Affect and emotion, like memory before them, have recently become a focus of discussion in
the social sciences. This chapter reviews the way emotion has been addressed in heritage …

Emotional Heritage brings the issues of affect and power in the theorisation of heritage to the
fore, whilst also highlighting the affective and political consequences of heritage-making …

Nostalgia for some is pointless and sentimental, for others reactionary and futile. Where
does that leave those of us interested in labour history and heritage–is it all just 'smokestack …

Digital Ethnography outlines an approach to doing ethnography in a contemporary world. It
invites researchers to consider how we live and research in a digital, material and sensory …

While research on the mediation of post-socialist memory has gained momentum in recent
years, the field remains fragmented and limited to small-scale case studies, with little attempt …

debates in the humanities and social sciences about the use of emotion. This timely and
unique book explores the ways emotion is embroiled and used in contemporary …

The nascent field of Memory Studies emerges from contemporary trends that include a shift
from concern with historical knowledge of events to that of memory, from 'what we know'to …

However, this creative variety of perspectives has implied, to some extent, a theoretical
isolationism, most often underpinned by disciplinary conventions. Even though Memory …

Heritage sites and places are often mobilized to represent a group's identity and sense of
place and belonging. This paper will illustrate how heritage and museum visiting, as a …

Abstract This article revisits Anthony Smith's landmark collection Myths and Memories of the
Nation (1999) from the perspective of recent developments in cultural memory studies. It …