A Museum Studies Approach to Heritage
1st Edition
Published on 18. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
902 pages
978-1-138-95092-4 (ISBN)
Description
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 far, focused on management, tourism and the traditionally 'heritage-minded' disciplines, such as archaeology, geography, and social and cultural theory. Widening the scope of international heritage studies, A Museum Studies Approach to Heritage explores heritage through new areas of knowledge, including emotion and affect, the politics of dissent, migration, and intercultural and participatory dimensions of heritage.
Drawing on a range of disciplines and the best from established sources, the book includes writing not typically recognised as 'heritage', but which, nevertheless, makes a valuable contribution to the debate about what heritage is, what it can do, and how it works and for whom. Including heritage perspectives from beyond the professional sphere, the book serves as a reminder that heritage is not just an academic concern, but a deeply felt and keenly valued public and private practice. This blending of traditional topics and emerging trends, established theory and concepts from other disciplines offers readers international views of the past and future of this growing field.
A Museum Studies Approach to Heritage offers a wider, more current and more inclusive overview of issues and practices in heritage and its intersection with museums. As such, the book will be essential reading for postgraduate students of heritage and museum studies. It will also be of great interest to academics, practitioners and anyone else who is interested in how we conceptualise and use the past.
Drawing on a range of disciplines and the best from established sources, the book includes writing not typically recognised as 'heritage', but which, nevertheless, makes a valuable contribution to the debate about what heritage is, what it can do, and how it works and for whom. Including heritage perspectives from beyond the professional sphere, the book serves as a reminder that heritage is not just an academic concern, but a deeply felt and keenly valued public and private practice. This blending of traditional topics and emerging trends, established theory and concepts from other disciplines offers readers international views of the past and future of this growing field.
A Museum Studies Approach to Heritage offers a wider, more current and more inclusive overview of issues and practices in heritage and its intersection with museums. As such, the book will be essential reading for postgraduate students of heritage and museum studies. It will also be of great interest to academics, practitioners and anyone else who is interested in how we conceptualise and use the past.
Reviews / Votes
"This new edition of People of the Earth continues the highly authoritative and well-written coverage of Brian Fagan's thorough and accessible introduction to global (pre)history. Now with coauthor Nadia Durrani, the volume captures our humanity's identity through deep time and our earthly space in a factual narrative readily intelligible to a broad readership. From our human origins 7 million years ago to the Shang Dynasty of China, we are taken on a time-traveling machine with numerous layovers, surprises and counterintuitive storylines."Vernon L. Scarborough, University of Cincinnati, USA
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
24 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 5 s/w Zeichnungen, 3 s/w Tabellen
3 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white; 24 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 43 mm
Weight
1996 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-95092-4 (9781138950924)
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A Museum Studies Approach to Heritage
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10/2018
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Persons
Sheila Watson is an Associate Professor and Director of the MA/MSc in Heritage and Interpretation by Distance Learning in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, UK.
Amy Jane Barnes is Research Associate in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester, UK, a University Teacher at Loughborough University, UK, and an affiliate of King's College London.
Katy Bunning is a Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, UK.
Amy Jane Barnes is Research Associate in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester, UK, a University Teacher at Loughborough University, UK, and an affiliate of King's College London.
Katy Bunning is a Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, UK.
Content
Introduction
Part I: Heritage contexts, past and present
Introduction to Part I
Heritage pasts and heritage presents: temporality, meaning and the scope of heritage studies
Museum studies and heritage: independent museums and the 'heritage debate' in the UK
People [extracts]
The crisis of cultural authority
Editorials: History Workshop Journal
Hybrids
Understanding our encounters with heritage: the value of "historical consciousness"
Weighing up intangible heritage: A view from Ise
From monument to cultural patrimony: the concepts and practices of heritage in Mexico
We come from the land of the ice and snow: Icelandic heritage and its usage in present-day society
Por la encendida calle antillana: Africanisms and Puerto Rican architecture
Iconoclash in the age of heritage [extracts]
Part II: Authenticity and tourism
Introduction to Part II
13. Touring the slave route: inaccurate authenticities in Benin, West Africa
14. Steampunking heritage: how Steampunk artists reinterpret museum collections
15. Why fakes?
16. The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction
17. After authenticity at an American heritage site
18. Makeover for Mont-Saint-Michel: a renovation project harnesses the power of the sea to preserve one of the world's most iconic islands
19. Resonance and wonder
20. 'Introduction' to In Search of Authenticity: The Formation of Folklore Studies
Part III: Emotions and materiality
Introduction to Part III
21. Invoking affect
22. The archaeology of mind [extracts]
23. "The trophies of their wars": affect and encounter at the Canadian War Museum
24. Huddled masses yearning to buy postcards: the politics of producing heritage at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island National Monument
25. The Holocaust and the museum world in Britain: a study of ethnography
26. Senses of place, senses of time and heritage
27. Making heritage pay in the Rainbow Nation
28. The concept and its varieties
29. Materiality matters: experiencing the displayed object
30. Concepts of identity and difference
31. Emotional engagement in heritage sites and museums: ghosts of the past and imagination in the present
32. The Third World
33. Turkish delight: Antonio Gala's La pasion turca as a vision of Spain's contested Islamic heritage
34. 'The cliffs are not the cliffs': The cliffs of Dover and national identities in Britain, c.1750 - c.1950
Part IV: Diversity and identity
Introduction to Part IV
35. Museums as intercultural spaces
36. Gradients of alterity: museums and the negotiation of cultural difference in contemporary Norway
37. Museums in a global world: a conversation on museums, heritage, nation and diversity in a transnational age
38. Reflections on the Confluence Project: assimilation, sustainability, and the perils of a shared heritage
39. Ethnic heritage for the nation: debating 'identity museums' on the National Mall
40. Heritage interpretation and human rights: documenting diversity, expressing identity, or establishing universal principles?
41. Un-placed heritage: making identity through fashion
Part V: Participatory heritage
Introduction to Part V
42. Research on community heritage: Moving from collaborative research to participatory and co-designed research practice
43. Beyond the rhetoric: negotiating the politics and realising the potential of community-driven heritage engagement
44. From representation to participation: inclusive practices, co-curating and the voice of the protagonists in some Italian migration museums
45. Museums, trans youth and institutional change: transforming heritage institutions through collaborative practice
46. Embrace the margins: adventures in archaeology and homelessness
47. Developing dialogue in co-produced exhibitions: between rhetoric, intentions and realities
48. Community engagement, curatorial practice and museum ethos in Alberta, Canada
Part VI: Contested histories and heritage
Introduction to Part VI
49. Contested townscapes: the walled city as world heritage
50. Reassembling Nuremberg, reassembling heritage.
51. Can there be a conciliatory heritage?
52. Palimpsest memoryscapes: materializing and mediating war and peace in Sierra Leone
53. Representing the China Dream: A case study in revolutionary cultural heritage
54. Contested trans-national heritage: the demolition of Changi Prison, Singapore
55. The politics of community heritage: motivations, authority and control
56. "To make the dry bones live": Amedee Forestier's Glastonbury Lake Village
57. 'Introduction' to Contested Landscapes: Movement, Exile and Place
58. Sensuous (re)collections: the sight and taste of socialism at Grutas Statue Park, Lithuania
Index
Part I: Heritage contexts, past and present
Introduction to Part I
Heritage pasts and heritage presents: temporality, meaning and the scope of heritage studies
Museum studies and heritage: independent museums and the 'heritage debate' in the UK
People [extracts]
The crisis of cultural authority
Editorials: History Workshop Journal
Hybrids
Understanding our encounters with heritage: the value of "historical consciousness"
Weighing up intangible heritage: A view from Ise
From monument to cultural patrimony: the concepts and practices of heritage in Mexico
We come from the land of the ice and snow: Icelandic heritage and its usage in present-day society
Por la encendida calle antillana: Africanisms and Puerto Rican architecture
Iconoclash in the age of heritage [extracts]
Part II: Authenticity and tourism
Introduction to Part II
13. Touring the slave route: inaccurate authenticities in Benin, West Africa
14. Steampunking heritage: how Steampunk artists reinterpret museum collections
15. Why fakes?
16. The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction
17. After authenticity at an American heritage site
18. Makeover for Mont-Saint-Michel: a renovation project harnesses the power of the sea to preserve one of the world's most iconic islands
19. Resonance and wonder
20. 'Introduction' to In Search of Authenticity: The Formation of Folklore Studies
Part III: Emotions and materiality
Introduction to Part III
21. Invoking affect
22. The archaeology of mind [extracts]
23. "The trophies of their wars": affect and encounter at the Canadian War Museum
24. Huddled masses yearning to buy postcards: the politics of producing heritage at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island National Monument
25. The Holocaust and the museum world in Britain: a study of ethnography
26. Senses of place, senses of time and heritage
27. Making heritage pay in the Rainbow Nation
28. The concept and its varieties
29. Materiality matters: experiencing the displayed object
30. Concepts of identity and difference
31. Emotional engagement in heritage sites and museums: ghosts of the past and imagination in the present
32. The Third World
33. Turkish delight: Antonio Gala's La pasion turca as a vision of Spain's contested Islamic heritage
34. 'The cliffs are not the cliffs': The cliffs of Dover and national identities in Britain, c.1750 - c.1950
Part IV: Diversity and identity
Introduction to Part IV
35. Museums as intercultural spaces
36. Gradients of alterity: museums and the negotiation of cultural difference in contemporary Norway
37. Museums in a global world: a conversation on museums, heritage, nation and diversity in a transnational age
38. Reflections on the Confluence Project: assimilation, sustainability, and the perils of a shared heritage
39. Ethnic heritage for the nation: debating 'identity museums' on the National Mall
40. Heritage interpretation and human rights: documenting diversity, expressing identity, or establishing universal principles?
41. Un-placed heritage: making identity through fashion
Part V: Participatory heritage
Introduction to Part V
42. Research on community heritage: Moving from collaborative research to participatory and co-designed research practice
43. Beyond the rhetoric: negotiating the politics and realising the potential of community-driven heritage engagement
44. From representation to participation: inclusive practices, co-curating and the voice of the protagonists in some Italian migration museums
45. Museums, trans youth and institutional change: transforming heritage institutions through collaborative practice
46. Embrace the margins: adventures in archaeology and homelessness
47. Developing dialogue in co-produced exhibitions: between rhetoric, intentions and realities
48. Community engagement, curatorial practice and museum ethos in Alberta, Canada
Part VI: Contested histories and heritage
Introduction to Part VI
49. Contested townscapes: the walled city as world heritage
50. Reassembling Nuremberg, reassembling heritage.
51. Can there be a conciliatory heritage?
52. Palimpsest memoryscapes: materializing and mediating war and peace in Sierra Leone
53. Representing the China Dream: A case study in revolutionary cultural heritage
54. Contested trans-national heritage: the demolition of Changi Prison, Singapore
55. The politics of community heritage: motivations, authority and control
56. "To make the dry bones live": Amedee Forestier's Glastonbury Lake Village
57. 'Introduction' to Contested Landscapes: Movement, Exile and Place
58. Sensuous (re)collections: the sight and taste of socialism at Grutas Statue Park, Lithuania
Index