Underwater Cultural Heritage - Ethical Concepts and Practical Challenges

Underwater Cultural Heritage considers a range of challenges related to underwater cultural heritage - including preservation, management, use, sustainability, valuation, politics, identity, human rights, and intangible heritage.

List of contents

List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; PART 1 Introducing underwater cultural heritage; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Key concepts; PART 2 Case studies; Chapter 3. Valuation: the violin of the Titanic; Chapter 4. Uses: ancient lead for dark matter experiments; Chapter 5. Preservation: climate change; Chapter 6. Sustainability: preservation in situ; Chapter 7. Intangibility: watery graves; Chapter 8. Identity: nationless shipwrecks; Chapter 9. Human rights: migrant shipwrecks; Chapter 10. Politics: the South China Sea; Chapter 11. Other practices: treasure hunters and money laundering; PART 3 Conclusions; Chapter 12. Conclusions; Afterword; Index

About the author

Elena Perez-Alvaro holds a PhD in Cultural Heritage from the University of Birmingham, UK, and an LLM in Maritime and International Law from University of London, UK. She is the founder and Managing Director of the consulting firm Licit Cultural Heritage.

Summary

Underwater Cultural Heritage considers a range of challenges related to underwater cultural heritage - including preservation, management, use, sustainability, valuation, politics, identity, human rights, and intangible heritage.

Product details

• Authors: Elena Perez-Alvaro, Elena (Licit Cultural Heritage Ltd. Perez-Alvaro
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367729677
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72967-7
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Routledge Studies in Heritage
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Cultural Studies, military history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, Archaeology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies