Senses of Place: Senses of Time

Senses of Place: Senses of Time

Author: G.J. Ashworth

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1351901125

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Bringing together case studies from Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, Germany and Mexico, this book examines the link between senses of place and senses of time. It suggests that not only do place identities change through time, but imagined pasts also provide resources which the present selects and packages for its own contemporary purposes and for forwarding to imagined futures. The reasons behind the creation of place image are also explored, setting them within political and social contexts. In its three main sections - Heritage in the Creation of Senses of Place; Heritage and Conflicting Identities; and Heritage and the Creation of Senses of Place - the book examines the creation of place identities at the urban, rural, regional and international scales. It questions how senses of place interact with senses of ethnic/cultural identity, what the roles of government, media, residents and tourists are in creating senses of place, and how and why all these variables change through time.


The Great Inka Road

The Great Inka Road

Author: Ramiro Matos

Publisher: Smithsonian Institution

Published: 2015-09-08

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1588345459

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This compelling collection of essays explores the Qhapaq nan (or Great Inca Road), an extensive network of trails reaching modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. These roads and the accompanying agricultural terraces and structures that have survived for more than six centuries are a testament to the advanced engineering and construction skills of the Inca people. The Qhapaq nan also spurred an important process of ecological and community integration across the Andean region. This book, the companion volume to a National Museum of the American Indian exhibition of the same name, features essays on six main themes: the ancestors of the Inca, Cusco as the center of the empire, road engineering, road transportation and integration, the road in the Colonial era, and the road today. Beautifully designed and featuring more than 225 full-color illustrations, The Great Inka Road is a fascinating look at this enduring symbol of the Andean peoples' strength and adaptability.


Semantics of Violence

Semantics of Violence

Author: Nelson Arteaga Botello

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-04-22

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 3030946959

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book describes three impactful cases of political violence that broke out in Mexico in 1994, pointing to an important juncture in Mexican political development. At that point, the patrimonial order centered on the PRI and the Mexican presidency entered a momentous crisis that is still ongoing after a quarter of a century and caused the patrimonial order and the civil order to compete over Mexican public life. Such competition, in turn, unfolds at the cultural level on the terrain of three semantics of political violence that shape public debates over violence in Mexico. Ultimately, this book sheds light over the refraction of patrimonial and civil attributions across such cultural terrains.


El patrimonio de México y su valor universal

El patrimonio de México y su valor universal

Author: Francisco Vidargas

Publisher:

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9786075398709

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This publication is a short and elementary text, focused on the international and national normative processes that must be observed by all the bodies involved, as an exercise in good practices with a view to being able to reach the goals that are set to support the actions aimed at promoting inscriptions, or to follow up on the sites already inscribed on UNESCO's Protection of the World's Cultural and Natural Heritage List. Its purpose is to contribute to keeping in mind the commitment made by the Government of Mexico and to act accordingly, hence, the World Heritage Directorate of the National Institute of Anthropology and History instructs and provides specific and appropriate information to those responsible for cultural, natural and mixed patrimony.