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E-book Heritage Dynamics : Understanding and adapting to change in diverse heritage contexts

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How is heritage created and re- created, shaped and reshaped, formed, reformed and transformed – or even reborn? Heritage in all its forms endures a lengthy and dynamic journey of emergence, transformation, decline and revival. An object displayed within a museum showcase may have travelled through various places and changed uses more than once before acquiring its new function as a museum object. An ‘old’ building housing a restaurant, cinema or other activities may have performed alternative uses in the past and materially been transformed to accom-modate each respective use. An ‘old’ red bus in the streets of London dedicated for touristic routes may have served millions of everyday commuters in the past. Heritage is thus constantly created, re-created, transformed and reborn. As such, it is a ‘renewable resource’ subject to constant change, transformation and adaptation.The materiality of heritage is an important prerequisite for its con-stant, non- linear, almost ‘spiral’ life cycles. However, materiality does not always constitute the most influential element in the dynamic transfor-mation of heritage. For example, the empty podiums that once held stat-ues representing slave owners, removed from the public sphere across the UK and beyond as a result of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement, obtained new heritage meanings – and consequently a new ‘life’ – through the stat-ues’ absence. The podiums became symbols of opposition towards and resistance against racism. Their symbolism is enhanced by the absence of materiality (that is, the absence of the statues).The dynamic transformation of a heritage life cycle is non- linear and multi- dimensional. In essence, heritage transformation is a complex, systemic process that consists of non- linear interconnections of multi-ple, heterogeneous factors. This proposition underlines this entire book. I will argue that a series of factors such as ‘materials’, ‘values/ meanings’, ‘senses/ emotions’, ‘place/ space/ environment’, ‘time’, ‘resources’ and ‘skills/competencies’ are mobilised and interconnected during the trans-formation of a heritage object, place or practice. I will contend that the continuation and sustainability of a dynamic ‘heritage life cycle’ will depend on the ways in which the aforementioned factors (elements) con-nect or disconnect. I will then frame this premise as a ‘heritage dynamics’ approach and stress that this framework can enable heritage scholars and heritage professionals to unfold the dynamic nature of heritage conceptu-ally and methodologically in a participatory manner. By doing so, better informed decisions can be made about heritage in the present and future.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

069 FOU h

Penerbit

London : UCL Press., 2022

Deskripsi Fisik

255 hlm

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781787358331

Klasifikasi

069

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

Museology (Museum science)

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