Caring for Cultural Heritage - An Integrated Approach to Legal Ethical Initiatives in United

This book comprehensively analyses the UK law and non-law instruments that care for cultural heritage. Viewing the law as a community of care, working with other communities, brings new insights to our understanding of cultural heritage protection, making this book of interest to legal and heritage academics and practitioners.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I. Imagining and Translating Cultural Heritage and Its Care: 2. Caring for cultural heritage: a conceptual framework; 3. Nested practices of care for cultural heritage; 4. Translating how and why communities care about cultural heritage; Part II. Encouraging Flourishing and Averting Harm: 5. Creating communities of care - assuming responsibilities; 6. Quotidian care; 7. Navigating harm to cultural heritage; 8. The rhetoric of saving for the nation; Part III. Providing the Space to Resolve Dissonance: 9. Challenging the status quo: cultural heritage. care and justice; 10. Conclusion.

About the author

Charlotte Woodhead is Associate Professor at Warwick Law School, University of Warwick. Charlotte is a recognised expert in the restitution of cultural heritage, having been commissioned in 2018 by the United Kingdom's DCMS and the Spoliation Advisory Panel to write a report on elements of the 2017 London Conference Action Plan. Charlotte has also served as a member of the Museums Association Ethics Committee (2013–2019).

Summary

This book comprehensively analyses the UK law and non-law instruments that care for cultural heritage. Viewing the law as a community of care, working with other communities, brings new insights to our understanding of cultural heritage protection, making this book of interest to legal and heritage academics and practitioners.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Woodhead, Charlotte (University of Warwick) Woodhead, Woodhead Charlotte
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2024
• EAN: 9781108736015
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73601-5
• No. of pages: 383
• Series: Law in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, ART / Museum Studies, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law