Politics of Scale: New Directions in Critical Heritage Studies

By Tuuli Lähdesmäki

Book Overview

The volume develops research in Critical Heritage Studies by:

Providing a multi/interdisciplinary point of view to politics of scale and heritage-scale relationship. Contributors to the volume have their disciplinary background in: geography, cultural studies, art history, museum studies, sociology, political science, literature, linguistics, gender studies, and art. Providing a global perspective to heritage. The geographical focus of the volume includes regions and countries in four continents: Asia, Australia, Europe and Northern America. Combining in the analysis three crucial points of view: concepts, institutions and their policies, and heritagization practices. Providing a theoretical discussion on scale as a social construct and a method in Critical Heritage Studies. Discussing multifaceted meanings of scale that are not only about levels such as global, national, and local, but also about spatialized social and cultural borders and border-crossings and about scale in digital platforms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 180073638X
• ISBN13: 9781800736382
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"