Heritage studies: methods and approaches

This is the first volume specifically dedicated to the consolidation and clarification of Heritage Studies as a distinct field with its own means of investigation. It presents the range of methods that can be used and illustrates their application through case studies from different parts of the world, including the UK and USA. The challenge that the collection makes explicit is that Heritage Studies must develop a stronger recognition of the scope and nature of its data and a concise yet explorative understanding of its analytical methods. The methods considered fall within three broad catego.

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; TABLES AND TEXT BOXES; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part I SETTING THE SCENE; 1 INTRODUCTION: Making the means transparent: reasons and reflections; 2 HERITAGE STUDIES: An outline; 3 PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE EARLY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; Part II HERITAGE METHODOLOGIES: INVESTIGATING TEXTS; 4 THE HISTORY OF HERITAGE: A method in analysing legislative historiography; 5 MEANS MAKETH THE END: The context for the development of methodologies to assess the state of the historic environment in the UK.

6 METHODS USED TO INVESTIGATE THE USE OF THE PAST IN THE FORMATION OF REGIONAL IDENTITIESPart III 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: Obta.