Constantine, Sandis.

Cultural Heritage Ethics : Between Theory and Practice. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (230 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Meaning and Memory -- 1. Culture, Heritage, and Ethics -- 2. Poppy Politics: Remembrance of Things Present -- 3. The Meaning of the Public in an Age of Privatisation -- II. History and Archaeology -- 4. History as Heritage: Producing the Present in Post-War Sri Lanka -- 5. Looking at the Acropolis of Athens from Modern Times to Antiquity -- 6. South Asian Heritage and Archaeological Practices -- 7. The Ethics of Digging -- III. Ownership and Restitution -- 8. 'National' Heritage and Scholarship -- 9. Fear of Cultural Objects -- 10. Restitution -- IV. Management and Protection -- 11. The Possibilities and Perils of Heritage Management -- 12. Values in World Heritage Sites -- 13. Safeguarding Heritage: From Legal Rights over Objects to Legal Rights for Individuals and Communities? -- Appendix: Links to Selected International Charters and Conventions on Cultural Heritage.

9781783740697


Cultural property-Management.
Museums-Moral and ethical aspects.


Electronic books.

CC135 .C858 2014

363.690681