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  • The Politics of Heritage

    The Legacies of Race

    Redigeret af Jo Littler, Roshi Naidoo ...
    Serier serie Comedia
    While 'social inclusion' and 'cultural diversity' circulate frenetically as buzzwords, are we really ready to accept that ideas about 'race' and 'ethnicity', rather than being a peripheral concern, are at the core of how a nation's heritage is represented and imagined? This book interrogates just whose past gets to count as part of 'British heritage'. Bringing together a wide range of contributors ... Læs mere

    462,69 kr.

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  • Heritage

    Critical Approaches

    Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums…we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world to something which is considered to be universally ... Læs mere

    473,45 kr.

  • Maps of Meaning

    af Peter Jackson ...
    This innovative book marks a significant departure from tradition anlayses of the evolution of cultural landscapes and the interpretation of past environments. Maps of Meaning proposes a new agenda for cultural geography, one set squarely in the context of contemporary social and cultural theory.Notions of place and space are explored through the study of elite and popular cultures, gender and ... Læs mere

    527,27 kr.

  • Landscapes

    Ways of Imagining the World

    Serier serie Insights Into Human Geography
    Landscapes is a timely and well-written analysis of the meaning of cultural landscapes. The book delves into the layers of meaning that are invested in ordinary landscapes as well as landscapes of spectacle and power. Landscapes is a powerful and vivid application of the new cultural geography to case studies not previously visited within cultural geography texts. ... Læs mere

    677,95 kr.

  • Uses of Heritage

    Examining international case studies including USA, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, Laurajane Smith identifies and explores the use of heritage throughout the world.Challenging the idea that heritage value is self-evident, and that things must be preserved because they have an inherent importance, Smith forcefully demonstrates that heritage value is not inherent in physical objects or places, but ... Læs mere

    473,45 kr.

  • Desire Lines

    Space, Memory and Identity in the Post-Apartheid City

    Serier serie Architext
    This ground breaking new work draws together a cross-section of South African scholars to provide a lively and comprehensive review of the under-researched area of heritage practice following the introduction of the National Heritage Resources Act.Looking at the daily heritage debates, from naming streets to projects such as the Gateway to Robben Island, Desire Lines addresses the innovative ... Læs mere

    893,20 kr.

  • What is Urban History?

    af Shane Ewen ...
    Serier serie What is History?
    Urban history is a well-established and flourishing field of historical research. Written by a leading scholar, this short introduction demonstrates how urban history draws upon a wide variety of methodologies and sources, and has been integral to the rise of interdisciplinary and comparative approaches to history since the second half of the twentieth century. Shane Ewen offers an accessible and ... Læs mere

    156,49 kr.

  • Key Concepts in Historical Geography

    Serier serie Key Concepts in Human Geography
    "This ambitious volume reviews the best recent work in historical geography... It demonstrates how a dual sense of history and geography is necessary to understand such key areas of contemporary debate as the inter-relationship between class, race and gender; the character of nations and nationalism; the nature and challenges of urban life; the legacies of colonialism; and the meaning and values ... Læs mere

    600,95 kr.

  • City Publics

    The (Dis)enchantments of Urban Encounters

    af Sophie Watson ...
    Serier serie Questioning Cities
    Some cities have grown into mega cities and some into uncontrolled sprawl; others have seen their centres decline with populations moving to the suburbs. In such times, questions of the public realm and public space in cities warrant even greater attention than previously received.Concerned with the borders and boundaries, constraints and limits on accepting, acknowledging and celebrating ... Læs mere

    602,61 kr.

  • Australian History Now

    Redigeret af Anna Clark, Paul Ashton ...
    Australian history has changed drastically over the last fifty years and has found itself at the centre of heated and consuming public debates.So how do historians themselves read this history? Where do they see themselves in these momentous shifts in historical reading and writing? With contributions from prominent historians including Marilyn Lake, Tom Griffiths, Peter Stanley and Ann Curthoys, ... Læs mere

    52,12 kr.

  • Conservation in the Age of Consensus

    This new text on the subject of conservation in the built environment provides a unique holistic view on the understanding of the practice of conservation connecting it with wider societal and political forces. UK practice is used as a means, along with international examples, for bringing together a real understanding of practice with a social science analysis of the issues. The author introduces ... Læs mere

    602,61 kr.

  • Non-Plan: Essays on Freedom, Participation and Change in Modern Architecture and Urbanism

    Redigeret af Jonathan Hughes, Simon Sadler ...
    Non-Plan explores ways of involving people in the design of their environments - a goal which transgresses political categories of 'right' and 'left'. Attempts to circumvent planning bureaucracy and architectural inertia have ranged from free-market enterprise zones, to self-build housing, and from squatting to sophisticated technologies of prefabrication. Yet all have shared in a desire to let ... Læs mere

    677,95 kr.