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Baird, M: Critical Theory and the Anthropology of Heritage: Cultural Heritage Studies

Autor Melissa F. Baird
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 noi 2017
"Cutting-edge. Builds on innovative fieldwork across three continents to offer a sophisticated take on the political and cultural complexities of landscapes exploited by resource-extraction industries."--Laurajane Smith, author ofUses of Heritage"An engaging overview of how large multinational companies use the concept of heritage to reposition their work within discourses about environmental sustainability and resilience."--Paul Lane, coeditor ofThe Oxford Handbook of African ArchaeologyThis book explores the sociopolitical contexts of heritage landscapes and the many issues that emerge when different interest groups attempt to gain control over them. Based on career-spanning case studies undertaken by the author, this book looks at sites with deep indigenous histories. Melissa Baird pays special attention to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the Burrup Peninsula along the Pilbara Coast in Australia, the Altai Mountains of northwestern Mongolia, and Prince William Sound in Alaska. For many communities, landscapes such as these have long been associated with cultural identity and memories of important and difficult events, as well as with political struggles related to nation-state boundaries, sovereignty, and knowledge claims.
Drawing on the emerging field of critical heritage theory and the concept of "resource frontiers," Baird shows how these landscapes are sites of power and control and are increasingly used to promote development and extractive agendas. As a result, heritage landscapes face social and ecological crises such as environmental degradation, ecological disasters, and structural violence. She describes how heritage experts, industries, government representatives, and descendant groups negotiate the contours and boundaries of these contested sites and recommends ways such conversations can better incorporate a critical engagement with indigenous knowledge and agency.
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ISBN-13: 9780813056562
ISBN-10: 081305656X
Pagini: 176
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: University Press of Florida
Seria Cultural Heritage Studies