Unique in concept and content, this book examines the relationship between the sectors that represent opposite sides of the cultural tourism coin. While tourism professionals assess cultural assets for their profit potential, cultural heritage professionals judge the same assets…
Sustainable cultural tourism can only occur when the tourism professionals & the cultural heritage professionals form a true partnership based on understanding & appreciation of each other's merits. This book combines the different perspectives & develops a number of conceptual …
Conflicting and competing claims over the actual and imagined use of land and seascapes are exacerbated on islands with high population density. The management of culture and heritage is particularly tested in island environments where space is finite and the population struggle…
Part I. Bridging Nature and Culture:1. Conservation of World Heritage and community engagement in a transboundary Biosphere Reserve: Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Senegal. 2. Community engagement in safeguarding the world's largest reef: Great Barrier Reef, Australia. 3. Livin…
"The case studies describe twenty-six thematically, typologically and regionally diverse World Heritage sites illustrating their benefits to local communities and ecosystems and sharing the lessons learned with the diverse range of stakeholders involved. The volume emphasises a …
This thematic collection of 26 case studies provides a thorough understanding of World Heritage in the context of sustainable development.
Looks at the benefits and burdens of the past, how we study the past, and how we change it.
This book challenges cherished assumptions about the practice of archaeology and the shaping and implications of interpretation. Drawing on recent work in the Americas, Australia, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, the authors show how the past is understood in the present and h…
Collection of essays that consider archaeology as a global project that must attend to the cultural, political, and historical specificity of archaeological sites, while also taking into account transnational questions of human rights and heritage preserv.
The Crocker lab -- A world of painted books -- Early doubts -- Sotheby's of London -- The Getty -- Sloan ranger -- Nights in the gardens of Coyoacán -- A mysterious affidavit -- Seville -- Christie's of New York -- El Palacio del Marqués -- Librería Zócalo -- An Internet posting…
How do we do justice to art when we treat it not as a discrete European or other regional tradition, but as a worldwide phenomenon with a long history? These essays explore the conflict between the need to compress and the desire to express the worlds art. All those who work wit…
The author explores the agency of display in a variety of settings: museums, festivals, world's fairs, historical re-creations, memorials, and tourist attractions. She talks about how objects - and people - are made to perform their meaning for us by the very fact of being colle…
Levstik and Barton focus primarily on how children and teachers think, and the implications for methodology. Coverage includes such topics as narrative as a primary act of mind, the relationship between historical response and narrative, the sense of history, visualization of ti…
"The influence of digital media on the cultural heritage sector has been pervasive and profound. Today museums are reliant on new technology to manage their collections. They collect digital as well as material objects. New media is embedded within their exhibition spaces. And t…
