Cultural heritage education by the help of tale and kinetic sculpture in aizanoi

Abstract

Aizanoi is accepted as a cultural heritage to Unesco World Heritage Tentative List in April 12, 2012. In this study, the children of Çavdarhisar will be given cultural heritage education with the help of archeology, art and a local tale to contribute to the conservation and sustainability of Aizanoi and Cavdarhisar. The group selected for the study consists of 30 children from Cavdarhisar between the ages of 7-12. While 15 of the children were being trained, second group only visited the ancient city and attempted to determine the positive/negative outputs of the research without being included in the other stages. The preferred items in education are the tombstone with the inventory number A11.MP.372 in Aizanoi, the local tale of “Fatmacık Yusufcuk “ which was collected in the Aizanoi SOKÜM Project and kinetic bird sculpture. The disciplines included are archeology, folklore and art. The reason for choosing Aizanoi for the ruins where the study was conducted is the combination of ancient and rural touches in the ruins. Aizanoi located in Phrygia Epiktetos region in ancient times with its Zeus temple, stadium theater complex, Macellum structure, Kybele sanctuary, columned street, Roman bridges, 2 baths, tombs and findings in the necropolis is an example of tangible cultural heritage. Cavdarhisar, founded on the settlement and continuing its life with the ancient buildings, exemplifies the rural texture, the way of life, the customs and the cultural codes which are transmitted from the past day by day and therefore it stands as an example of intangible cultural heritage. In this respect, it is a special cultural heritage, in which both the antique and the rural Turkish civil architectural texture and the ongoing preservation are still necessary. One of the tools and subject elements for studying cultural heritage education is the local tale of “Fatmacık Yusufcuk” which is collected in the Aizanoi Intangible Cultural Heritage project. Although the tradition of oral tales has a rooted tradition of thousands of years extending from Homer to Dede Korkut in these lands, it has also begun to bear the risk of increasing disappearance due to some negative effects of globalization, and it is also important that these local tales are collected and transmitted to future generations. © 2018, Milli Folklor Dergisi. All rights reserved.