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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Maritime Heritage"”.
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Framing Maritime Heritage of Qeshm Island in its Own Right for Regional Development
L'abstract è presente nell'allegato / the abstract is in the attachment
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Community uses of maritime heritage in Bermuda: a heritage ethnography with museum implications
This research contributes to the fields of heritage and museum studies with a threefold objective: conceptualise heritage as a process, using an appropriate research method, with implications for museums. The work correspondingly helps to redress the undertheorisation of heritage, the inadequacy of …
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On a Sea of Sand: A Comparative Analysis of the Challenges to Beached Wreck Site Stability and Management
… informational role as tangible pieces of maritime heritage that also document dynamic coastal processes. Shipwreck remains in the beach zone are highly susceptible to instability within the landscape. This instability in turn, affects decisions regarding importance and management …
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What lies beneath: probing the cultural depths of a nature conservation conflict in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
… (mSAC) off the coast of the island. Barra’s rich maritime heritage suggested the presence of embedded values that appeared to be colliding with values driving the mSAC designation process. Visual participatory methods were used to understand what 'conservation' means for the islanders and to find …
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Architecture as connector : insertions, ruins, and additions at Pier 26, San Francisco
… of few remaining pieces of San Francisco's grand maritime heritage. With the city's vision of changing its unused industrial waterfront into a recreational zone, the thesis focuses on the conditions affecting the reuse of the site to achieve this vision. The goal is to investigate how …
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Women naval dockyard workers in two 19th century dockyard towns: Chatham and Plymouth
… these areas, with their particular version of a maritime heritage. The dockyard workers studied here fit some but not all of the accepted theories about women’s employment, in particular that they illustrated the norms of gender-defined and very low paid work, while the differences are largely …
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Det frivillige fartøyvernet i Noreg - Historisk bakgrunn, omfang og motivasjon
… as an important part of Nor-way s cultural heritage, with substantial annual government funding for preservation. State funds finance not only docking and repairs of listed ships at commercial shipyards, but also encourage volunteer activity with provision of parts and materials for projects …
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Understanding the flow experiences of heritage tourists.
… to researchers. How tourists evolve across a heritage visit and construct their experience is an aspect that needs further development. Tourists are moving from passively gazing at built heritage and landscapes to wanting to participate in, and engage with, the destination (Urry 2002). …