ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|2 pages
Heritage contexts, past and present
chapter 1|15 pages
Heritage pasts and heritage presents
chapter 2|15 pages
Museum studies and heritage
chapter 7|18 pages
Understanding our encounters with heritage
chapter 9|14 pages
From monument to cultural patrimony
chapter 10|23 pages
We come from the land of the ice and snow 1
part II|2 pages
Authenticity and tourism
chapter 18|6 pages
Makeover for Mont-Saint-Michel
part III|2 pages
Emotions and materiality
chapter 24|11 pages
Huddled masses yearning to buy postcards
chapter 31|16 pages
Emotional engagement in heritage sites and museums
chapter 33|16 pages
Turkish delight
chapter 34|21 pages
‘The cliffs are not cliffs’
part IV|2 pages
Diversity and identity
chapter 36|16 pages
Gradients of alterity
chapter 37|16 pages
Museums in a global world
chapter 38|11 pages
Reflections on the Confluence Project
chapter 40|11 pages
Heritage interpretation and human rights
part V|2 pages
Participatory heritage
chapter 42|15 pages
Research on community heritage
chapter 43|15 pages
Beyond the rhetoric
chapter 44|9 pages
From representation to participation
chapter 45|22 pages
Museums, trans youth and institutional change
chapter 47|14 pages
Developing dialogue in co-produced exhibitions
part VI|2 pages
Contested histories and heritage