Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
World Heritage on the Ground: Ethnographic Perspectives
Christoph Brumann (Ed.)
€ 167.89
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for World Heritage on the Ground: Ethnographic Perspectives
Hardback. The UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 is a key arena for contemporary cultural and natural conservation. In case studies from across the globe, anthropologists with situated expertise in specific World Heritage sites explore the consequences of the World Heritage framework and the global spread of this heritage regime. Editor(s): Brumann, Christoph; Berliner, David. Series: EASA Series. Num Pages: 292 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: GM; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 set the contemporary standard for cultural and natural conservation. Today, a place on the World Heritage List is much sought after for tourism promotion, development funding, and national prestige. Presenting case studies from across the globe, particularly from Africa and Asia, anthropologists with situated expertise in specific World Heritage sites explore the consequences of the World Heritage framework and the global spread of the UNESCO heritage regime. This book shows how local and national circumstances interact with the global institutional framework in complex and unexpected ways. Often, the communities around World Heritage sites ... Read more
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 set the contemporary standard for cultural and natural conservation. Today, a place on the World Heritage List is much sought after for tourism promotion, development funding, and national prestige. Presenting case studies from across the globe, particularly from Africa and Asia, anthropologists with situated expertise in specific World Heritage sites explore the consequences of the World Heritage framework and the global spread of the UNESCO heritage regime. This book shows how local and national circumstances interact with the global institutional framework in complex and unexpected ways. Often, the communities around World Heritage sites ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
EASA Series
Condition
New
Weight
604g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785330919
SKU
V9781785330919
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Christoph Brumann (Ed.)
Christoph Brumann is Head of Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle, Germany, and Honorary Professor of Anthropology at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. David Berliner is Professor of Anthropology at the Universite libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
Reviews for World Heritage on the Ground: Ethnographic Perspectives
...this excellent book provides thoughtful critiques of UNESCO, state organizations, developers, and the tourist bureaus that translate and reconfigure UNESCO policies in glocalizing ways. Several chapters interrogate the category of `World Heritage' and at times seek to unsettle some of the taken-for-granted Euro-North American `humanist' and `enlightenment' ideologies that arguably underpin the UNESCO project. Whilst research into the distances between ... Read more