Museum Studies Approach to Heritage

Sheila Watson is an Associate Professor and Director of the MA/MSc in Heritage and Interpretation by Distance Learning in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, UK. Amy Jane Barnes is Research Associate in the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester, UK, a University Teacher at Loughborough University, UK, and an affiliate of King's College London. Katy Bunning is a Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester, UK.

• Introduction Part I: Heritage contexts, past and presentIntroduction to Part I Heritage pasts and heritage presents: temporality, meaning and the scope of heritage studies Museum studies and heritage: independent museums and the ‘heritage debate’ in the UK People [extracts] The crisis of cultural authority Editorials: History Workshop Journal Hybrids Understanding our encounters with heritage: the value of "historical consciousness" Weighing up intangible heritage: A view from Ise From monument to cultural patrimony: the concepts and practices of heritage in Mexico We come from the land of the ice and snow: Icelandic heritage and its usage in present-day society Por la encendida calle antillana: Africanisms and Puerto Rican architecture Iconoclash in the age of heritage [extracts]Part II: Authenticity and tourismIntroduction to Part II13. Touring the slave route: inaccurate authenticities in Benin, West Africa14. Steampunking heritage: how Steampunk artists reinterpret museum collections15. Why fakes?16. The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction17. After authenticity at an American heritage site18. Makeover for Mont-Saint-Michel: a renovation project harnesses the power of the sea to preserve one of the world's most iconic islands 19. Resonance and wonder20. ‘Introduction’ to In Search of Authenticity: The Formation of Folklore Studies Part III: Emotions and materialityIntroduction to Part III21. Invoking affect22. The archaeology of mind [extracts]23. "The trophies of their wars": affect and encounter at the Canadian War Museum24. Huddled masses yearning to buy postcards: the politics of producing heritage at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island National Monument25. The Holocaust and the museum world in Britain: a study of ethnography26. Senses of place, senses of time and heritage 27. Making heritage pay in the Rainbow Nation28. The concept and its varieties29. Materiality matters: experiencing the displayed object30. Concepts of identity and difference 31. Emotional engagement in heritage sites and museums: ghosts of the past and imagination in the present32. The Third World 33. Turkish delight: Antonio Gala's La pasión turca as a vision of Spain's contested Islamic heritage 34. ‘The cliffs are not the cliffs’: The cliffs of Dover and national identities in Britain, c.1750 – c.1950Part IV: Diversity and identityIntroduction to Part IV35. Museums as intercultural spaces 36. Gradients of alterity: museums and the negotiation of cultural difference in contemporary Norway37. Museums in a global world: a conversation on museums, heritage, nation and diversity in a transnational age38. Reflections on the Confluence Project: assimilation, sustainability, and the perils of a shared heritage39. Ethnic heritage for the nation: debating 'identity museums' on the National Mall40. Heritage interpretation and human rights: documenting diversity, expressing identity, or establishing universal principles? 41. Un-placed heritage: making identity through fashion Part V: Participatory heritageIntroduction to Part V42. Research on community heritage: Moving from collaborative research to participatory and co-designed research practice43. Beyond the rhetoric: negotiating the politics and realising the potential of community-driven heritage engagement44. From representation to participation: inclusive practices, co-curating and the voice of the protagonists in some Italian migration museums45. Museums, trans youth and institutional change: transforming heritage institutions through collaborative practice46. Embrace the margins: adventures in archaeology and homelessness47. Developing dialogue in co‐produced exhibitions: between rhetoric, intentions and realities48. Community engagement, curatorial practice and museum ethos in Alberta, CanadaPart VI: Contested histories and heritageIntroduction to Part VI49. Contested townscapes: the walled city as world heritage50. Reassembling Nuremberg, reassembling heritage.51. Can there be a conciliatory heritage?52. Palimpsest memoryscapes: materializing and mediating war and peace in Sierra Leone53. Representing the China Dream: A case study in revolutionary cultural heritage54. Contested trans-national heritage: the demolition of Changi Prison, Singapore55. The politics of community heritage: motivations, authority and control56. "To make the dry bones live": Amédée Forestier’s Glastonbury Lake Village57. ‘Introduction’ to Contested Landscapes: Movement, Exile and Place58. Sensuous (re)collections: the sight and taste of socialism at Grūtas Statue Park, LithuaniaIndex

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