Shared Knowledge, Shared Power: Engaging Local and Indigenous Heritage

Apaydin, Veysel (Edited by)

ISBN 10: 3319686518 / ISBN 13: 9783319686516

Published by Springer, 2017

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148 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shared Knowledge, Shared Power: Engaging Local and Indigenous Heritage
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319686518
• ISBN 13: 9783319686516
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.32 kilograms

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Synopsis

Discusses how heritage is formed, shaped, or constructed by communities by their current requirements, and that community groups are described by their heritage as it represents their identity.

Explores how heritage awareness can be increased among the public and local communities as well as defining the best ways of sharing knowledge, power and engaging communities

International and practical case studies applying many different approaches and methods

About the Author

Veysel Apaydin completed his Ph.D. in Cultural Heritage at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. His doctoral thesis (2015) evaluated political use of the past, identity construction and the relationship between heritage, education and attitudes towards heritage, taking modern-day Turkey as its case study. He worked as an archaeologist and heritage consultant in the United Kingdom and Turkey, and has taught social research methods, heritage and museum studies and public archaeology courses at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He is also currently editor of the heritage section of the Journal of Open Archaeology.