TY - JOUR
KW - Culture
KW - heritage
KW - Cultural tourism
KW - heritage management
KW - Heritage attractions
KW - Heritage industry
KW - Illicit trafficking
AU - G. Edson
AB - Concerns about cultural, natural, tangible, and intangible heritage have caused governments to enact protective legislation, courts to impose penalties, and organisations to conduct awareness campaigns. Heritage has become an important economic attraction that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and billions of dollars into communities around the world, but what is the heritage that is being protected and promoted? This paper is a commentary on the theoretical basis of heritage. The questions posed and the ideas offered are not intended to condone the unregulated movement of cultural or natural materials (heritage) in any form. The plunder of archaeological sites, the theft of cultural and natural objects and specimens, and the destruction of structures and locations for profit or during times of conflict are heinous acts. These activities incite the spoilage of history, deplete traditional values, and degrade the basic notion of human decency. Nevertheless, the question remains:  what is heritage? .
BT - International Journal of Heritage Studies
DO - 10.1080/1352725042000257366
LA - English
M1 - 4
N2 - Concerns about cultural, natural, tangible, and intangible heritage have caused governments to enact protective legislation, courts to impose penalties, and organisations to conduct awareness campaigns. Heritage has become an important economic attraction that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and billions of dollars into communities around the world, but what is the heritage that is being protected and promoted? This paper is a commentary on the theoretical basis of heritage. The questions posed and the ideas offered are not intended to condone the unregulated movement of cultural or natural materials (heritage) in any form. The plunder of archaeological sites, the theft of cultural and natural objects and specimens, and the destruction of structures and locations for profit or during times of conflict are heinous acts. These activities incite the spoilage of history, deplete traditional values, and degrade the basic notion of human decency. Nevertheless, the question remains:  what is heritage? .
PY - 2004
SP - 333
EP - 348
T2 - International Journal of Heritage Studies
TI - Heritage: Pride or passion, product or service?
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-27644454657&doi=10.1080%2f1352725042000257366&partnerID=40&md5=ff2adbdc85b53c5743e97f448321f239
VL - 10
SN - 13527258 (ISSN)
ER -