The aim of the Congress organized in 2012 in Merida (Yucatan, Mexico), and the publication that arises from it, is to present different case studies on the management of the Mexican heritage from the reflective, rather than descriptive, point of view, as well as providing an analysis of the anthropological perspectives on heritage and cultural tourism-related aspects, the use of spaces, and arguable abuse of certain sites, and technologies applied to the dissemination of heritage' from different periods."