Identity and heritage : contemporary challenges in a globalized world / Peter F. Biehl [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biehl, Peter F., editor.

Series:

SpringerBriefs in archaeology. SpringerBriefs in archaeological heritage management

SpringerBriefs in Archaeology. Archaeological Heritage Management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural property--Protection.

Cultural property.

Historic sites--Conservation and restoration.

Historic sites.

Physical Description:

ix, 172 pages : illustrations, graphs ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, [Switzerland] : Springer, [ 2015]

Summary:

This book will suggest new agendas for identity and heritage studies by means of presenting contentious issues facing archaeology and heritage management in a globalized world. The book is not only present the variability of heritage objectives and experiences in the New and Old World, and opens a discussion, in a shrinking world, to look beyond national and regional contexts. If the heritage sector and archaeology are to remain relevant in our contemporary world and the near future, there are a number of questions concerning the politics, practices and narratives related to heritage and identity that must be addressed. Questions of relevance in an affluent, cosmopolitan setting are at odds with those relevant for a region emerging from civil war or ethnic strife, or a national minority battling oppression or ethnic cleansing. A premise is that heritage represents a broad scope of empirically and theoretically sound interpretations ? that heritage is a response to contemporary forces, as much as data. It is therefore necessary constantly to evaluate what is scientifically accurate as well as what is valid and relevant and what can have a contemporary impact.

Contents:

Introduction Part I. Identity and Heritage and the Public Identity and Archaeology as a Good Conceptualizing Cultural Heritage as a Part I.Introduction

1:Introduction

Part II.Identities of Heritage?from Global Publics to Local Communities

2.Archaeology as a Global Public Good and Local Identity Good

3.Conceptualizing Cultural Heritage as a Commons

4.Identity and Heritage in the Global City: the Barbican Estate, Londo

5. The Heritage Sector in a Multicultural Society: a discussion from a Swedish Perspective

6.The Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site and Transnational Heritage

7.World Heritage and Sites of Conflict: how the War on Terror is Affecting Heritage in Peshawar, Pakistan

8.Heritage Interpretation as a Conservation Tool in Mexican Archaeology: Theory and Practice

Part III.Identities of Heritage ? Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in a Globalized World,- 9.Sustainable Indigenous Heritage Management, Identity, and the Role of Archaeology: a Working Model and Case Study from Western Australia

10.Echos of the Iroquois Wars: Contested Heritage and Identity in the Ancestral Homeland of the Huron-Wendat

11.Heritage Overlooked and Under Threat: Fort Conger and the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration

12.Co-opted Heritage: Political Action, Identity, and Preservation at the Pagat Site, Guam

13.Ancient Bodies, Modern Ideologies: Bog Bodies and Identity in Denmark and Ireland

14.Heritage and Migration: the Spanish Case

15.Presenting Archaeological Heritage: Identity and Interpretation in Heritage Tourism Development and Marketing

Part V.Outlook

16.The Future Challenges of Heritage and Identity in a Globalized World.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter and index.

ISBN:

9783319096889

3319096885

OCLC:

901390324