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Culture, Heritage and Representation
Perspectives on Visuality and the Past
Av Steve Watson, Emma Waterton
Häftad, 2016
921 kr
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The 'visual' has long played a crucial role in forming experiences, associations, expectations and understandings of heritage. Images convey meaning within a range of practices, including tourism, identity construction, the popularization of the past through a variety of media, and the …
Amusement Park
History, Culture and the Heritage of Pleasure
Av Jason Wood
Häftad, 2018
747 kr
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Jason Wood is Director of Heritage Consultancy Services, Lancaster, UK, and former Professor of Cultural Heritage at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
Murals and Tourism
Heritage, Politics and Identity
Av Jonathan Skinner, Lee Jolliffe
Häftad, 2019
747 kr
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Around the world, tourists are drawn to visit murals painted on walls. Whether heritage asset, legacy leftover, or contested art space, the mural is more than a simple tourist attraction or accidental aspect of tourism material culture. They express something about the politics, heritage and …
Ireland's Heritages
Critical Perspectives on Memory and Identity
Inbunden, 2005
2578 kr
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This book is the first sustained attempt to incorporate critical scholarship and thought at the cutting edge of contemporary geography, history and archaeology into the burgeoning field of Irish heritage studies. It seeks to illustrate the validity of multiple depictions of the Irish past, showing …
Senses of Place: Senses of Time
Av G.J. Ashworth, Brian Graham
Inbunden, 2005
2504 kr
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Bringing together case studies from Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany and Mexico, this book examines the link between senses of place and senses of time. It suggests that not only do place identities change through time, but imagined pasts also provide resources which the present selects …
(Dis)Placing Empire
Renegotiating British Colonial Geographies
Av Michael M. Roche, Lindsay J. Proudfoot
Inbunden, 2005
2578 kr
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While there has been for the past two decades a lively and extensive academic debate about postcolonial representations of imperialism and colonialism, there has been little work which focuses on 'placed' materialist or critical geographical perspectives. The contributors to this volume offer such …
Preservation, Tourism and Nationalism
The Jewel of the German Past
Av Joshua Hagen
Inbunden, 2006
2504 kr
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Since its discovery by German romantics and nationalists, Rothenburg has been an established icon of the German nation and its medieval past. By tracing Rothenburg's historical development as a place of national importance, this book examines the cultural politics of historical preservation and …
Tradition, Culture and Development in Africa
Historical Lessons for Modern Development Planning
Av Ambe J Njoh
Inbunden, 2006
2504 kr
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The fact that Africa continues to lag behind all regions of the world on every indicator of development is hardly contentious. However, there is fierce debate on why this should be the case, despite national and international efforts to reverse this situation. While this book does not attempt to …
Living Ruins, Value Conflicts
Inbunden, 2008
2504 kr
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Using monuments and ruins by way of illustration, this fascinating book examines the symbolic, ideological, geographical and aesthetic importance of Greek classical iconography for the Western world. It examines how classical Greek monuments are simultaneously perceived as sublime national symbols …
Southeast Asian Culture and Heritage in a Globalising World
Diverging Identities in a Dynamic Region
Inbunden, 2009
2578 kr
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Southeast Asia has in recent years become a crossroads of cultures with high levels of ethnic pluralism, not only between countries, sub-regions and urban areas, but also at the local levels of community and neighbourhood. Illustrated by a series of international case studies, this book …
Unquiet Pasts
Risk Society, Lived Cultural Heritage, Re-designing Reflexivity
Av Stephanie Koerner, Ian Russell
Inbunden, 2010
2578 kr
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This important book addresses critical themes in the development of archaeology as a reflexive, self-critical discipline in the modern world. It explores the ethical, political and cultural tensions and responsibilities which need to be addressed by archaeologists when working within networks of …
Culture, Heritage and Representation
Perspectives on Visuality and the Past
Av Steve Watson, Emma Waterton
Inbunden, 2010
2504 kr
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The 'visual' has long played a crucial role in forming experiences, associations, expectations and understandings of heritage. Images convey meaning within a range of practices, including tourism, identity construction, the popularization of the past through a variety of media, and the …
Local Heritage, Global Context
Cultural Perspectives on Sense of Place
Av Rosy Szymanski, John Schofield
Inbunden, 2010
2504 kr
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'Sense of place' has become a familiar phrase, used to describe emotional attachment to a particular location. As heritage management policy and practices increasingly attempt to draw on the views and expressions of interest amongst local communities, it is important to have a better grasp of what …
World Heritage, Tourism and Identity
Inscription and Co-production
Av Laurent Bourdeau, Maria Gravari-Barbas m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
970 kr
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The remarkable success of the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage is borne out by the fact that nearly 1,000 properties have now been designated as possessing Outstanding Universal Value and recognition given to the imperative for their …
World Heritage, Tourism and Identity
Inscription and Co-production
Av Laurent Bourdeau, Maria Gravari-Barbas m. fl.
E-bok, 2016
970 kr
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The remarkable success of the 1972 UNESCO Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage is borne out by the fact that nearly 1,000 properties have now been designated as possessing Outstanding Universal Value and recognition given to the imperative for their …
Dynamics of Heritage
History, Memory and the Highland Clearances
Häftad, 2016
849 kr
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There has been much academic interest in the role of museums as places where understanding of the past is shaped and legitimised for a wide and increasingly diverse public. This book focuses on the museum representations of the Highland Clearances - a much neglected aspect of one of the most …
Making of a Cultural Landscape
The English Lake District as Tourist Destination, 1750-2010
Häftad, 2016
874 kr
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For centuries, the English Lake District has been renowned as an important cultural, sacred and literary landscape. It is therefore surprising that there has so far been no in-depth critical examination of the Lake District from a tourism and heritage perspective. Bringing together leading writers …
Local Heritage, Global Context
Cultural Perspectives on Sense of Place
Av Rosy Szymanski, John Schofield
Häftad, 2016
907 kr
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'Sense of place' has become a familiar phrase, used to describe emotional attachment to a particular location. As heritage management policy and practices increasingly attempt to draw on the views and expressions of interest amongst local communities, it is important to have a better grasp of what …
Senses of Place: Senses of Time
Av G.J. Ashworth, Brian Graham
Häftad, 2016
849 kr
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Bringing together case studies from Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany and Mexico, this book examines the link between senses of place and senses of time. It suggests that not only do place identities change through time, but imagined pasts also provide resources which the present selects …
Living Ruins, Value Conflicts
Häftad, 2016
934 kr
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Using monuments and ruins by way of illustration, this fascinating book examines the symbolic, ideological, geographical and aesthetic importance of Greek classical iconography for the Western world. It examines how classical Greek monuments are simultaneously perceived as sublime national symbols …
Ireland's Heritages
Critical Perspectives on Memory and Identity
Häftad, 2017
747 kr
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This book is the first sustained attempt to incorporate critical scholarship and thought at the cutting edge of contemporary geography, history and archaeology into the burgeoning field of Irish heritage studies. It seeks to illustrate the validity of multiple depictions of the Irish past, showing …
Tradition, Culture and Development in Africa
Historical Lessons for Modern Development Planning
Av Ambe J Njoh
Häftad, 2016
849 kr
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The fact that Africa continues to lag behind all regions of the world on every indicator of development is hardly contentious. However, there is fierce debate on why this should be the case, despite national and international efforts to reverse this situation. While this book does not attempt to …
Cultural Heritage of the Great War in Britain
Häftad, 2016
874 kr
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As the hundredth anniversary approaches, it is timely to reflect not only upon the Great War itself and on the memorials which were erected to ensure it did not slip from national consciousness, but also to reflect upon its rich and substantial cultural legacy. This book examines the heritage of …
Southeast Asian Culture and Heritage in a Globalising World
Diverging Identities in a Dynamic Region
Häftad, 2016
874 kr
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Southeast Asia has in recent years become a crossroads of cultures with high levels of ethnic pluralism, not only between countries, sub-regions and urban areas, but also at the local levels of community and neighbourhood. Illustrated by a series of international case studies, this book …
(Dis)Placing Empire
Renegotiating British Colonial Geographies
Av Michael M. Roche, Lindsay J. Proudfoot
Häftad, 2017
874 kr
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While there has been for the past two decades a lively and extensive academic debate about postcolonial representations of imperialism and colonialism, there has been little work which focuses on 'placed' materialist or critical geographical perspectives. The contributors to this volume offer such …
Unquiet Pasts
Risk Society, Lived Cultural Heritage, Re-designing Reflexivity
Av Stephanie Koerner, Ian Russell
Häftad, 2016
874 kr
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This important book addresses critical themes in the development of archaeology as a reflexive, self-critical discipline in the modern world. It explores the ethical, political and cultural tensions and responsibilities which need to be addressed by archaeologists when working within networks of …
Bosnia and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage
Av Helen Walasek, contributions by Richard Carlton m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
770 kr
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The massive intentional destruction of cultural heritage during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War targeting a historically diverse identity provoked global condemnation and became a seminal marker in the discourse on cultural heritage. It prompted an urgent reassessment of how cultural property could be …
Building a World Heritage City
Sanaa, Yemen
Häftad, 2017
874 kr
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The conservation of old Sanaa is a major cultural heritage initiative that began in the 1980's under the auspices of UNESCO; it continues today, led by local agencies and actors. In contrast to other parts of the world where conservation was introduced at a later date to remediate the effects of …
World Heritage Sites and Tourism
Global and Local Relations
Av Laurent Bourdeau, Maria Gravari-Barbas m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
747 kr
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Not all World Heritage Sites have people living within or close by their boundaries, but many do. The designation of World Heritage status brings a new dimension to the functioning of local communities and particularly through tourism. Too many tourists accentuated by the World Heritage label, or …
Heritage, Conservation and Communities
Engagement, participation and capacity building
Av Gill Chitty
Häftad, 2018
747 kr
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Public participation and local community involvement have taken centre stage in heritage practice in recent decades. In contrast with this established position in wider heritage work, public engagement with conservation practice is less well developed. The focus here is on conservation as the …
