Explores how the Nuxalk of Bella Coola, British Columbia, negotiate such complex questions as: Who owns culture? How should culture be transmitted to future generations? And more. This work is useful for scholars and students interested in questions of cultural ownership and ide…
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"This text addresses the often-overlooked practice of Allied looting. This book follows the journey of the Hungarian Crown Treasure from muddy oil drum in Austria to Fort Knox and back to Austria. Numerous lost treasures are discussed, including Raphael's Portrait of a Young Man…
"The collected essays in this volume address contemporary issues regarding the relationship between Indigenous groups and archaeologists, including the challenges of dialogue, colonialism, the difficulties of working within legislative and institutional frameworks, and NAGPRA an…
"Heritage's revival as a respected academic subject has, in part, resulted from an increased awareness and understanding of indigenous rights and non-Western philosophies and practices, and a growing respect for the intangible. Heritage has thus focused on management, tourism an…
This work focuses on the influence exerted by British, US, and Australian governments and museums on fashioning international law and museum policy in response to restitution claims. It engages one of the most challenging issues facing museum professionals, international lawyers…
This work focuses on the influence exerted by British, US, and Australian governments and museums on fashioning international law and museum policy in response to restitution claims. It engages one of the most challenging issues facing museum professionals, international lawyers…
Introduction: Refiguring digital cultural heritage and curation -- The official birth of digital data as universal heritage -- Digital data as the heritage of the modern world -- Object concepts in digital cultural heritage -- From objects to ecological formations -- Digital dat…
This is a new edition of Greenfield's pioneering study about the legal, political and historical aspects of cultural restitution.
This is a new edition of Greenfield's pioneering study about the legal, political and historical aspects of cultural restitution.
Cultural heritage, ethics and the military
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"The world reacted with horror to the images of the looting of the National Museum in Iraq in 2003 - closely followed by other museums and then, largely unchecked, or archaeological sites across the country. This outcome had been predicted by many archaeologists, with some offer…
"Climatic and Environmental Threats to Cultural Heritage examines the challenges that environmental change, both sudden and long-term, poses to the preservation of cultural material. This edited collection acknowledges the diversity of cultural heritage across collecting institu…
