ABSTRACT
Heritage, in the sense of a culture worth preserving for future generations, can never be regarded as a static concept. The extent to which heritage issues are highly volatile can be seen in many countries that are undergoing rapid political or social change. For example, huge statues of Lenin and monolithic Stalinist palaces of culture formed an important part of the heritage of most east European countries until their recent removal. There is nothing new about this phenomenon. What it illustrates, as argued in earlier chapters, is the degree to which we are highly selective about what constitutes heritage, and the extent to which the heritage of some periods of history, or some groups of participants, is seen as more important than the heritage of others.
