Understanding heritage in practice / edited by Susie West.

Contributor(s):

West, Susie, 1966- [editor]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Understanding global heritagePublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press in association with the Open University, 2010.Description: xv, 340 p. : ill., map ; 25 cmContent type:

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ISBN:

9780719081545 (pbk.)
0719081548 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

363.69

Contents:

1. A history of heritage/ Susie West and Jacqueline Ansell -- 2. Heritage values/ Jorge Otero-Pailos, Jason Gaiger and Susie West -- 3. Natural heritage/ Rodney Harrison and Donal O'Donnell -- 4. Museum practice and heritage/ Tim Benton and Nicola J. Watson -- 5. Interpretation of heritage/ Susie West and Elizabeth McKellar -- 6. Heritage and tourism/ Matthew Kurtz -- 7. Heritage as social action/ Rodney Harrison -- 8. Heritage as performance/ Susie West and Marion Bowman.

Summary: "The notion that only 'official' heritage practices can successfully select and interpret heritage is being eroded by an increasingly powerful community of heritage enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. Opportunities for engaging with the past are no longer confined to guidebooks, museums and national parks as heritage tourists shape other 'official' as well as 'unofficial' heritage practices ranging from biodiversity projects and Arctic encounters to recreations of traditional dress. This book examines the opening up of heritage to new audiences and new meanings by looking beyond the ways in which heritage is offered to the ways in which heritage is valued. Jay Brown's heritage walking tours of Brixton, with their emphasis on forgotten aspects of African Caribbean heritage, show heritage to be a form of social action, both as an intervention in official heritage provision and through the community-building aspects of unofficial heritage processes. By contrast, historical re-enactments and processions construct heritage as performance, providing public displays of national pride or opposition to heritage interpretations. The book's focus on how heritage is delivered and consumed reveals how certain objects, places and practices may be considered worthy of protection and promotion, even though they may not be recognised by governments or listed on official heritage registers. Critical heritage studies speaks to the challenges that different understandings of ownership, value and significance pose for official heritage, and to the ideologies that underlie the use of heritage in keeping the past alive." -- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	363.69 UND (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000010402		Hadji Athena - Art History & Curation

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The notion that only 'official' heritage practices can successfully select and interpret heritage is being eroded by an increasingly powerful community of heritage enthusiasts and entrepreneurs. Opportunities for engaging with the past are no longer confined to guidebooks, museums and national parks as heritage tourists shape other 'official' as well as 'unofficial' heritage practices ranging from biodiversity projects and Arctic encounters to recreations of traditional dress.
This book examines the opening up of heritage to new audiences and new meanings by looking beyond the ways in which heritage is offered to the ways in which heritage is valued. Jay Brown's heritage walking tours of Brixton, with their emphasis on forgotten aspects of African Caribbean heritage, show heritage to be a form of social action, both as an intervention in official heritage provision and through the community-building aspects of unofficial heritage processes. By contrast, historical re-enactments and processions construct heritage as performance, providing public displays of national pride or opposition to heritage interpretations.
The book's focus on how heritage is delivered and consumed reveals how certain objects, places and practices may be considered worthy of protection and promotion, even though they may not be recognised by governments or listed on official heritage registers. Critical heritage studies speaks to the challenges that different understandings of ownership, value and significance pose for official heritage, and to the ideologies that underlie the use of heritage in keeping the past alive." -- Publisher's description.