Can I read Critical Theory and the Anthropology of Heritage Landscapes (Cultural Heritage Studies) on EtoBox?

Critical Theory and the Anthropology of Heritage Landscapes (Cultural Heritage Studies) by Melissa F. Baird is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Critical Theory and the Anthropology of Heritage Landscapes (Cultural Heritage Studies) about?

The sociopolitical contexts of contested heritage landscapes This book explores the sociopolitical contexts of heritage landscapes and the many issues that emerge when different interest groups attempt to gain control over them. Based on career-spanning case studies undertaken by the author, this book looks at sites with deep Indigenous histories. Melissa Baird pays special attention to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the Burrup Peninsula along the Pilbara Coast in Australia, the Altai Mountains of northwestern Mongolia, and Prince William Sound in Alaska. For many communities, landscapes such as these have long been associated with cultural identity and memories of important and difficult events, as well as with political struggles related to nation-state boundaries, sovereignty, and knowledge claims. Drawing on the emerging field of critical heritage theory and the concept of'resource frontiers,'Baird shows how these landscapes are sites of power and control and are increasingly used to promote development and extractive agendas. As a result, heritage landscapes face social and ecological crises such as environmental degradation, ecological disasters, and structural violence.

Author

Melissa F. Baird

Publisher

University Press of Florida

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813056562

Subjects

Anthropology, Science, Economics