VisProcH - Visual Reasoning Process for Heritage Valuation

Abstract

This article describes the methodology that results in a visual reasoning process for heritage valuation, which has been based on a descriptive modeling process and have characterized three levels: meta-, analysis and operational. The proposed approach is not only about heritage but the complex relationship between people and heritage. The agents are the protagonists in the process, along with heritage; they give value to the testimonies of past life and imbue them with meaning. The hypothesis of this research argues that a visual reasoning process for heritage valuation allows people involved in the process to initiate an interaction with a heritage and to build its mental image to reach certain conclusions regarding its value and meaning. Therefore, this approach of a visual reasoning process is used to detect changes in value of heritage and its polyhedral dimension in spatial and temporal terms. The proposed process enables potential agents to be actively involved in their own heritage valuation.