Global Heritage -

Global Heritage

A Reader

Lynn Meskell (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
288 Seiten
2015
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-118-76886-0 (ISBN)
96,09 inkl. MwSt
Examines the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of heritage research and practice, and the underlying international politics of protecting cultural and natural resources around the globe.



Focuses on ethnographic and embedded perspectives, as well as a commitment to ethical engagement
Appeals to a broad audience, from archaeologists to heritage professionals, museum curators to the general public
The contributors comprise an outstanding team, representing some of the most prominent scholars in this broad field, with a combination of senior and emerging scholars, and an emphasis on international contributions

Lynn Meskell is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Archaeology Center at Stanford University. Before coming to Stanford in 2005 she was Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. She is Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Some of her recent books and edited collections include Cosmopolitan Archaeologies (2009) and The Nature of Culture: The New South Africa (Blackwell, 2011). Her new research focuses on the role of UNESCO in terms of heritage rights, sovereignty and international politics.

Notes on Contributors viii

Introduction: Globalizing Heritage 1
Lynn Meskell

1 UNESCO and New World Orders 22
Lynn Meskell and Christoph Brumann

2 Neoliberalism, Heritage Regimes, and Cultural Rights 43
Rosemary J. Coombe and Lindsay M. Weiss

3 Civil Societies? Heritage Diplomacy and Neo-Imperialism 70
Morag M. Kersel and Christina Luke

4 Bridging Cultural and Natural Heritage 94
Denis Byrne and Gro Birgit Ween

5 Communities and Ethics in the Heritage Debates 112
Chip Colwell and Charlotte Joy

6 Heritage Management and Conservation: From Colonization to Globalization 131
Webber Ndoro and Gamini Wijesuriya

7 Heritage and Violence 150
Alfredo González-Ruibal and Martin Hall

8 Urban Heritage and Social Movements 171
Chiara De Cesari and Michael Herzfeld

9 Sustainable Development: Heritage, Community, Economics 196
Sophia Labadi and Peter G. Gould

10 Transnationalism and Heritage Development 217
Kathryn Lafrenz Samuels and Ian Lilley

11 Heritage and Tourism 240
Noel B. Salazar and Yujie Zhu

Index 259

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.6.2015
Reihe/Serie Blackwell Readers in Anthropology
Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 175 x 252 mm
Gewicht 594 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Hilfswissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 1-118-76886-8 / 1118768868
ISBN-13 978-1-118-76886-0 / 9781118768860
Zustand Neuware
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