Forthcoming Museum and Heritage Studies Books

Forthcoming Books

1. The Public History Reader

   Edited by Hilda Kean, Paul Martin

   Series: Routledge Readers in History

   Drawing on theory and practice from five continents, The Public History Reader offers clearly written accessible introductions to debates in public history as it places people, such as practitioners, bloggers, archivists, local historians, curators or those working in education, at the heart of...

   To Be Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
2. Asian Heritage Management

   Contexts, Concerns, and Prospects

   Edited by Kapila Silva, Neel Kamal Chapagain

   Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia Series

   The prevalent global heritage discourse has been primarily Euro-centric in its origin, premise, and praxis. Diverse cultural, historical, and geographical contexts, such as that of Asia, call for more context-specific approaches to heritage management. This book explores this complexity of managing...

   To Be Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
3. Commemorative Events

   Memory, Identities, Conflict

   By Warwick Frost, Jennifer Laing

   Series: Routledge Advances in Event Research Series

   Commemorative Events emphasise remembering. They are held on the anniversaries of significant past events, either annually or after significant time periods. Commemorative events provide fascinating insight into how societies see themselves, their heritage and their identity. These events however...

   To Be Published March 5th 2013 by Routledge
4. Dark Tourism and Place Identity

   Managing and Interpreting Dark Places

   Edited by Leanne White, Elspeth Frew

   Series: Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility

   Dark Tourism, including visitation to places such as murder sites, battlefields and cemeteries is a growing phenomenon, as well as an emergent area of scholarly interest. Despite this interest, the intersecting domains of dark tourism and place identity have been largely overlooked in the academic...

   To Be Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
5. Displaying the Ideals of Antiquity

   The Petrified Gaze

   By Johannes Siapkas, Lena Sjögren

   Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

   Displaying the Ideals of Antiquity investigates the study and display of ancient sculpture from archaeological, art history, and museum studies perspectives. Ancient sculptures not only give us knowledge about ancient Greek and Roman pasts, but they also mediate ideals that inform us about modern...

   To Be Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Hegel-Arg Philosophers

   To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
7. Heritage and Community Engagement

   Collaboration or Contestation?

   Edited by Emma Waterton, Steve Watson

   This book is about the way that professionals in archaeology and in other sectors of heritage interact with a range of stakeholder groups, communities and the wider public. Whilst these issues have been researched and discussed over many years and in many geographical contexts, the debate seems to...

   To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
8. Memorylands

   Heritage and Identity in Europe Today

   By Sharon Macdonald

   Memorylands is an original and fascinating investigation of the nature of heritage, memory and understandings of the past in Europe today. It looks at how Europe has become a ’memoryland’ – littered with material reminders of the past, such as museums, heritage sites and memorials; and at how this...

   To Be Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
9. Archaeology in Environment and Technology

   Intersections and Transformations

   Edited by David Frankel, Susan Lawrence, Jennifer Webb

   Series: Routledge Studies in Archaeology

   Environments, landscapes, and ecological systems are often seen as fundamental by archaeologists, but how they relate to society is understood in very different ways. The chapters in this book take environment, culture, and technology together. All have been the focus of much attention; often one...

   To Be Published April 18th 2013 by Routledge
10. Memory and History

    Understanding Memory as Source and Subject

    Edited by Joan Tumblety

    Series: Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources

    How does the historian approach memory and how do historians use different sources to analyze how history and memory interact and impact on each other? Memory and History explores the different aspects of the study of this field. Taking examples from Europe, Australia, the USA and Japan and...

    To Be Published April 21st 2013 by Routledge