The Oxford Handbook of Public Heritage Theory and Practice
Angela M. Labrador, "The Oxford Handbook of Public Heritage Theory and Practice "
English | ISBN: 0190676310 | 2018 | 472 pages | PDF | 10 MB
English | ISBN: 0190676310 | 2018 | 472 pages | PDF | 10 MB
The field of cultural heritage is no longer solely dependent on the expertise of art and architectural historians, archaeologists, conservators, curators, and site and museum administrators. It has dramatically expanded across disciplinary boundaries and social contexts, with even the basic definition of what constitutes cultural heritage being widened far beyond the traditional categories of architecture, artifacts, archives, and art. Heritage now includes vernacular architecture, intangible cultural practices, knowledge, and language, performances and rituals, as well as cultural landscapes. Heritage has also become increasingly entangled with the broader social, political, and economic contexts in which heritage is created, managed, transmitted, protected, or even destroyed. Heritage protection now encompasses a growing set of methodological approaches whose objectives are not necessarily focused upon the maintenance of material fabric, which has traditionally been cultural heritage's primary concern.
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