Changing Heritage: How Internal Tensions and External Pressures are Threatening Our Cultural and Natural Legacy [Hardcover]

Introduction; Part 1. Heritage in modern society 1.1. A New world; 1.2. A Modern construct; 1.3. Contemporary frameworks; 1.4. Meanings and values; 1.5. Successes and failures; Part 2. Internal tensions  2.1. Which history, whose heritage; 2.2. Universalism and its discontents; 2.3. Two false dichotomies; 2.4. The Landscape nexus; 2.5. Good and bad heritage; 2.6. Colonial and post-colonial worlds; 2.7. Human rights?and gender; 2.8. Evolving authenticities; 2.9. The Interpretation quandary; 2.10. Advancing multiplicity; Intermezzo: The Power of technology; Part 3. External pressures  3.1. A Global arena; 3.2. Developments ambivalence; 3.3. An Expanding galaxy; 3.4. A Matter of scale; 3.5. The Rise of the historic city; 3.6. The Tourism predicament; 3.7. Gentrification takes command; 3.8. The Force of the sacred; 3.9. Threats old and new; 3.10. Soaring conflicts; Part 4. Looking forward  4.1. Unpacking heritage; 4.2. Managing change; 4.3. Political hurdles; 4.4. Partners in conservation; 4.5. Civil society; Epilogue; Further Readings; Index.

Changing Heritage presents the most comprehensive analysis of heritage issues available today. Critically analysing the complexity of the current and forthcoming issues faced by heritage, it presents insightful directions for the future.

Drawing on the authors many years of experience working in senior positions at UNESCO, the book presents discussions of heritage sites all around the world. Today, our cultural and natural legacies face significant threats due to social and economic developments, political pressures, and unresolved historical issues. This book delves into these threats from two distinct perspectives: internal tensions and external pressures. The internal tensions include the disregard for human rights and gender elC&