Heritopia:World Heritage and modeity (Lund University Press)

by: Jes Wienberg (Author)

Publisher: Lund University Press

Publication Date: 2021/3/2

Language: English

Print Length: 336 pages

ISBN-10: 9198469932

ISBN-13: 9789198469936

Book Description

Heritopia investigates the meanings of the past in the present, focusing on Abu Simbel in Egypt and other World Heritage sites. It explores and resolves a number of paradoxes:the past is impossible to preserve for eteity; all preservation implies change; preservation of one site normally means destruction of others; threats are important in the creation of heritage, but at the same time heritage may become a threat and threats can become heritage themselves; heritage stands in contrast to modeity and is at the same time part of it; both the increase and the decrease of modeity create heritage; and finally, heritage may be global and local at the same time. Heritopia will appeal to students and professionals in heritage studies and related subjects such as archaeology, history, ethnology and museology.An electronic version of this book is available under a creative commons licence:manchesteropenhive.com/view/9789198469943/9789198469943.xml

About the Author

Heritopia investigates the meanings of the past in the present, focusing on Abu Simbel in Egypt and other World Heritage sites. It explores and resolves a number of paradoxes:the past is impossible to preserve for eteity; all preservation implies change; preservation of one site normally means destruction of others; threats are important in the creation of heritage, but at the same time heritage may become a threat and threats can become heritage themselves; heritage stands in contrast to modeity and is at the same time part of it; both the increase and the decrease of modeity create heritage; and finally, heritage may be global and local at the same time. Heritopia will appeal to students and professionals in heritage studies and related subjects such as archaeology, history, ethnology and museology.An electronic version of this book is available under a creative commons licence:manchesteropenhive.com/view/9789198469943/9789198469943.xml

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