 41 PART II: UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE – Short Reports Marcus Lindholm: Underwater Cultural Heritage – a short report from the Åland Islands 49 Friedrich Lüth: Underwater Cultural Heritage – present situation along the German East Coast in the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 51 Flemming Rieck: Underwater Cultural Heritage – the Danish situation 55 Willi Kramer: Report from Germany (Schleswig-Holstein) 58 Iwona Pomian: Underwater Cultural Heritage in Poland 59 Sallamaria Tikkanen: Underwater Cultural Heritage in Finland – short introduction 60 Ants Kraut: Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage in Estonia – current situation 63 Juris Urtāns: Report from Latvia 65 Vladas Žulkus: Underwater Cultural Heritage in Lithuania – recent work 67 Frode Kvalø: Management of Underwater Heritage – a short presentation of the Norwegian situation 69 Petr Sorokin: The Underwater Archaeological Heritage of North-western Russia 71 Peter Norman: Underwater Culture Heritage – short report from Sweden 75 PART III: MARITIME HERITAGE AND COASTAL CULTURE – Short Reports on Baltic Lights Marcus Lindholm: Baltic Lights – a short report from the Åland Islands 79 Morten Hahn-Pedersen: Reports on Baltic Lights – Denmark 81 Urmas Dresen: Maritime Heritage and Coastal Culture – Baltic Lights, Estonia 84 Marja Pelanne: Report on Baltic Lights – Finland 86 Andris Biedriņš: Lighthouses Along the Coast of Latvia 88 Laisvūnas Kavaliauskas, Jonas Genys: Lithuania’s Lighthouses 91 Eivind Lande: Lighthouses in Norway 93 Robert Domżał: Polish "Baltic Lights": Resources, Conservation, Presentation 95 Per-Olof Remmare: Short Report on the Present Situation of the Lighthouses in Sweden 97 PART IV: SUSTAINABLE HISTORIC TOWNS Margaretha Ehrström: Urban Heritage of the Baltic Sea Region 103 Ann Mari Westerlind: Sustainable Historic Towns – activities in Sweden, presentation of the pilot town Ystad 105 Gisle Erlien: Sustainable Historic Towns – activities in Norway 111 Torbjørn Eggen: Presentation of the Pilot Town Røros in Norway 113 Jim Nerdal: Pilot Town Mosjøen in Norway 115 Marianne Lehtimäki: Sustainable Historic Towns – activities in Finland 117 Juhani Hallasmaa: Presentation of the Pilot Town Forssa in Finland 119 Alfredas Jomantas, Jurate Jureviciene: Enhancement of Druskininkai’s Urban Heritage 122 Håkan Hökerberg: Methods for Preservation Planning 123 Hain Toss: Sustainable Historic Towns in Estonia 125 PART V: BUILDING PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE IN PRACTICE Hans Sandström: Baltic Sea Identity – Common Objectives 129 Tarmo Elvisto: Information Centre for Building Preservation 131 Ann Lepp: Kalamaja – Possibilities of a Wooden Town 132 Sakari Mentu: Production and Use of Wood Tar (Finland) 133 Ilmars Dirveiks: Restoration of Ungurmuižā Manor House – a Latvian-Swedish co-operation project 134 Irma Grigaitiene: Traditional Building Crafts in Lithuania 135 Tadeusz Sadkowski: Log Houses at the Open Air Museum in Wdzydze Kiszewskie, Poland 136 Jorn Andreasen: The Nordic Centre for Traditional Crafts 141 Tatyana Saprykina: The Mir Castle Complex 143 PART VI: SHIPS: HISTORY, PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION Jerzy Litwin: Shipbuilding Techniques from the Medieval Age Onwards 147 Åsmund Kristiansen: Ship Preservation and Ship Preservation Centres in Norway 156 Romaldas Adomavičius: The Return of the Kurėnas: Sailing Boats of the Fishermen of the Curonian Lagoon 161 PART VII: COASTAL CULTURE – A RESOURCE TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH Per-Olof Remmare: Introduction to the Seminar Coastal Culture – A Resource Towards Sustainable Development and Growth 167 Marcin Gawlicki: Actual Problems of the Polish Coastal Landscape, Architecture and Cultural Heritage Protection 168 Jo van der Eynden: New Uses for Old Lighthouses 173 Gabriele Prenzlau-Enander: King Valdemar’s Sailing Route – the Oldest Sailing Route in the Baltic Sea Region 177 Agneta Olsson: Cultural Heritage and Bohusläns Museum in the Swedish Coastal Zone – a resource for local development and activities 183 PART VIII: SUMMARY OF ONGOING INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF COOPERATION AMONG BALTIC SEA STATES Sallamari Tikkanen: MoSS: Common European Underwater Cultural Heritage – Challenges for Cultural Resource Management 187 Per Lejoneke, Björn Varenius: The BUCH Programme and the Rutilus Project 187 Lidia Makowska: ARS BALTICA 188 Marcus Lindholm: Cooperation of the Seven Big Islands in the Baltic Sea Region 188 Marlena Chybowska: Union of the Baltic Cities 188 Bengt Kylsberg: The Association of Castles and Museums Around the Baltic Sea 189 Marianne Lehtimäki: Industrial Heritage Platform 190 Marianne Lehtimäki: Sustainable Historic Towns – Urban Heritage as an Asset of Development 190 Władysław Stępniak: The Archival Heritage of Baltic Sea States and the "Memory of the World" Programme 192 APPENDIX Panel debate: Building Networks. A Summary of Concluding Remarks and Future Possibilities for the Baltic Sea Region 197 List of participants of the 1st Cultural Heritage Forum 199