Living Development of Ecological Museums from a Cultural Ecology Perspective:A Case Study of the Bouyei Ecological Museum of Zhenshan
Cultural ecology explores the interactive relationship between culture and environment,as well as the internal inter-actions within culture,encompassing a wide range of areas such as cultural preservation,inheritance,and sustainable development.Within this framework,ecological museums serve as important carriers for cultural ecological construction,playing a crucial role in regional cultural protection and sustainable development.Unlike traditional museums,ecological museums place greater emphasis on residents'participation and highlight the integration of heritage preservation with community life.The development of ecological museums in China has evolved from early ethnic cultural villages to diversified community museums primarily based on villagers'autonomy,gradually developing various models that adapt to local culture and environment.This paper constructs a cultural ecological design system that combines the spatial characteristics of regional culture and land-scape,enabling ecological museums to find a balance between heritage preservation and modern development,thus avoiding the depletion of cultural resources and environmental degradation.Taking the Bouyei Ecological Museum of Zhenshan in Huaxi District,Guiyang City as an example,this study draws on methodologies from cultural ecology and landscape genetics to construct its cultural spatial ecological network.It proposes a holistic protection approach for the"cultural-landscape"collaborative evolution of the Bouyei Ecological Museum of Zhenshan and a dynamic path for the integrated development of"ecological museum-cultural tour-ism".Additionally,it presents design strategies for revitalizing cultural ecological spaces through design methodologies.
cultural ecologyecological museumscommunity museumsdesign systemsliving development