A Companion To Heritage Studies

A Companion to Heritage Studies is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art survey of the interdisciplinary study of cultural heritage.

• Outlines the key themes of research, including cultural preservation, environmental protection, world heritage and tourism, ethics, and human rights
• Accessibly organized into a substantial framework-setting essay by the editors followed by three sections on expanding, using and abusing, and recasting heritage
• Provides a cutting-edge guide to emerging trends in the field that is that is global in scope, cross-cultural in focus and critical in approach
• Features contributions from an international array of scholars, including some with extensive experience in heritage practice through UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS, and national heritage systems

William Logan is Professor Emeritus and UNESCO Chair in Heritage and Urbanism in the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia and the Pacific at Deakin University, Melbourne. He has written, edited, or co-edited 14 books, includingHanoi: Biography of a City (2000), Places of Pain and Shame: Dealing with ‘Difficult Heritage’ (2009, edited with K. Reeves), andCultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights: Intersections in Theory and Practice (2010, edited with M. Langfield and M. Nic Craith). A fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and member of the Heritage Council of Victoria, Dr. Logan is on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Heritage Studies andHistoric Environment.

Mairead Nic Craith is Professor of European Culture and Heritage and Director of the Intercultural Research Centre at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. She is a Member of the Royal Irish Academy and has been a panel member for the UK Research Assessment Exercise (2008) and UK Research Excellence Framework (2014). Her publications include,Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights: Intersections in Theory and Practice (2010, edited with W. Logan and M. Langfield),A Companion to the Anthropology of Europe (Wiley, 2012, edited with U. Kockel and J. Frykman), andNarratives of Place, Belonging and Language: An Intercultural Perspective (2012).

Ullrich Kockel is Professor of Culture and Economy at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, and a Visiting Professor of Social Anthropology at Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas. A Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Member of the Royal Irish Academy, he is on the Steering Group of Learning for Sustainability Scotland. His publications includeRe-Visioning Europe: Frontiers, Place Identities and Journey in Debatable Lands (2010), andA Companion to the Anthropology of Europe (Wiley, 2012, edited with M. Nic Craith and J. Frykman).