Re-imagining Heritage Interpretation

Russell Staiff holds a PhD in art history from the University of Melbourne where he was the foundation lecturer in the postgraduate visual arts and tourism program. He began his life in heritage and tourism as a tour guide in Italy. Currently, he teaches in the heritage and tourism program at the University of Western Sydney and Silpakorn University, Bangkok. He researches the various intersections between cultural heritage, communities and tourism with a particular emphasis on Southeast Asia.

Chapter 1 Prologue: the known, the unknown and other ruminations; Chapter 1a Anecdotes and observations; Chapter 2 Tilden: beyond resurrection; Chapter 3 The somatic and the aesthetic: embodied heritage experiences; Chapter 4 Visual cultures: imagining and knowing through looking; Chapter 5 Narratives and narrativity: the story is the thing; Chapter 6 Digital media and social networking; Chapter 7 Conversing across cultures; Chapter 8 Enchantment, wonder and other raptures: imaginings outside didacticism;