Education, Values and Ethics in International Heritage

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'As someone involved in the education of heritage professionals, and only too aware of the gulf between museums and indigenous people, I have been looking for guidance on including cultural values and awareness into university courses. This book is the answer. I recommend it to anyone wanting to engage with communities by seeing things as they do.' Conal McCarthy, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 'The relationship between museum/heritage professionals and communities and other interest groups has produced in recent times a critical literature. Education, Values and Ethics in International Heritage offers a challenge to the fields of both museum and heritage studies to put those insights into practice, particularly through the arena of student education and professional development. Whether one agrees or disagrees with the educational taxonomy developed by Jeanette Atkinson, the book nonetheless focuses attention on the need to consider and debate the ways in which critical and reflexive insights into the political nature of heritage may be put into considered and effective practice.' Laurajane Smith, The Australian National University, Australia; editor of International Journal of Heritage Studies 'Atkinson's book provides a vital and insightA-ful view of the nature and processes of cultural engagement with indigenous, ethnic and marginalized people. The value of this study is not restricted to those at work or volunteering in museums, but is important for the underA-standing of anyone seeking to better perceive and respect the heritage of people from communities outside their own.' New Zealand and Pacific Studies