Understanding heritage: perspectives in heritage studies
by UNESCO
fromHeritage studies
"Conservation of Cultural Heritage covers the methods and practices needed for future museum professionals who will be working in various capacities with museum collections and artefacts. It also assists current professionals in understanding the complex decision making processe…
Museums, ethics and cultural heritage
This title examines the performance of Nordic heritage and the shaping of the very idea of 'Norden' in diverse contexts in North America, the Baltic, and the Nordic countries and examines the importance of these places as sites for creating and preserving cultural heritage.
The performance of heritage takes place in prestigious institutions such as museums and archives, in officially sanctioned spaces such as jubilees and public monuments, but also in more mundane, ephemeral and banal cultural practices, such as naming of phenomena, viewing exhibit…
This book offers a comprehensive understanding of cultural heritage in Japan and its relationship with both domestic and international tourism. Japan has witnessed an increase in tourism, with rising visitor numbers to both established destinations and lesser known sites. This h…
In this book the author transports readers to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued the Roman philosophical text On the Nature of Things from certain oblivion. In this work he has crafted both a work of history and a story of d…