Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights - Intersections in Theory and Practice

Zusatztext "Reading this book and reflecting on the 35+ years since the World Heritage Convention came into force one recognizes the fragility of the whole 'World Heritage project'. Is there a better alternative? I strongly commend the book. An engaging! if not cheering read." - Max Bourke Informationen zum Autor William Logan, Michele Langfield, Mairead Nic Craith Klappentext First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung An anthology that investigates the problematic linkages between conserving cultural heritage, maintaining cultural diversity, defining and establishing cultural citizenship, and enforcing human rights. It addresses the notions of cultural diversity, cultural heritage and human rights, focusing on the intersection between the three concepts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Setting Agendas 1. Intersecting Concepts and Practices 2. Human Rights and the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme 3. Custodians of the Land: Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and Cultural Integrity 4. Linguistic Heritage and Language Rights in Europe: Theoretical Considerations and Practical Implications Part 2: National vs Local Rights 5. Unravelling the Cradle of Civilization ‘Layer by Layer’: Iraq, its Peoples and Cultural Heritage 6. The Political Appropriation of Burma’s Cultural Heritage and its Implications for Human rights 7. ‘Elasticity’ of Heritage, From Conservation to Human Rights: A Saga of Development and Resistance in Penang, Malaysia 8. Rendered Invisible: Urban Planning, Cultural Hheritage and Human Rights 9. ‘Indigenous Peoples are not Multicultural Minorities’: Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Indigenous Human Rights in Australia 10. A Sung Heritage: An Ecological Approach to Rights and Authority in Intangible Cultural Heritage in Northern Australia 11. ‘Cuca Shops’ and Christians: Heritage, Morality and Citizenship in Northern Namibia Part 3: Rights in Conflict 12. Protecting the Tay Nguyen Gongs: Conflicting Rights in Vietnam’s Central Plateau 13. The Rights Movement and Cultural Revitalization: The Case of the Ainu in Japan 14. Cultural Heritage and Human Rights in Divided Cyprus 15. Leaving the Buildings Behind: Conflict, Sovereignty and the Values of Heritage in Kashmir ...

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• Authors: Michele Logan Langfield, William Craith Logan, LOGAN WILLIAM CRAITH MAIREAD NIC
• Assisted by: Mairead Nic Craith (Editor), Mairead Nic (University of Ulster Craith (Editor), Craith Mairead Nic (Editor), Michele Langfield (Editor), Langfield Michele (Editor), William Logan (Editor), William (Deakin University Logan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.11.2009
• EAN: 9780415563666
• ISBN: 978-0-415-56366-6
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: Key Issues in Cultural Heritage; Key Issues in Cultural Heritage
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies