A Companion to Heritage Studies

Content: 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.