Politics of Scale - New Directions in Critical Heritage Studies

Critical Heritage Studies is a new and fast-growing interdisciplinary field of study seeking to explore power relations involved in the production and meaning-making of cultural heritage. Politics of Scale offers a global, multi- and interdisciplinary point of view to the scaled nature of heritage, and provides a theoretical discussion on scale as a social construct and a method in Critical Heritage Studies. The international contributors provide examples and debates from a range of diverse countries, discuss how heritage and scale interact in current processes of heritage meaning-making, and explore heritage-scale relationship as a domain of politics.

About the author

Tuuli Lähdesmäki is Associate Professor of Art History at the Department of Music, Art and Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Lähdesmäki specializes in heritage, culture, and identity politics particularly in the context of the European Union.

Suzie Thomas is Professor of Heritage Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.

Yujie Zhu is Associate Professor at the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at the Australian National University, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Tuuli Thomas Lahdesmaki
• Assisted by: Tuuli Lähdesmäki (Editor), Suzie Thomas (Editor), Thomas Suzie (Editor), Yujie Zhu (Editor)
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2023
• EAN: 9781800736382
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-638-2
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Explorations in Heritage Studies; Explorations in Heritage Studi
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies