The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Heritage Research

587 Pages·2015·4.878 MB·English

by  Emma Waterton, Steve Watson

The Palgrave Handbook of Contemporary Heritage Research
This page intentionally left blank
The Palgrave Handbook of
Contemporary Heritage
Research
Editedby
Emma Waterton
AssociateProfessor,UniversityofWesternSydney,Australia
Steve Watson
Professor,YorkStJohnUniversity,UK
Editorialmatter,introductionandselection©EmmaWatertonand
SteveWatson2015
Individualchapters©Respectiveauthors2015
Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis
publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission.
Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted
savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe
Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence
permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency,
SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS.
Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication
maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages.
Theauthorshaveassertedtheirrightstobeidentifiedastheauthorsofthis
workinaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988.
Firstpublished2015by
PALGRAVEMACMILLAN
PalgraveMacmillanintheUKisanimprintofMacmillanPublishersLimited,
registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills,Basingstoke,
HampshireRG216XS.
PalgraveMacmillanintheUSisadivisionofStMartin’sPressLLC,
175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010.
PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabovecompanies
andhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld.
Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates,
theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries.
ISBN978–1–137–29355–8
Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully
managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing
processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe
countryoforigin.
AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary.
AcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress.
Contents
ListofFiguresandTables xiii
Acknowledgements xv
NotesonContributors xvi
HeritageasaFocusofResearch:Past,PresentandNewDirections 1
EmmaWatertonandSteveWatson
Heritageinthepast 3
Heritagenowandinthefuture 9
Thevolume’sstructure 11
Conclusion 14
Part I HeritageMeanings
1 TheOntologicalPoliticsofHeritage;orHowResearchCan
SpoilaGoodStory 21
EmmaWatertonandSteveWatson
Darkfiguresofheritage 23
Heritageresearched 25
Futuredirections 29
2 HeritageandDiscourse 37
ZongjieWuandSongHou
Thenotionofdiscourse 37
Heritageasdiscourseanddiscursivepractice 39
Discourseanalysisandthecritiqueofheritage 41
Culturaldiscoursesof‘heritage’:Somealternativeendeavours 43
Futuretrendsindiscursivestudiesofheritage 45
Concludingremarks 48
3 HeritageasPerformance 52
MichaelHaldrupandJørgenOleBærenholdt
Introduction:Theusesofheritage 52
The‘performanceturn’ 53
Performancesof heritage 55
v
vi Contents
Performancesat heritagesites 58
Performanceswithheritage 61
Conclusion:Amoderatestandonperformance 64
4 HeritageandAuthenticity 69
HelaineSilverman
Heritageandauthenticityinthenineteenthcentury 70
Authenticityinarchitecturebecomesaninternational
heritagedoctrine 72
UNESCO,authenticityandintangibleculturalheritage 75
Authenticity,heritageandtourism 76
Currentresearchonheritageandauthenticity 80
Implicationsofauthenticityforlocal,nationalandinternational
heritagepolicy 82
Conclusion 84
Part II HeritageinContext
5 FromHeritagetoArchaeologyandBackAgain 91
ShathaAbuKhafajahandArwaBadran
Inventingarchaeology 92
Fittingpeopleintoprehistoryusingtheculture-history
approach 93
Reinventingarchaeologyinthenewworld 97
Newarchaeology:Scientific,abstract,generalanduniversal 98
Thesocio-politicalcontext:Humanizingarchaeologyand
recognizingtheordinary 102
Conclusion 107
Acknowledgements 109
6 HeritageandHistory 113
JessicaMoody
Introduction 113
Definingheritage,studyingheritage 113
Defininghistory,studyinghistory 114
PublicHistory 115
ThedevelopmentofPublicHistory 115
HeritagedebatesinBritain 117
Historyatwar 119
TheEnolaGay 120
2007andthebicentenaryoftheAbolitionoftheBritishSlave
TradeAct 121
Contents vii
Whatcanhistorydoforheritage? 123
Conclusion 125
7 ThinkingaboutOthersthroughMuseumsandHeritage 130
AndreaWitcomb
8 HeritageandTourism 144
DuncanLight
Abriefhistoryofheritagetourism 145
Touringheritage:Makingidentities 148
Understandingheritagetourists 150
Conclusions:Afutureresearchagenda 153
9 HeritageandGeography 159
NualaC.Johnson
Geographyandtheheritagedebate 162
Theorizingmemoryspaces 164
Space,memoryandheritage 166
Nature,heritageandidentity 167
Conclusion 170
Part III HeritageandCulturalExperience
10 Affect,Heritage,Feeling 177
DavidCrouch
Introduction 177
Heritagejourneys 178
Phenomenologyandperformativity 179
Affect,emotion,feeling 181
Affect,feeling,knowing:Heritageandspacetimesofheritage 185
Conclusionsandongoingreflections 187
11 HeritageandMemory 191
JoySather-Wagstaff
Selectedfoundations 192
Memoryinheritagestudies:Selectedtheoreticalissuesand
currentkeythemes 194
Issues–historyversusmemory,containermodelsformemory 194
Themes–difficultheritage:History,place,bodyandmemory 195
Casestudies:Memory,landscapes,embodiment,difficultheritage 197
Precipitantsofre-memorythroughdomesticmaterial
andvisualculture 198
Heritagewipedclean? 199
viii Contents
EmbodiedmemoryversusmonumentalismatAngkor,
Cambodia 200
Intothefuture:Continuingandemergingdirections 201
Acknowledgements 202
12 HeritageandtheVisualArts 205
RussellStaiff
Thevisualartslegacy 206
Formalism 207
Iconography 208
Aesthetics 210
Modernism 211
Thevisualartswithincontemporaryheritage 212
Quotationsandcopies 213
Theco-optionofthevisualartsasnationalheritage 214
Conclusion 215
13 IndustrialHeritageandTourism:AReviewoftheLiterature 219
AlfonsoVargas-Sánchez
Stateoftheart 220
Analysisoftheliteraturesurvey 225
Futuredirections 226
14 CuratingSoundforFutureCommunities 234
NoelLobley
Fieldrecordings,sonicheritageandsoundcuration 234
TheInternationalLibraryofAfricanMusic 236
ThearchiveofBaAkamusicrecordedbyLouisSarno 237
Pro-activesoundarchiving 237
Soundelicitationandcasestudies 239
TheSoundofAfricaseries,theInternationalLibraryofAfrican
MusicandurbanXhosacommunities 239
DevelopingsoundcollectionsatthePittRiversMuseum 242
Futuredirectionsforcollaborativesoundcuration 244
15 HeritageandSport 248
GregoryRamshawandSeanGammon
Connectingsportandtourism 248
Sportmuseumsandhallsoffame 250
Sportsstadiaandsportingvenues 251
Heritage-basedsportingevents 252
Sportfantasycamps 253
Personalsportheritagejourneys 254
Contents ix
Futuredirectionsinsportheritage 255
Conclusion 257
Part IV ContestedHeritageandEmergingIssues
16 HeritageinMulticulturalTimes 263
CristóbalGnecco
(Un)definingwhatcannotbedefined 265
Humanism,themarketandgovernmentality:Themulticultural
facesofheritage 270
Thefallofthehouseofheritage(aswe‘know’it) 273
Coda:BriefglossonalongUNESCOtext 276
17 CulturalHeritageandArmedConflict:NewQuestionsforan
OldRelationship 281
DaciaViejo-RoseandMarieLouiseStigSørensen
Anoldrelationshipwithnewquestionsanddynamics 282
Atwo-waystreet:Fromprotectiontoreconstructionandrecovery 287
Thearminganddisarmingofculturalheritage 289
Lookingtoafutureimperfect:Intentionandimpact 292
Acknowledgements 294
18 HeritageandGlobalization 297
RodneyHarrison
Heritageandglobalization 297
‘World’heritage 298
The1972WorldHeritageConvention 301
Criticalstudiesofheritageandglobalization 304
Material-semioticapproachestoheritage:Actor-networktheory,
assemblagetheoryandgovernmentalitytheory 304
Heritageasdesignprocess,materialinterventionandglobal
transformation 308
Futureresearchdirections 309
19 CriticalApproachestoPost-Colonial(Post-Conflict)Heritage 313
JohnGiblin
Settingtheparameters 313
Summary 315
Theoreticalunderpinnings 315
Thepost-colonialcritique 315
Theheritagecritique 316
Discussion 317
Event 317