Includes bibliographical references and index.

The New Heritage Studies : Origins and Evolution, Problems and Prospects / William Logan, Ullrich Kockel and Mairead Nic Craith -- Heritage places : Evolving conceptions and changing forms / Neil Silberman -- From folklore to intangible heritage / Kristin Kuutma -- Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property : Convergence, Divergence and Interface / Folarin Shyllon -- Intangible Heritage and embodiment : Japan's influence on the global heritage discourse / Natsuko Akagawa -- The Politics of Heritage in the Land of Food and Wine / Marion Demossier -- (Re)visioning the Ma'ohi landscape of Marae Taputapuatea, French Polynesia : World Heritage and Indigenous knowledge systems in the Pacific Islands / Anita Smith -- The Kingdom of Death as a Heritage Site : Making Sense of Auschwitz / Jonathan Webber -- The Memory of the World and its Hidden Facets / Anca Claudia Prodan -- African Indigenous Heritage in Colonial and Post-colonial Museums : The Case of the Batwa from Africa's Great Lakes Region / Maurice Mugabowagahunde -- Valuing the Past, or, Untangling the Social, Political, and Economic Importance of Cultural Heritage Sites / Brenda Trofanenko -- Cultural Heritage under the Gaze of International Tourism Marketing Campaigns / Helaine Silverman and Richard Hallett -- Heritagescaping and the aesthetics of refuge : challenges to urban sustainability / Tim Winter -- Cultural Heritage as a Strategy for Social Needs and Community Identity / Keir Reeves and Gertjan Plets -- Heritage in the Digital Age / Maria Economou -- World Heritage and National Hegemony : The Discursive Formation of Chinese Political Authority / Haiming Yan -- War Museums and Memory Wars in Contemporary Poland / Julie Fedor -- Heritage in an Expanded Field : Reconstructing Bridge-ness in Mostar / Andrea Connor -- Heritage Under Fire : Lessons from Iraq for Cultural Property Protection / Benjamin Isakhan -- Intentional destruction of heritage : Bamiyan and Timbuktu / Christian Manhart -- Heritage and the Politics of Cultural Obliteration : The Case of the Andes / Hugo Benavides Recasting Heritage -- The Economic Feasibility of Heritage Preservation / Ron van Oers UNESCO and cultural heritage: unexpected consequences / Christina Cameron The Limits of Heritage: Corporate Interests and Cultural Rights on Resource Frontiers / Rosemary J. Coombe and Melissa Baird -- Indigenous Peoples' Rights and the World Heritage Convention / Stefan Disko -- UNESCO, the World Heritage Convention and Africa : The Practice and the Practitioners / George Abungu -- World Heritage Places in Africa : What benefits from nomination and inscription? / Webber Ndoro -- Heritage in the "Asian Century" : Responding to Geopolitical Change / Zeynep Aygen and Willam Logan -- (Re-)Building Heritage : Integrating Tangible and Intangible / Mairead Nic Craith and Ullrich Kockel -- The elephant in the room : heritage, affect and emotion / Laurajane Smith and Gary Campbell -- Cross-cultural encounters and "difficult heritage" on the Thai-Burma railway : An ethics of cosmopolitanism rather than practices of exclusion / Andrea Whitcomb -- Heritage and Cosmopolitanism / Lynn Meskell -- "Putting Broken Pieces Back Together" : Reconciliation, Justice and Heritage in Post-Conflict Situations / Patrick Daly and Benjamin Chan -- Achieving Dialogue through Transnational World Heritage Nomination : A Case Study of The Silk Roads / Ona Vileikis -- World Heritage: Alternative Futures / Britta Rudolff and Kristal Buckley -- Challenges for International Cultural Heritage Law / Ana Vrdoljak -- Heritage and Education, Training and Capacity-Building / William Logan and Gamini Wijesuriya

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