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Author: Stefania Ferrucci
Publisher: tredition
Published: 2012-12-05
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 3849183513
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book aims to portray the staus quo of the World Heritage regime, to demonstrate its global influence and the world's response to its diverse power mechanisms, and to provide incentives for improvement.
Author: Bendix, Regina
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Göttingen
Published: 2013-07-02
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 3863951220
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat happens when UNESCO heritage conventions are ratified by a state? How do UNESCO’s global efforts interact with preexisting local, regional and state efforts to conserve or promote culture? What new institutions emerge to address the mandate? The contributors to this volume focus on the work of translation and interpretation that ensues once heritage conventions are ratified and implemented. With seventeen case studies from Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and China, the volume provides comparative evidence for the divergent heritage regimes generated in states that differ in history and political organization. The cases illustrate how UNESCO’s aspiration to honor and celebrate cultural diversity diversifies itself. The very effort to adopt a global heritage regime forces myriad adaptations to particular state and interstate modalities of building and managing heritage.
Author: Hilary du Cros
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-12-05
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1135041334
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCultural Tourism remains the only book to bridge the gap between cultural tourism and cultural and heritage management. The first edition illustrated how heritage and tourism goals can be integrated in a management and marketing framework to produce sustainable cultural tourism. The current edition takes this further to base the discussion of cultural tourism in the theory and practice of cultural and heritage management (CM and CHM), under the understanding that for tourism to thrive, a balanced approach to the resource base it uses must be maintained. An ‘umbrella approach’ to cultural tourism represents a unique feature of the book, proposing solutions to achieve an optimal outcome for all sectors. Reflecting the many important developments in the field this new edition has been completely revised and updated in the following ways: • New sections on tangible and intangible cultural heritage and world heritage sites. • Expanded material on cultural tourism product development, the cultural tourism market and consumer behaviour, planning and delivery of exceptional experiences • New case studies throughout drawn from cultural attractions in developing countries such as Southeast Asia, China, South Africa and the Pacific as well as from the developed world, particularly the United States, Britain, Japan, Singapore, Australia and Canada. Written by experts in both tourism and cultural heritage management, this book will enable professionals and students to gain a better understanding of their own and each other’s roles in achieving sustainable cultural tourism. It provides a blueprint for producing top-quality, long-term cultural tourism products.
Author: Philippe Peycam
Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Published: 2020-05-04
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9814881163
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrawing from eleven rich case studies in Asia, this book is the first to explore how heritage is used as aid and diplomacy by various agencies to produce knowledge, power, values and geopolitics in the global heritage regime. It represents an interdisciplinary endeavour to feature a diversity of situations where cultural heritage is invoked or promoted to serve interests or visions that supposedly transcend local or national paradigms. This collection of articles thus not only considers processes of “UNESCO-ization” of heritage (or their equivalents when conducted by other international or national actors) by exploring the diplomatic and developmentalist politics of heritage-making at play and its transformational impact on societies. It also describes how local and outside states often collude with international mechanisms to further their interests at the expense of local communities and of citizens’ rights. Heritage as Aid and Diplomacy in Asia explores the following questions: Under the current international heritage regime, what are the mechanisms of—and the manipulations that take place within—ideological, political and cultural transmissions? What is heritage diplomacy and how can we conceptualize it? How do the complicated history and colonial past of Asia constitute the current practices of heritage diplomacy and shape heritage discourse in Asia? How do international organizations, nation-states, NGOs, heritage brokers and experts contribute to the history of the global heritage discourse? How has the flow of global knowledge been transferred and transformed? And how does the global hierarchy of cultural values function?
Author: Christoph Brumann
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1785330926
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 set the contemporary standard for cultural and natural conservation. Today, a place on the World Heritage List is much sought after for tourism promotion, development funding, and national prestige. Presenting case studies from across the globe, particularly from Africa and Asia, anthropologists with situated expertise in specific World Heritage sites explore the consequences of the World Heritage framework and the global spread of the UNESCO heritage regime. This book shows how local and national circumstances interact with the global institutional framework in complex and unexpected ways. Often, the communities around World Heritage sites are constrained by these heritage regimes rather than empowered by them.
Author: Azhar ul Haque Sario
Publisher: tredition
Published: 2024-10-29
Total Pages: 82
ISBN-13: 3384402006
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Funding Futures Education: Finance, Innovation, and Equity" takes you on a comprehensive journey exploring the economic underpinnings of educational policies and their impacts on various global contexts. This book delves deep into how economic theories guide the transfer of educational policies across cultural lines, revealing both the financial barriers and opportunities that shape these endeavors. The narrative starts by examining how educational policies are adapted in diverse cultural settings, focusing on cost-effectiveness and the financial feasibility that influences policy success or failure. As we move through the chapters, the book addresses the pressing issue of the digital divide—analyzing its financial implications and the strategies that can bridge this gap through innovative funding solutions. Further exploration leads to an insightful discussion on the financing of teacher training and professional development, emphasizing economic barriers in developing countries and showcasing cost-effective models that promise sustainability and improved educational outcomes. The connection between education and social mobility is scrutinized through economic lenses, providing a detailed comparative analysis of how educational investments can alter socio-economic dynamics across different regions. The book also tackles gender disparities in STEM education, presenting an economic analysis that looks at the societal norms and financial incentives influencing gender participation in STEM fields. This is complemented by a critical examination of the political economy surrounding educational reforms, where financial strategies are devised to navigate the complexities of political and economic challenges in reform implementation. As the chapters unfold, "Funding Futures Education" ventures into discussions about public and private funding models, the unique challenges faced by small island developing states, and the role of technology in enhancing economic efficiency within educational systems. The book doesn't shy away from the sensitive topics of language policies in education, providing a robust cost-benefit analysis of bilingual programs and the financial impacts of preserving language diversity. Each chapter is meticulously crafted to offer insights into how public-private partnerships can revolutionize STEM education globally and how educational finance can be reformed to enhance global competitiveness. By synthesizing economic theories with real-world applications, this book not only serves as an academic resource but also as a guide for policymakers, educators, and financial strategists dedicated to fostering equitable and quality education worldwide. With "Funding Futures Education," readers are invited to rethink educational finance through a lens that values equity and innovation, providing a blueprint for future reforms that aspire to balance educational quality with economic viability. This book is a call to action for anyone invested in crafting sustainable educational policies that do not just react to global economic pressures but anticipate and creatively overcome them.
Author: Chris Shei
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-05-30
Total Pages: 683
ISBN-13: 0429596219
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Handbook approaches Chinese Studies from an interdisciplinary perspective while attempting to establish a fundamental set of core values and tenets for the subject, in relation to the further development of Chinese Studies as an academic discipline. It aims to consolidate the current findings in Chinese Studies, extract the essence from each affiliated discipline, formulate a concrete set of ideas to represent the ‘Chineseness’ of the subject, establish a clear identity for the discipline and provide clear guidelines for further research and practice. Topics included in this Handbook cover a wide spectrum of traditional and newly added concerns in Chinese Studies, ranging from the Chinese political system and domestic governance to international relations, Chinese culture, literature and history, Chinese sociology (gender, middle class, nationalism, home ownership, dating) and Chinese opposition and activism. The Handbook also looks at widening the scope of Chinese Studies (Chinese psychology, postcolonialism and China, Chinese science and climate change), and some illustrations of innovative Chinese Studies research methods. The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Studies is an essential reference for researchers and scholars in Chinese Studies, as well as students in the discipline.
Author: Stefan Disko
Publisher: International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book includes twenty case studies of World Heritage sites from around the world that explore, from a human rights perspective, indigenous peoples' experiences with World Heritage sites and with the processes of the World Heritage Convention. The book will serve as a resource for indigenous peoples, World Heritage site managers, and UNESCO, as well as academics, and it will contribute to discussions about what changes or actions are needed to ensure that World Heritage sites can play a consistently positive role for indigenous peoples, in line with the spirit of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Author: Nicolas Adell
Publisher: Göttingen University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 3863952057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCommunity and participation have become central concepts in the nomination processes surrounding heritage, intersecting time and again with questions of territory. In this volume, anthropologists and legal scholars from France, Germany, Italy and the USA take up questions arising from these intertwined concerns from diverse perspectives: How and by whom were these concepts interpreted and re-interpreted, and what effects did they bring forth in their implementation? What impact was wielded by these terms, and what kinds of discursive formations did they bring forth? How do actors from local to national levels interpret these new components of the heritage regime, and how do actors within heritage-granting national and international bodies work it into their cultural and political agency? What is the role of experts and expertise, and when is scholarly knowledge expertise and when is it partisan? How do bureaucratic institutions translate the imperative of participation into concrete practices? Case studies from within and without the UNESCO matrix combine with essays probing larger concerns generated by the valuation and valorization of culture.
