Cultural Heritage and Human Rights

2007. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-71312-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1060 g

In today’s world, there seems to be no corner of the world that has not been affected by globalization – for good and for bad. While the world becomes more hegemonized socially and culturally, local communities are fighting to preserve their way of life as part of their heritage. Travel and cultural institutions use this “uniqueness” to promote travel and tourism; and while this brings in revenue and exposure, cultural heritage sites that were preserved by virtue of their isolation are now being severely damaged and even destroyed. At the same time, there is a growing awareness that while this unique heritage is used to define a community, society or nation, it also can be a basis for conflict.

The volume addresses a deeply political aspect of heritage preservation and management as it relates to human rights. Social and community advocates assert that heritage is necessary for the articulation and preservation of cultural identity. The display of heritage monuments and performance can be a strategy for asserting minority identity in the face of majority pressure – as well as a tool for resistance and the expression of difference.

Conversely, the erasure of cultural expressions—such as buildings, monuments, language, religion, and social practices—is a powerful tool in warfare and political regulation. In the assault on human lives and political autonomy, the cultural history and values of a community are also attacked, destroying not only individuals but the very fabric of society.

Is there a universal right to the free expression and preservation of cultural heritage, and if so, where is that right articulated and can it be protected? How is the notion of “heritage” used variously to unite and divide communities? Who defines cultural heritage and who should control stewardship and the benefits of cultural heritage?

Cultural Heritage and Human Rights, the first volumein the Cultural Heritage in a Globalized World series, use these issues and questions to contemplate cultural heritage and human rights. The cases presented are world-wide with their implications presented on a global level. This interdisciplinary volume brings together contributors from such diverse fields as: history, culture studies, anthropology, urban and regional planning, archaeology, gender studies, landscape architecture, heritage and museum studies, political economy, and legal studies. It will be of interest to scholars and practitioners in fields that are affected by heritage, globalization and social/cultural studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Silverman, Helaine

Ruggles, D Fairchild

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturpolitik, Kulturmanagement
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Cultural Heritage and Human Rights.- Connotations, Conflicts, Conundrums, Communities.- Closing Pandora's Box: Human Rights Conundrums in Cultural Heritage Protection.- The Indo-Islamic Garden: Conflict, Conservation, and Conciliation in Gujarat, India.- Tourism, Cultural Heritage, and Human Rights in Indonesia: The Challenges of an Emerging Democratic Society.- Transnational Diaspora and Rights of Heritage.- Performing Slave Descent: Cultural Heritage and the Right to Land in Brazil.- Historical Disruptions in Ecuador: Reproducing an Indian Past in Latin America.- Plains Indians and Resistance to “Public” Heritage Commemoration of Their Pasts.- Empty Gestures? Heritage and the Politics of Recognition.- Archeology as Activism.- Genes and Burkas: Predicaments of Human Rights and Cultural Property.