Routledge Studies in Heritage
Industrial Heritage Sites in Transformation: Clash of Discourses
1st Edition
Edited
By Harald A. Mieg, Heike Oevermann
December 18, 2017
The management of industrial heritage sites requires rethinking in the context of urban change, and the issue of how to balance protection, preservation/conservation, and development becomes all the more crucial as industrial heritage sites grow in number. This brings into play new challenges—not ...
The Making of Heritage: Seduction and Disenchantment
1st Edition
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By Camila Del Marmol, Marc Morell, Jasper Chalcraft
December 18, 2017
This volume explores the process of heritage making and its relation to the production of touristic places, examining several case studies around the world. Most existing literature on heritage and tourism centers either on its managerial aspects, the tourist experience, or issues related to ...
Corporate Responsibility for Cultural Heritage: Conservation, Sustainable Development, and Corporate Reputation
1st Edition
By Fiona Starr
May 31, 2017
This book examines the relationship between two divergent fields – corporate activity and heritage conservation – linking the financing of conservation and its benefits with the corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals of the private sector. Through discussion of physical conservation, benefits ...
Cultural Heritage and Prisoners of War: Creativity Behind Barbed Wire
1st Edition
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By Gilly Carr, Harold Mytum
May 24, 2017
This book focuses on the numerous examples of creativity produced by POWs and civilian internees during their captivity, including: paintings, cartoons, craftwork, needlework, acting, musical compositions, magazine and newspaper articles, wood carving, and recycled Red Cross tins turned into plates...
Intangible Natural Heritage: New Perspectives on Natural Objects
1st Edition
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By Eric Dorfman
February 05, 2015
The topic of intangible natural heritage is new, recently emerging as an important subject of inquiry. It describes the untouchable elements of the environment that combine to create natural objects, and help define our relationship to them. These elements can be sensory, like auditory landscapes, ...
International Heritage and Historic Building Conservation: Saving the World’s Past
1st Edition
By Zeynep Aygen
November 10, 2014
The majority of books in English on historic building conservation and heritage preservation training are often restricted to Western architecture and its origins. Consequently, the history of building conservation, the study of contemporary paradigms and case studies in most universities and ...