TY - JOUR
AU - Aurelie Gfeller
AB - UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value explores how states parties to the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention have understood the core notion of this particular treaty – that is, ‘outstanding universal value’ – from 1972 until 2011. Specifically, it investigates whether state-level implementation reflected the objectives identified at the international level or, instead, whether ‘dissonances can be detected’ (2). Sophia Labadi’s analysis is based on two types of textual evidence: the official documents produced by expert groups and the World Heritage Committee (the intergovernmental committee charged with implementing the Convention); and the nomination files prepared by governments to justify their application for World Heritage status of specific sites. The book is grounded in value-based heritage conservation and, more broadly, in the interdisciplinary literature on heritage as a multifaceted phenomenon.
DO - 10.1080/13505033.2017.1344505
M1 - 3
N2 - UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value explores how states parties to the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention have understood the core notion of this particular treaty – that is, ‘outstanding universal value’ – from 1972 until 2011. Specifically, it investigates whether state-level implementation reflected the objectives identified at the international level or, instead, whether ‘dissonances can be detected’ (2). Sophia Labadi’s analysis is based on two types of textual evidence: the official documents produced by expert groups and the World Heritage Committee (the intergovernmental committee charged with implementing the Convention); and the nomination files prepared by governments to justify their application for World Heritage status of specific sites. The book is grounded in value-based heritage conservation and, more broadly, in the interdisciplinary literature on heritage as a multifaceted phenomenon.
SP - 238
EP - 240
TI - UNESCO, Cultural Heritage and Outstanding Universal Value: Value-Based Analyses of the World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions. Book review
VL - 19
SN - 1350-5033
ER -