Heritage Studies: Methods and Approaches

ISBN-13: 9780415431842 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 360 str.

Sorensen M. L. S.

Opis

This volume discusses the various methods that can be used in heritage studies and illustrates their application through case studies from different parts of the world.

Recenzje

'... if you are looking for a stimulating collection of case studies that have something
to say about an almost exclusively archaeological understanding of heritage, this would be an excellent place to start.' – Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites

Spis treści

Part 1: Setting the Scene  1. Introduction: Making the Means Transparent: Reasons and Reflections 2. Heritage Studies – An Outline   3. Public Archaeology in United States in the Early Twenty-First Century Part 2: Heritage Methodologies: Investigating Texts  4. The History of Heritage: A Method in Analyzing Legislative Historiography  5. Means Maketh the End – The Context for the Development of Methodologies to Assessing the State of the Historic Environment in the UK  6. Methods Used to Investigate the Use of the Past in the Formation of Regional Identities Part 3: Heritage Methodologies: Investigating People  7. Reflections on the Practice of Ethnography Within Heritage Tourism   8. Heritage Ethnography as a Specialised Craft: Grasping Maritime Heritage in Bermuda 9. Between the Lines and in the Margins: Interviewing People About Attitudes to Heritage and Identity   10. Walking a Fine Line: Obtaining Sensitive Information Using a Valid Methodology   11. Methods for Investigating Locals’ Perceptions of a Cultural Heritage Product for Tourism: Lessons from Botswana Susan 12. The Public Archaeology of African America: Reflections on Pragmatic Methods and their Results   Part 4: Heritage Methodologies: Investigating Things  13. The Use of GIS in Landscape Heritage and Attitudes to Place-Digital Deep Maps  14. Making them Draw: The Use of Drawings in Research into Public Attitudes Towards the Past   15. The Heritagescape: Looking at Heritage Sites  16. The Intangible Presence: Investigating Battlefields Part 5: Commentaries  Commentary: the View from Social Anthropology   Commentary: The View from Environmental Psychology

O autorze

Marie Louise Stig Sørensen, John Carman