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Informationen zum Autor Helmut K. Anheier, PhD, is President and Dean at the Hertie School of Governance, and holds a chair of sociology at Heidelberg University. He received his PhD from Yale University in 1986, was a senior researcher at John Hopkins School of Public Policy, Professor of Public Policy and Social Welfare at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. Professor Anheier founded and directed the Centre for Civil Society at LSE, the Center for Civil Society at UCLA, and the Center for Social Investment at Heidelberg. Before embarking on an academic career, he served as social affairs officer to the United Nations. He is author of over 400 publications, and won various international prizes and recognitions for his scholarship. Amongst his recent book publications are Nonprofit Organizations - Theory, Management, Policy (London: Routledge, 2014), A Versatile American Institution: The Changing Ideals and Realities of Philanthropic Foundations with David Hammack (Washington, DC: Brookings, 2013) and The Global Studies Encyclopedia with Mark Juergensmeyer (5 vols, Sage, 2012). He is the principal academic lead of the Hertie School´s annual Governance Report (Oxford University Press, 2013-), and currently working on projects relating to indicator research, social innovation, and success and failure in philanthropy. Yudhishthir Raj Isar is an independent analyst, advisor and public speaker who straddles different worlds of cultural theory, experience and practice. He is Professor of Cultural Policy Studies at The American University of Paris and Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney. He has also been maître de conference at Sciences Po, Paris. Professor Isar is co-editor of the Cultures and Globalization Series (SAGE). He is a trustee of civil society cultural organisations and consultant to international organisations and foundations and Past President of Culture Action Europe. Earlier, at UNESCO, where he served from 1973 to 2002, he was notably Executive Secretary of the World Commission on Culture and Development and Director of the International Fund for the Promotion of Culture. Klappentext As with the three previous titles in the Cultures and Globalization Series, this is a cutting edge collection from an international group of authors. Heritage and memory in particular are key themes in international cultural and media studies. Zusammenfassung As with the three previous titles in the Cultures and Globalization Series! this is a cutting edge collection from an international group of authors. Heritage and memory in particular are key themes in international cultural and media studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword - Pierre Nora Introduction - Yudhishthir Raj Isar, Dacia Viejo-Rose and Helmut K. Anheier PART ONE: CONFIGURATIONS OF HERITAGE, MEMORY, IDENTITY GLOBAL APPROACHES The Role of Narratives in Commemoration: Remembering as Mediated Action - James V. Wertsch and Doc M. Billingsley UNESCO and Heritage: Global Doctrine, Global Practice - Yudhishthir Raj Isar Destruction and Reconstruction of Heritage: Impacts on Memory and Identity - Dacia Viejo-Rose The Political Economies of Heritage - Tim Winter Unsettling the National: Heritage and Diaspora - Ien Ang Territorialization and the Politics of Autochthony - Jean-Pierre Warnier Grassroots Memorials as Sites of Heritage Creation - Cristina Sánchez-Carretero and Carmen Ortiz Sites of Conscience: Heritage of and for Human Rights - Liz Šev?enko ¿Not Just a Place¿: Culture Heritage and the Environment - Benjamin Morris Regional Realities Living Sacred Heritage and ¿Authenticity¿ in South Asia - Jagath Weerasinghe A Contested Site of Memory: The Preah Vihear Temple - Aurel Croissant and Paul W. Chambers Memory and Identity as Elements of Her...
