Abstract

Cold War legacies pose significant challenges for heritage management and interpretation at landscape scale. This paper explores an area where management and interpretation overlap, in terms of how postcolonial attitudes usually require something to be done with these sites. We argue that this need not be the case and that a ‘rest state’ can be an important stage in a site’s lifecycle. We focus in particular on United States Ground-launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) sites, of which six were built across Europe. All six are reminiscent of more conventional industrial sites co-located with their occupational communities yet they also exist as homes from home on gifted foreign soil typically occupying large areas. By examining these comparable sites at different stages of their heritage itineraries, we test the validity of some new interpretive and heritage management concepts including, if not leading towards, a rest state.

摘要

冷战遗产对景观规模的遗产管理和解释提出了重大挑战。本文探讨了管理和解释重叠的领域，即后殖民态度通常如何要求对这些网站进行一些处理。我们认为情况不一定如此，“休息状态”可能是站点生命周期中的一个重要阶段。我们特别关注美国陆基巡航导弹 (GLCM) 基地，其中六个基地建在欧洲各地。所有六个都让人想起与其职业社区位于同一地点的更传统的工业场所，但它们也作为家外之家存在于通常占据大片土地的得天独厚的外国土地上。通过在遗产行程的不同阶段检查这些可比较的地点，