Cultural Resource Management in Contemporary Society

Perspectives on Managing and Presenting the Past
Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-11785-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 690 g

Reihe: One World Archaeology

This innovative collection of essays from an international range of contributors describes various means of preserving, protecting and presenting vital cultural resources within the context of economic development, competing claims of "ownership" of particular cultural resources, modern uses of structures and space, and other aspects of late twentieth-century life.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hatton, Alf

MacManamon, Francis P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatersoziologie, Theaterpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Interkulturelle Kommunikation & Interaktion
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kultursoziologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Preface, 1 Introduction: considering cultural resource management in modern society, 2 The future of Cameroon’s past, 3 Third World development and the threat to resource conservation: the case of Africa, 4 The protection of archaeological resources in the United States reconciling preservation with contemporary society, 5 Conflict between preservation and development in Japan: the challenges for rescue archaeologists, 6 Archaeological heritage management in Northern Ireland: challenges and solutions, 7 Now we know: the role of research in archaeological conservation practices in England, 8 Protection of the environment and the role of archaeology, 9 The World Heritage Convention in the Third World, 10 Heritage management in Rhode Island: working with diverse partners and audiences, 11 Heritage management by American Indian tribes in the Southwestern United States, 12 The Arkansas Archeological Survey: a statewide cooperative programme to preserve the past, 13 Articulation between archaeological practice and local politics in northwest Argentina, 14 Lebanon’s archaeological heritage on trial in Beirut: what future for Beirut’s past?, 15 Regional aspects of state policy relating to the protection of the cultural heritage and natural environment in the Russian Federation, 16 Documentation at Vijayanagara: an experiment in surface archaeology, 17 Following fashion: the ethics of archaeological conservation, 18 Bringing archaeology to the public: programmes in the Southwestern United States, 19 Reducing the illegal trafficking in antiquities, 20 America’s archaeological heritage: protection through education, 21 Public interpretation, education and outreach: the growing predominance in American archaeology, 22 The crisis of representation in archaeological museums, 23 Museums and the promotion of environmental understanding and heritage conservation, 24 Teaching archaeology at the Museum San Miguel de Azapa in northernmost Chile, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Alf Hatton, Francis P. MacManamon