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This book focuses on the global goal of inclusivity and sustainability in heritage as defined by the United Nations and UNESCO. A detailed Introduction forms a commentary on the state of the field of heritage studies. The book is written by a cross-disciplinary team working in the GLAMA sector. It features contributions on decolonisation in museums and archives, co-production between heritage professionals and communities, the meaning of cultural memory and commemoration in anniversaries and monuments, and innovative uses of digital methods in heritage research. The chapters analyse the practices of the past that have led to power inequities in heritage representation and they stress the importance of multiculturalism for the future through practices such as preservation of Indigenous languages and material culture. Wide-ranging case studies and discussions come from the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Canada, Southeast Asia, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
List of contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: New Directions in Critical Heritage Studies and Professional Practice.- PART I The Critical Turn in Heritage Studies: Theory and the Everyday. Chapter 2. Bus Enthusiasm as Heritage Practice: Investigating Critical Approaches to Heritage Research.- Chapter 3. Hidden in Plain Sight: Everyday Heritage in the Realms of the Authorised Discourses.- Chapter 4. The Football Authorised Heritage Discourse (FAHD): Football Fandom, Marginalisation and Resistance in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.- PART II Challenging the Authorised Heritage Discourse: Decolonising the Cultural Narrative.- Chapter 5. Evaluating William Wilberforce in the Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire.- Chapter 6. Social Media and Subversion: Digital Platforms as a Tool for Indigenous Resistance in Thailand.- Chapter 7. Can There be Inclusive Canadian Heritage ? The Cases of Indigenous and Official Language Minority Heritage.- Chapter 8. Tourism, Protest, and Vandalism at the Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment.- PART III Decolonisation and Co-production in the GLAMA Sector: Methods for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.- Chapter 9. The Hidden History of Lunacy and Gender in the English Court of Chancery.- Chapter 10. Archival Provenance and Hidden Histories: The Case of the Peru and Green Vale papers.- Chapter 11. Allow me to Explain Myself : Co-producing Challenging Histories of Mental Health.- Chapter 12. Strategies for Amplifying Global Majority Voices in UK Museums through Co-produced Exhibitions.
About the author
Amanda Capern is Reader in Women’s History and Gender History at the University of Hull, UK and was Director of the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Training programme 'The Heritage Consortium' between 2020 and 2023.
Rebecca Haboucha is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK.
Sarah Pymer is a professional archivist for the University of Hull, UK, based at Hull History Centre.
Summary
This book focuses on the global goal of inclusivity and sustainability in heritage as defined by the United Nations and UNESCO. A detailed Introduction forms a commentary on the state of the field of heritage studies. The book is written by a cross-disciplinary team working in the GLAMA sector. It features contributions on decolonisation in museums and archives, co-production between heritage professionals and communities, the meaning of cultural memory and commemoration in anniversaries and monuments, and innovative uses of digital methods in heritage research. The chapters analyse the practices of the past that have led to power inequities in heritage representation and they stress the importance of multiculturalism for the future through practices such as preservation of Indigenous languages and material culture. Wide-ranging case studies and discussions come from the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Canada, Southeast Asia, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
