Heritage : critical approaches /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Harrison, Rodney, 1974- (συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London and New York : Routledge, 2012.
• Θέματα: Πολιτιστική πολιτική

 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. 

 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?