ABSTRACT
The investigation of heritage has become a distinct research area within the Arts and Humanities. We have come to recognise that heritage, in its many different forms, constitutes an infl uential force in society. We see it expressed, for instance, in the strong links between identity formation and heritage, in the changing valorisation of the tangible as well as intangible heritage, and the increased links between heritage and the leisure society. In response we have seen the development of Heritage Studies as an explicit area of research.
