TY - STAND
KW - Culture
KW - heritage
KW - Built heritage
KW - intangible heritage
KW - Tourism
KW - Sustainability
KW - Interpretation
KW - Authenticity
KW - REPRESENTATION
KW - Conservation
KW - museum
KW - identity
KW - Commodification
KW - governance
KW - Monuments
KW - Natural heritage
KW - National identity
KW - Contestation
AU - C. Kelly
AB - This article examines the concepts, definitions, policies, and practices of heritage in a contemporary context. Within recent years, there have been significant shifts in our understandings and applications of heritage concepts and policies in the modern world.  Heritage  emerged as a buzz word in international policy arenas in the 1980s and early 1990s, and has since weathered the vagaries of turbulent definitional and governance-nomenclature storms, as traditional debates about  what it is and what it is not  reverberate around academia and state agencies alike. Policy and funding structures for heritage are determined by the classifications used to define them in various countries. Typically, reference is made to  built heritage ,  natural heritage , and  intangible heritage , loosely reflecting buildings, landscapes, and culture. Aspects of heritage are used by the cultural and tourism industries to add economic value, through heritage tourism sites, museums, and other activities. The cultural tourism product is often anchored around notions of heritage, and in postmodern, post-tourist societies, boundaries between culture, (travel) space, and identities are increasingly blurred. Issues of authenticity become important in the representation of heritage, and questions are asked about the validity of nostalgia versus realism. The role of heritage is examined in the context of identity formulation at individual and nation-state levels, and the political aspects of this are also discussed. Finally, heritage conservation is assessed through an examination of UNESCO s World Heritage Site listing and protection strategy. In a changing world, new constructs of heritage, identity, authenticity, and representation will continue to emerge as meanings are constantly renegotiated over time and space.
DO - 10.1016/B978-008044910-4.00955-X
LA - English
N1 - Journal Abbreviation: Int. Encycl. of Hum. Geogr.
N2 - This article examines the concepts, definitions, policies, and practices of heritage in a contemporary context. Within recent years, there have been significant shifts in our understandings and applications of heritage concepts and policies in the modern world.  Heritage  emerged as a buzz word in international policy arenas in the 1980s and early 1990s, and has since weathered the vagaries of turbulent definitional and governance-nomenclature storms, as traditional debates about  what it is and what it is not  reverberate around academia and state agencies alike. Policy and funding structures for heritage are determined by the classifications used to define them in various countries. Typically, reference is made to  built heritage ,  natural heritage , and  intangible heritage , loosely reflecting buildings, landscapes, and culture. Aspects of heritage are used by the cultural and tourism industries to add economic value, through heritage tourism sites, museums, and other activities. The cultural tourism product is often anchored around notions of heritage, and in postmodern, post-tourist societies, boundaries between culture, (travel) space, and identities are increasingly blurred. Issues of authenticity become important in the representation of heritage, and questions are asked about the validity of nostalgia versus realism. The role of heritage is examined in the context of identity formulation at individual and nation-state levels, and the political aspects of this are also discussed. Finally, heritage conservation is assessed through an examination of UNESCO s World Heritage Site listing and protection strategy. In a changing world, new constructs of heritage, identity, authenticity, and representation will continue to emerge as meanings are constantly renegotiated over time and space.
PB - Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2009
SN - 9780080449104 (ISBN); 9780080449111 (ISBN)
SP - 91
EP - 97
TI - Heritage
ER -