Notions of Heritage

What is heritage This is the most fundamental but difficult question to be answered in heritage studies. It has been addressed many times, but singular definitions always seem to come up short. This book contributes to understandings of heritage as a multifarious construct. It sees it not as something defined by material objects, but as a cultural, economic, and political resource, a discursive practice, and as a process or performative act that engages with the past, present, and future. Notions of Heritage explores the challenges and consequences that result from overlapping, outdated understandings of heritage, as well as new notions of heritage altogether, whether in form or in practice, paving the way forward in the field of critical heritage studies. Qu'est-ce que le patrimoine C'est une question la fois fondamentale et complexe laquelle cherchent rpondre les tudes sur le patrimoine. Celle-ci a t maintes fois aborde, mais les dfinitions prcises semblent toujours manquer. Cet ouvrage contribue la comprhension du patrimoine comme construction multiforme. Il ne le considre pas en tant qu'objets matriels, mais comme une ressource culturelle, conomique et politique, une pratique discursive, et en tant que processus ou acte performatif qui s'engage avec le pass, le prsent et le futur. Notions de patrimoine explore les dfis et les consquences qui rsultent des conceptions obsoltes et chevauchantes du patrimoine ainsi que les nouvelles notions du patrimoine, que ce soit dans la forme ou dans la pratique, qui ouvrent la voie aux tudes critiques sur le sujet. Jessica Mace, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Urban and Tourism Studies at the Universit du Qubec Montral. Yujie Zhu, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies of the Australian National University. With contributions from Patrick Bailey, Adlie De Marre, Myriam Guillemette, Rebecca Hingley, Myriam Joannette, Jessica Mace, Ainslee Meredith, Magdalena Novoa E., Wenzhuo Zhang, Hao Zheng and Yujie Zhu.