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Showing 1 to 20 of 2411 for “"heritage"”.
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Heritage of the 'other' : the future of lost architectural heritage
… role in architectural and archaeological heritage documentation and visualisation processes provide a conducive framework for new research questions. Technological developments in architectural visualisation and advancements in digital applications that use Geographical Information Systems …
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State-prioritised heritage: governmentality, heritage management and the prioritisation of the liberation heritage in post-colonial South Africa
… and trace the notion of state prioritisation of heritage in relation to state intervention through political, policy and governance regimes in heritage management in South Africa. The study covers key highlights in the evolution of heritage management and developments through specific epochs and …
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Radioactive heritage: an autoethnographic investigation of Chernobyl as a dark heritage site
… research aims to unearth Chernobyl’s radioactive heritage through autoethnographic methodology. The autoethnographic method takes readers on a first-person tour of Chernobyl and the Exclusion Zone. In doing so, readers are given the unique first-person opportunity to experience the site, its …
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Global heritage cities : managing complexity of cultural world heritage sites in global cities
… cities that are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, which are referred as global heritage cities hereafter. In this rapidly globalising world that is market-driven, the binary approach of managing change in historic cities while promoting their sustainable development and transmission …
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In-between Colonial Heritage: Postcolonial Heritage Perception by Local Society in South Korea
… explores local society’s perceptions of colonial heritage in South Korea, reflecting the in-betweenness of a heritage interpretation. While colonial heritage is often defined by dichotomous views of anti- and pro-colonialism, it also expresses the plural experiences of local residents. An entity …
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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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Hushed heritage: a feasibility study of South African legislation applicable to underwater cultural heritage
Underwater cultural heritage (UCH) and its protection is an extremely under-researched area within South African heritage. In the country there are only a small number of experts in this field. UNESCO defines UCH as "all traces of human existence, having a cultural, historical or archaeological …
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Recovering Ergativity in Heritage Samoan
The unique language profile of a heritage speaker offers an ideal opportunity to investigate the persistence of specific linguistic systems in the face of language shift (i.e. reduced input). Ergativity, the morphosyntactic system of alignment that sets A (the subject of a transitive verb) apart …
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Glasgow Harbour: a marketable heritage?
… society, erasing the memory of its industrial heritage and projecting a positive image for the region. This dissertation reflects on the heritage, identity and branding of Glasgow Harbour, essentially considering the extent the city is celebrating its maritime industrial heritage. Branding of …
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Heritage tourism as secular pilgrimage
… thesis sets out to improve our understanding of heritage tourism by articulating this type of tourism with what is known about pilgrimage as a social process. A critical discussion of Victor Turner's contribution to the field of pilgrimage studies establishes a theoretical frame for this …
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Negotiating Heritage: Heritage Organizations amongst the Isleños of St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana and the Use of Heritage Identity to Overcome the Isleño/Tornero Distinction
… Bernard Parish is home to two separate Canarian heritage organizations: Los Isleños Heritage and Cultural Society and the Canary Islands Descendents Association. This thesis examines how the Isleños are currently renegotiating their cultural identity through the use of heritage via the structure …
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Recovering evicted memories : an exploration of heritage policies, intangible heritage, and storytelling in Vancouver, BC
… for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage to officially recognize the value of non-physical heritage. Previously, established conservation standards focused on physical heritage, namely historic architecture, which generally reflected the values of western societies but did not …
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The role of schooling for heritage language learners: A case study of Turkish heritage speakers
… study with a descriptive statistical analysis of heritage language learners’ language skills explores how Turkish communities in the U.S. support their children’s heritage language maintenance with the help of Heritage Language school. The goal of this study is to analyze Heritage Language (HL) …
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Media and heritage in Ireland: representations of heritage in Irish newspapers and the praxis of determination
… common good… education, health, defence – and heritage. Heritage – the built and natural environment considered as patrimony – was assigned an exchange value but was required to 'pay its own way'. However, from the mid-1990s, the country experienced an economic boom that was heavily dependant …
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Contested heritage: examining relations between contemporary Pagan groups and the archaeological and heritage professions in Britain
… and relationships between the archaeologists and heritage managers who manage and interpret the material remains of Britain’s ancient past and contemporary Pagan groups to whom such remains are sacred. It provides a description of contestation of sites and human corporeal remains followed by a …
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Pretoria heritage layers : developing a heritage catalogue for iron age settlements found in the (former) Transvaal
The study of heritage has become a distinct research area in the academic world and has a profound influence on society. Over the last century, many organisations have developed charters to aid in the global conservation and protection of heritage resources. Through the use of heritage values …
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Intangible heritage and livelihoods : a case study on the heritage of Purulia chhau dance from India
… the world have begun to consider intangible heritage relevant to creating sustainable development. Economic investments in this direction are rapidly growing. However, research on intangible heritage has focused mostly on heritage nomination process and current museum practices, at the …
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Creating Values of Heritage: An Analysis of Policy Processes of Candidacy to UNESCO's World Heritage List
… of the processes of candidacy to the World Heritage List, shows how the so-called Outstanding Universal Value is constructed.This is demonstrated through an empirical approach that examines four different case studies based on direct experience. The methodology is based on the structuring of …
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Nollywood: Challenges, Heritage Practice and Storytelling
… role in preserving and promoting Nigerian heritage through storytelling. It is approached as a heritage study with elements of film studies. Specifically, the research examines how Nollywood’s narratives, production practices, and institutional structures contribute to the preservation, …
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