Politics of Scale: New Directions in Critical Heritage Studies

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Tuuli Lähdesmäki, Suzie Thomas, Yujie Zhu
Berghahn Books, Jan 2, 2019 - Social Science - 190 pages

Critical Heritage Studies is a new and fast-growing interdisciplinary field of study seeking to explore power relations involved in the production and meaning-making of cultural heritage. Politics of Scale offers a global, multi- and interdisciplinary point of view to the scaled nature of heritage, and provides a theoretical discussion on scale as a social construct and a method in Critical Heritage Studies. The international contributors provide examples and debates from a range of diverse countries, discuss how heritage and scale interact in current processes of heritage meaning-making, and explore heritage-scale relationship as a domain of politics.

 

Contents

Introduction Heritage and Scale
1
Part I Scaled Conceptualization of Heritage
19
Chapter 1 Politics of Scale
21
Chapter 2 The European Significance of Heritage
36
Chapter 3 The Dynamics of Scale in Digital Heritage Cultures
50
Part II Scale in Heritage Institutions and Policies
63
Chapter 4 Managed Landscapes
65
Chapter 5 The Politics of Border Heritage
81
Chapter 6 Broadening the Scope of Heritage
95
Part III Scale in Heritage Practices
111
Chapter 7 Locals Incomers Tourists and Gold Diggers
113
Chapter 8 Becoming Mediterranean
126
Chapter 9 Tuning in to Radio Heritage in Newfoundland
140
Afterword The Politics of Scale for Intangible Cultural Heritage
156
Index
171
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About the author (2019)

Tuuli Lähdesmäki is Associate Professor of Art History at the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Lähdesmäki specializes in heritage, culture, and identity politics particularly in the context of the European Union.

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