Cultural heritage ethics : between theory and practice /

"Theory without practice is empty, practice without theory is blind, to adapt a phrase from Immanuel Kant. The sentiment could not be truer of cultural heritage ethics. This intra-disciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice by bringing together a stellar cast of academics, act...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors:	Sandis, Constantine, 1976- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2014.
Subjects:	Cultural property > Management. Cultural property > Moral and ethical aspects. Museums > Moral and ethical aspects. ART > Conservation & Preservation. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE > General. Cultural studies. History. History: specific events and topics. Humanities. Museology and heritage studies Mod Museology and heritage studies. Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects. Social and cultural history. Society and culture: general. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Notes on Contributors
Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Meaning and Memory
1. Constantine Sandis, Culture, Heritage, and Ethics
2. James Fox, Poppy Politics: Remembrance of Things Present
3. Benjamin Ramm, The Meaning of the Public in an Age of Privatisation
II. History and Archaeology
4. Nira Wickramasinghe, History as Heritage: Producing the Present in Post-War Sri Lanka
5. William St Clair, Looking at the Acropolis of Athens from Modern Times to Antiquity
6. Sudeshna Guha, South Asian Heritage and Archaeological Practices
7. Geoffrey Scarre, The Ethics of Digging
III. Ownership and Restitution
8. Sir John Boardman, 'National' Heritage and Scholarship
9. Tom Flynn, Fear of Cultural Objects
10. Sir Mark Jones, Restitution
IV. Management and Protection
11. Michael F. Brown, The Possibilities and Perils of Heritage Management
12. Geoffrey Belcher, Values in World Heritage Sites
13. Marie Cornu, Safeguarding Heritage: From Legal Rights over Objects to Legal Rights for Individuals and Communities?
Appendix
Links to Selected International Conventions and Charters on Cultural Heritage.