Heritage: Critical Approaches

ISBN-13: 9780415591959 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 272 str.

Rodney Harrison

Opis

Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums...we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world to something which is considered to be universally cherished? And what concepts and approaches are necessary to understanding this global obsession? Over the decades, since the adoption of the World Heritage Convention, various 'crises' of definition have significantly influenced the ways in which heritage is classified, perceived and managed in contemporary global societies.

Spis treści

List of Figures  List of Tables  Preface and Acknowledgements  1. Introduction: Heritage everywhere  2. Some definitions: Heritage, modernity, materiality  3. Prehistories of World Heritage: The emergence of a concept  4. Late modernity and the heritage ‘boom’  5. Critical heritage studies and the discursive turn  6. Intangible heritage and cultural landscapes  7. Heritage, diversity and human rights  8. Heritage and the ‘problem’ of memory  9. Dialogical heritage and sustainability  10. A future for the past?  Notes  References  Index

O autorze

Rodney Harrison is a Lecturer in Museum and Heritage Studies at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He has a broad range of experience teaching, researching and working across the fields of cultural and natural heritage management in the UK, Australia and North America. Prior to his current position, he worked for the Open University, where he was responsible for teaching, research and public broadcasting in global heritage studies.