Relevance and Application of Heritage in Contemporary Society

Pei-Lin Yu, Chen Shen, George Smith, Pei-Lin Yu, Chen Shen, George S. Smith, George Smith, Pei-Lin Yu, Chen Shen, George S. Smith

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351332965
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art General

In the contemporary world, unprecedented global events are challenging our ability to protect and enhance cultural heritage for future generations. Relevance and Application of Heritage in Contemporary Society examines innovative and flexible approaches to cultural heritage protection.

Bringing together cultural heritage scholars and activists from across the world, the volume showcases a spectrum of exciting new approaches to heritage protection, community involvement, and strategic utilization of expertise. The contributions deal with a range of highly topical issues, including armed conflict and non-state actors, as well as broad questions of public heritage, museum roles in society, heritage tourism, disputed ownership, and indigenous and local approaches. In so doing, the volume builds upon, and introduces readers to, a new cultural heritage declaration codified during a 2016 workshop at the Royal Ontario Museum, Canada.

Offering a clarion call for an enduring spirit of innovation, collaboration, education, and outreach, Relevance and Application of Heritage in Contemporary Society will be important reading for scholars, students, cultural heritage managers, and local community stakeholders.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Contributors
• 1 Balancing the Past with the Needs and Concerns of Contemporary Society
• 2 Lessons Since 2003: Protecting Cultural Heritage during Conflict
• 3 Online Public Opinion and Archaeological Heritage Conservation: A Case Study from Western Canada
• 4 Objects of the Past: Relevance of Cultural Heritage in 21st-Century Museums
• 5 What’s a Museum to Do? The Global Trade in Illegal Antiquities
• 6 Public Perception and Policy Changes of Cultural Heritage Management in China
• 7 Value and Values in Heritage Tourism from the Grand Tour to the Experience Economy
• 8 Heritage in a Changing World and Higher Education for Heritage Managers: A Pilot Program from Egypt
• 9 Higher Education and Cultural Heritage Management Programs: A Personal Perspective
• 10 Engaging “the Public” in Heritage: Which Public and Whose Heritage?
• 11 Regulating Indigenous Heritage: Impacts of Governmental Policies and Procedures on Indigenous Heritage
• 12 The New Data Makers: Indigenous Innovations in Cultural Heritage Management
• 13 Cultural Heritage Management in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities
• 14 Heritage in the Global Economy: Protecting Cultural Heritage through Nongovernmental and Voluntary Practices
• 15 Heritage, Climate Change, and Adaptation Planning
• 16 The Fusion of Law and Ethics in Cultural Heritage Management: The 21st Century Confronts Archaeology
• 17 Cultural Heritage Stewardship: Global Challenges and New Approaches for an Uncertain Future
• Appendix A: The Toronto Declaration on the Relevance and Application of Heritage in Contemporary Society, Full English Version
• Appendix B: Spanish-Language ‘Pocket’ Version of the Toronto Declaration
• Appendix C: Chinese- (Simplified) Language ‘Pocket’ Version of the Toronto Declaration
• Appendix D: French-Language ‘Pocket’ Version of the Toronto Declaration
• Appendix E: Arabic-Language ‘Pocket’ Version of the Toronto Declaration
• Index