Five Views: An Ethnic Sites Survey for California — Celebrating Diversity and Democracy
The California Department of Parks and Recreation has published a study based on the public’s need to become more aware of California’s cultural diversity and its tangible manifestations on the land. Five Views: An Ethnic Sites Survey for California (1988) can serve as a best practice example guide for cultural and heritage monuments that celebrate diversity and democracy.
This survey was originally conceived in order to broaden the spectrum of ethnic community participation in historic preservation activities and to provide better information on ethnic history and associated sites. This information will help planners identify and evaluate ethnic properties, which have generally been under represented on historic property surveys. Most surveys record architecturally distinguished or widely known buildings, but ethnic properties are often modest structures or important because of people or events less familiar to many. Most of all, the public needed the opportunity to become more aware of California’s cultural diversity and its tangible manifestations on the land.
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