Casper Andersen, Irena Kozymka UNESCO and World Heritage: National Contexts, International Dynamics 9781472465917

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Автор: Casper Andersen, Irena Kozymka
Название: UNESCO and World Heritage: National Contexts, International Dynamics
ISBN: 9781472465917
Издательство: Taylor&Francis
Классификация:

Музееведение и изучение наследия

Политика и политический строй

Международные институты

Сфера обслуживания

Индустрия туризма

География человека

ISBN-10: 1472465911
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 246
Вес: 0.00 кг.
Дата издания: 30.11.2016
Серия: Heritage, culture and identity
Язык: English
Размер: 234 x 156
Читательская аудитория: Tertiary education (us: college)
Ключевые слова: Human geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
Подзаголовок: National contexts, international dynamics
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Описание: Today UNESCO is above all associated with World Heritage. World Heritage has become an established global brand with great appeal to many stakeholders, as it boosts tourism-related income while conferring political and cultural capital on to nation states and regions. There is, however, a growing sense of crisis in the World Heritage system. World Heritage encapsulated an optimistic, internationalist vision to foster global community based on notions of outstanding universal value representing a shared natural and cultural heritage of humanity. Yet, the World Heritage system also functions as a form of Olympian internationalism in which national prestige is won through competition on the international stage, much like in the modern day Olympic Games. Tensions between national interests and international dynamics tend to grow rather than diminish as UNESCO struggles to achieve geographical and political balance in the ever-growing World Heritage List, while maintaining objective criteria for inclusion. Moreover, critical scholarship in the field of Heritage Studies has increasingly called into question the legitimacy of the World Heritage system both as a discourse and as techno-political practice dominated by forms of expertise detached from local contexts. From this perspective, UNESCO’s World Heritage system epitomizes the tendency of what has been called the Authorised Heritage Discourse to become bureaucratic, top-down and non-participatory. In light of this current mix of success and crisis, it is timely to take stock of the status and development of the UNESCO World Heritage system.The main difference between heritage and World Heritage being the international dimension, heritage studies would also benefit from a focused analysis of the phenomenon of World Heritage as situated at the intersection of the national and international systems. By combining critical perspectives with a thorough understanding of the UNESCO World Heritage system, thi

UNESCO and World Heritage: National Contexts, International Dynamics, Casper Andersen, Irena Kozymka