Cultural Heritage Trail, Gor Khatri Peshawar: A Pattern of Heritage-Scape

Abstract

The research study has evaluated the cultural heritage trail complex of Gor Khatri Peshawar as a pattern of heritage scape with the interrelationship between heritage buildings, heritage managers and the local community. The arguments have been interpreted in a social setting where the heritage of bygone times thrives, authorities mediate to preserve the legacy, and residents manage their routine lives amid Gor Khatri Tehsil in the walled city of Peshawar. The study has followed a qualitative research strategy and employed semi-structured interviews and focused group discussions as research methods to collect first-hand primary data. Analysis furnished in this research work gives new insights into the opinions of authorities and the local community regarding their acknowledgement, realisation and interpretation of heritage assets. The research locale is specifically focused on the heritage trail project in the walled city of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa- a province rich in cultural heritage and historic sites but with little attention and receptiveness on the part of local citizens and society at large.