Ryfield, Frances (2019) A geomorphic paradox: performing histories of change as the land-slips away. In: Jones, Roy, Robertson, Iain J.M., Harvey, David C. and Carter, Thomas, (eds.) Creating heritage: unrecognised pasts and rejected futures. Routledge Cultural Heritage and Tourism Series . Routledge, Abingdon, UK. Full text not available from this repository.
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Book abstract: This book investigates the selection process of heritagisation to understand what specific pasts are being selected or rejected for representation, who is selecting them, how and to whom they are being represented and why they are being presented, or dismissed, in the ways that they are. Some aspects of our pasts are venerated and memorialised for a variety of reasons, while others are forgotten or even hidden. This volume, thus, provides examples from across a spectrum. Some phenomena are well-suited to heritagisation, such as animals memorialised for their bravery, long past agricultural techniques and implements, and impressive landscapes. However, this book also deals with products (e.g. tobacco), historical periods (e.g. the Third Reich) and scientific techniques (e.g. genetic modification) with negative connotations that extend beyond their heritage attributes. This volume considers how the actors in the heritage industry admit, valorise, prioritise and rationalise historic resources as heritage products. These findings provide practical examples of how heritage institutions privilege, frame and/or exclude a wide range of heritage items. They also contrast the invocations of sectional (local, national or class based) and more cosmopolitan heritages and consider the extent to which innovation and change are or can be acknowledged within the heritage discourse.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| ISBN: | 9780815347927 |
| Departments: | Institute of Science and Environment > Outdoor Studies |
| Additional Information: | Frances Ryfield is a cultural and historical geographer and Lecturer at the University of Cumbria in Ambleside. Her research explores the intersections between the arts, sciences and environmental change. Chapter 7 within book. |
| Depositing User: | Anna Lupton |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2019 16:06 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2024 14:58 |
| URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/5148 |
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