Construyendo colaboraciones sustentables: lecciones desde la iniciativa de Parques Hermanos de Monte Albán, Oaxaca, México
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2015
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La colaboración organizativa efectiva raramente brota de los acuerdos oficiales, la mayoría de los cuales, una vez firmados, esperan olvidados en un polvoriento archivo. En su lugar, tales relaciones surgen de una multiplicidad de interacciones y esfuerzos a diferentes niveles, pero en su núcleo basadas en contactos continuados entre el personal profesional y operativo. Los acuerdos formales, aunque útiles para legitimar y validar estos contactos, no los sustituyen. E consecuencia, cualquier propuesta para promover las relaciones a largo plazo requiere una construcción cuidadosa y el apoyo a interacciones continuas que buscan asegurar la viabilidad de proyectos concretos. Una aproximación para comprender como funciona este proceso en práctica consiste en estudiar el surgimiento de relaciones productivas como aquellas existentes entre los sitios Patrimonio Mundial de la Zona Arqueológica de Monte Albán en Oaxaca, México y (A) el Parque Nacional de Mesa Verde en Colorado, Estados Unidos de América, y (B) Uxmal en Yucatán, México. La comparación de la experiencia de crear colaboraciones a nivel nacional e internacional proporciona elementos que pueden entonces ser utilizados para diseñar otras redes o más extensas. Este trabajo busca (1) revisar los orígenes y éxitos de la Sister Parks Initiative, (2) identificar los obstáculos que deben ser resueltos por el personal de la agencia en su día a día si se desean alcanzar los objetivos establecidos por sus instituciones respectivas y (3) reconocer los obstáculos potenciales para la sostenibilidad, particularmente aquellos obstáculos relacionados con la gestión institucional a lo largo del tiempo. Desde la experiencia compartida de estos tres lugares esperamos clarificar posibles consideraciones estratégicas para determinar las posibilidades de un éxito continuo. Dos agencias gubernamentales con responsabilidades en el campo de la gestión de los recursos patrimoniales…el Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH-México) y el National Park Service (NPS- EEUU)…son actores centrales en esta evaluación. Las fuentes de información abarcan desde documentos oficiales hasta la participación en actividades principales de las dos agencias en relación con los sitios bajo consideración. Por consiguiente, nos basamos tanto en fuentes oficiales como en la experiencia personal.
Effective organizational collaboration rarely springs forth from official agreements most of which, once signed, repose forgotten in a dusty archive. Instead such relationships emerge from a multiplicity of interactions and efforts at different levels, but at heart grounded in sustained contact among professional and operational personnel. Formal agreements, while serving to legitimate and validate these contacts, are no substitute for them. Therefore any proposal to promote long-term relations requires careful construction and support of continuing interactions intended to assure the viability of specific projects. One approach to understanding how this process works in practice is to study the emergence of productive relationships such as those existing between the World Heritage Sites of the Archaeological Zone of Monte Alban in Oaxaca, Mexico, and (A) Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, United States of America and (B) Uxmal in Yucatan, Mexico Comparing national and international experience in creating collaborations provides elements that might then be used in designing other or more extensive networks. This paper seeks to (1) review the origins and accomplishments of the Sister Parks Initiative, (2) identify the challenges that must be resolved by agency staff on a daily basis if the goals established by their respective institutions are to be attained, and (3) recognize potential obstacles to sustainability, particularly those related to institutional management across time. From the shared experience of thesethree sites we hope to clarify strategic considerations likely to determine the probability of continued success. Two national government agencies with responsibilities for managing heritage resources......the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH – Mexico) and the National Park Service (NPS – United States)......are central actors in this assessment. Data sources range from official documents to participation in principal activities of the two agencies in relation to the sites under consideration. Thus we draw on eyewitness experience as well as official sources.
Effective organizational collaboration rarely springs forth from official agreements most of which, once signed, repose forgotten in a dusty archive. Instead such relationships emerge from a multiplicity of interactions and efforts at different levels, but at heart grounded in sustained contact among professional and operational personnel. Formal agreements, while serving to legitimate and validate these contacts, are no substitute for them. Therefore any proposal to promote long-term relations requires careful construction and support of continuing interactions intended to assure the viability of specific projects. One approach to understanding how this process works in practice is to study the emergence of productive relationships such as those existing between the World Heritage Sites of the Archaeological Zone of Monte Alban in Oaxaca, Mexico, and (A) Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, United States of America and (B) Uxmal in Yucatan, Mexico Comparing national and international experience in creating collaborations provides elements that might then be used in designing other or more extensive networks. This paper seeks to (1) review the origins and accomplishments of the Sister Parks Initiative, (2) identify the challenges that must be resolved by agency staff on a daily basis if the goals established by their respective institutions are to be attained, and (3) recognize potential obstacles to sustainability, particularly those related to institutional management across time. From the shared experience of thesethree sites we hope to clarify strategic considerations likely to determine the probability of continued success. Two national government agencies with responsibilities for managing heritage resources......the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia (INAH – Mexico) and the National Park Service (NPS – United States)......are central actors in this assessment. Data sources range from official documents to participation in principal activities of the two agencies in relation to the sites under consideration. Thus we draw on eyewitness experience as well as official sources.