ABSTRACT
From the earliest conservation attempts to the modern day heritage movement the scope and understanding of heritage has increased and evolved to include ever more aspects of history and culture. The cultural rights of religious and ethnic minorities and Indigenous peoples all around the globe are beginning to receive due attention as are alternate ways of defining heritage. The creation of the Burra Charter (ICOMOS 2007) expanded the Eurocentric and tangible heritage focused concept of “authenticity” to include ideas and issues stemming from Asian perspectives. The Global Strategy launched by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) built upon previous definitions of heritage to include a variety of new themes in areas which were not traditionally thought of as heritage, such as industrial sites. Yet despite this trend towards a democratization of heritage, one major factor has been continuously overlooked: gender.
