The Politics of World Heritage

Negotiating Tourism and Conservation
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-84541-009-4
Verlag: Channel View Publications

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 574 g

This collection of papers discuss World Trade Law and focus on the contested nature of World Heritage at sites as diverse as The Netherlands, Ellis Island (USA), post-colonial Mesoamerica, Cambodia, Fiji, Kyrgyzstan, and Vietnam. In addition, eight research notes explore heritage interpretation in the USA, Lebanon, Peru, Indonesia, Singapore, Tasmania and India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrison, David

Hitchcock, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Dienstleistungssektor & Branchen Tourismuswirtschaft, Gastgewerbe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Francesco Bandarin

Introduction: Contested Narratives in the Domain of World Heritage - David Harrison

World Heritage as NIMBY? The Case of the Dutch Part of the Wadden Sea - Bart J.M. van der Aa, Peter D. Groote and Paulus P.P. Huigen

Huddled Masses Yearning to Buy Postcards: The Politics of Producing Heritage at the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island National Monument - Joanne Maddern

Mundo Maya: From Cancún to City of Culture. World Heritage in Post-colonial Mesoamerica - Graeme Evans

Landscape, Memory and Heritage: New Year Celebrations at Angkor, Cambodia - Tim Winter

Levuka, Fiji: Contested Heritage? - David Harrison

Post-colonial Politics and Resurgent Heritage: The Development of Kyrgyzstan’s Heritage Tourism Product - Karen Thompson

World Trade Law, Culture, Heritage and Tourism: Towards a Holistic Conceptual Approach? - James Tunney

An Observation Station for Culture and Tourism in Vietnam: A Forum for World Heritage and Public

Participation - Tomke Lask and Stefan Herold

The Meanings and Effectiveness of World Heritage Designation in the USA - Kevin Williams

Managing the Cedars of Lebanon: Botanical Gardens or Living Forests? - Myra Shackley

Including the Outsiders: The Contribution of Guides to Integrated Heritage Tourism Management in Cusco, Southern Peru - Gemma McGrath

Locating Global Legacies in Tana Toraja, Indonesia - Kathleen M. Adams

Global Heritage and Local Problems: Some Examples from Indonesia - Geoffrey Wall and Heather Black

Creating and Recreating Heritage in Singapore - Kim Jane Saunders

Wunderkammer 02: An Exhibition of Art, Craft and Souvenirs from World Heritage Sites in Tasmania and Far North Queensland - David L. Hume

Elephanta Island: World Heritage, Cultural Conservation and Options for Nature Conservation - Graham Walters

Afterword - Michael Hitchcock

Über Autor(innen)

Hitchcock, Michael
Michael Hitchcock is Director of the International Institute of Culture Tourism and Development, London Metropolitan University.

Harrison, David
David Harrison is a London educated Sociologist/Anthropologist who has taught at the University of Sussex, London Metropolitan University, and The University of the South Pacific in Fiji, from which he retired in 2014.  The USP link continues, and he is also associated with St. Mary's University College in London and the University of Surrey. He has written extensively on tourism and development and has researched its impacts in Eastern Europe, Southern Africa, the Caribbean, the South Pacific and South-East Asia.

David Harrison is a London educated Sociologist/Anthropologist who has taught at the University of Sussex, London Metropolitan University, and The University of the South Pacific in Fiji, from which he retired in 2014. The USP link continues, and he is also associated with St. Mary's University College in London and the University of Surrey. He has written extensively on tourism and development and has researched its impacts in Eastern Europe, Southern Africa, the Caribbean, the South Pacific and South-East Asia.

Michael Hitchcock is Director of the International Institute of Culture Tourism and Development, London Metropolitan University.