This book acts as a cautionary tale, urging society to proactively invest in forging a path towards the future by drawing upon the insights gleaned from the past. Underwater cultural heritage is not merely a collection of broken ruins on the ocean floor; it holds the potential to provide strategic intelligence into global security challenges and future uncertainties. By understanding and valuing the unknown force of underwater cultural heritage, we can anticipate and navigate potential future challenges, harnessing its hidden power to shape the course of history.
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Abstract
Introduction. Human Waters
1 The Past: the Memories
2 The Present: the Identity
3 The Future: the Development
4 Underwater Cultural Heritage in the Media, Literature, Cinema and
Painting
5 The Legal Aspects
6 Impact of this Book
7 The Possibilities
8 The Structure of this Book
1 Water Crisis
Strategy: Memories of a submerged knowledge
1 Introduction
2 Water and Heritage: Intangible Dimension
3 Underwater Cultural Heritages Contribution to Water Knowledge
4 Conclusions
2 Gender Issues
Strategy: Women, shipwrecks and the maritime world
1 Introduction
2 Gender Identity and Heritage
3 Gendered Waters
4 Women and Underwater Cultural Heritage
5 Conclusions
3 Indigenous Rights
Strategy: Intangible heritage, submerged landscapes and anthropological
laws
1 Introduction
2 Indigenous Rights and/or Development
3 Cultural Perspective: Underwater Cultural Heritage of Indigenous
Communities
4 Legal Standpoint
5 Anthropological Angle
6 Intangible Cultural Heritage/Underwater Cultural Heritage
7 Conclusions
4 Mental Health
Strategy: An underwater integral heritage
1 Introduction
2 The Concept of Integral Submerged Heritage
3 Good Health and Well-Being
4 Conclusions
5 Environmental Concerns
Strategy: Submerged culture in nature, submerged nature in culture
1 Oceans
1.1 Marine Spatial Planning
1.2 Decommissioning Offshore Structures
1.3 Nuclear Waste
2 Rivers
3 Deltas
4 Lakes
5 Islands
6 Glaciers
7 Conclusions
6 Hybrid Warfare
Strategy: The diplomacy power of underwater cultural heritage
1 Introduction
2 Historical Manipulation
3 Hybrid Warfare
4 Geopolitics
5 Military Operations
6 Treasure Hunters
7 Drug Stash Shipwrecks
8 The 1954 Hague Convention
9 Future Developments
10 Conclusions
7 Economic Alternatives
Strategy: Innovative submerged approaches to tourism
1 Introduction
2 Heritage and Tourism
3 Visitor Innovation
3.1 Accessibility
3.2 Happiness
3.3 User Experience
3.4 Innovation for Families
3.5 Innovation in Education
3.6 Innovation in User Participation
3.7 Innovation in the Presentation Product
3.8 Innovation with People of Physical and/or Mental Health Issues
4 Business Model Innovation
4.1 Innovation in the Product
4.2 Innovation in Value Creation
4.3 Innovation in Museums
4.4 Innovation in Heritage Routes
4.5 Innovation in Applications
5 Site-Specific Innovation
5.1 Innovation Focused on Preservation and Tourism
5.2 Underwater Cultural Heritage that Was not Previously Under Water
5.3 Innovation in Forgotten Heritage
5.4 Innovation in the Intangibility of Underwater Cultural Heritage
5.5 Innovation with Animals
6 Impact Innovation
6.1 Innovation in Working with Indigenous Communities
6.2 Innovation in Local Economic Development
6.3 Innovation in the Impact for the Local Community
6.4 Innovation in Dissemination
7 Conclusions
8 Sustainable Agendas
Strategy: The hereinafter of the underwater cultural heritage
1 Introduction
2 GOAL 1: No Poverty
3 GOAL 2: Zero Hunger
4 GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-Being
5 GOAL 4: Quality Education
6 GOAL 5: Gender Equality
7 GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
8 GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
9 GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
10 GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11 GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality
12 GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
13 GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
14 GOAL 13: Climate Action
15 GOAL 14: Life Below Water
16 GOAL 15: Life on Land
17 GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
18 GOAL 17: Partnerships to Achieve the Goals
19 Conclusions
Conclusions. Blue Futures
1 Intelligence for the Omens
1.1 Omen
1. Water Crisis
1.2 Omen
2. Gender Issues
1.3 Omen
3. Indigenous Rights
1.4 Omen
4. Mental Health
1.5 Omen
5. Environmental Concerns
1.6 Omen
6. Hybrid Warfare
1.7 Omen
7. Economic Alternatives
1.8 Omen
8. Sustainable Agendas
2 Other Concepts Worth Repeating
2.1 Tourism and Underwater Cultural Heritage
2.2 Underwater Cultural Heritage and the Future
2.3 Legislation and Underwater Cultural Heritage
3 Prospectives
3.1 Artificial Intelligence: New Threats, New Opportunities
3.2 Oceans and Space: Mutual Lessons to be Learned
3.3 World Heritage
3.4 Return of Cultural Objects From Vessel Cargoes
4 Last Remarks
Index
Dr. Elena Perez-Alvaro is a researcher and lecturer in underwater cultural heritage. She is a Marie Skodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow in heritage diplomacy and international security, and an Expert Member of the ICOMOS International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage.
