The Nature of Heritage: The New South Africa is unique in revealing the conflicts inherent in
preserving both natural and cultural heritage, by examining the archaeological …

This paper discusses the efficacy of applying a framework of universal human rights to
resolve heritage conflicts. It considers the pitfalls and potentials in particular heritage …

National sentiments have historically overwhelmed global ones in the modern era.
Archaeology was born in the service of the nation-state, as a technical means for engaging …

Cultural heritage bears a foundational relationship to globalization. It acts as a lynchpin,
honoring diversity and difference while also feeding the norming bent of international …

Cosmopolitanism describes a wide variety of important positions in moral and sociopolitical
philosophy brought together by the belief that we are all citizens of the world who have …

Under the aegis of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, heritage preservation
has gained considerable public visibility, but it has also become gridlocked in multilateral …

In the early 1970s, the Tunisian government sought to balance the preservation of cultural
heritage and tourism with urban development at the sprawling archaeological site of …

Sitting in the middle of the world's largest desert, warmed by an acacia-wood fire and with
rivers of stars above, I am enchanted. Yet I internalise this Saharan space through powerful …

In recent years, there has been increased scholarly attention devoted to the politics behind
decision-making processes in multilateral organisations like the United Nations Educational …

This chapter examines the role of post-apartheid heritage making, comparing the expedient
political rhetoric of the 1990s with the subsequent problems of implementation and …