Living with heritage : the case of Tsodilo World Heritage Site and neighbouring localities /
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In 2008 several heritage sites in Botswana were opened for tourism in addition to the Tsodilo World Heritage Site. Insufficient research was undertaken to understand how local communities and local cultures respond to these ventures. This study presents an overview of community transformation and responses to heritage sites as globalised platforms.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage. :
1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789693058 (PDF ebook) :
Shali : a matter of conservation : result of the cultural heritage activities of the Italo-Egyptian development cooperation project : "Protection and promotion of cultural heritage...
: At head of title: Ricerca e Cooperazione ; Associazione Giovanni Secco Suardo. : 110 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-109). : 9788863360783
Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890 : Intercultural Engagements with Architecture and Craft in the Age of Travel and Reform /
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"The commodification of Islamic antiques intensified in the late Ottoman Empire, an age of domestic reform and increased European interference following the Tanzimat (reorganisation) of 1839. Mercedes Volait examines the social life of typical objects moving from Cairo and Damascus to Paris, London, and beyond, uncovers the range of agencies and subjectivities involved in the trade of architectural salvage and historic handicraft, and traces impacts on private interiors, through creative reuse and Revival design, in Egypt, Europe and America. By devoting attention to both local and global engagements with Middle Eastern tangible heritage, the present volume invites to look anew at Orientalism in art and interior design, the canon of Islamic architecture and the translocation of historic works of art"--
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004449886
9789004449879