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Dissonant heritages and memories in contemporary Europe
This open access book discusses political, economic, social, and humanitarian challenges that influence both how people deal with their past and how they build their identities in contemporary Europe. Ongoing debates on migration, on local, national, inter- and transnational levels, prove that it is a divisive issue with regards to understanding European integration and identity. At the same ti…
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- 9783030114640
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- xv, 294p.; ill.
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- Palgrave studies in cultural heritage and conflict
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- 363.69 DIS v
Documenting Maritime Heritage at Risk
Documenting Maritime Heritage at Risk addresses the risks posed to coastal piers and quays due to climate change, the urgent need for documentation and attendant questions regarding long-term conservation, and the role communities could have in this endeavour. Case studies from communities, researchers, and national agencies offer insights into the documentation and analysis of coastal heritage…
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- 9781032472089
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- xi, 105 p,: ill
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- 023.9 SHO m
Energy efficiency and indoor environment quality
This Special Issue addresses a topic of great relevance. In developed countries, there is a higher prevalence of people choosing to spend time indoors. Data show that the time a person spends at home ranges from 60% to 90% of the day, and 30% of that time is spent sleeping, though this varies depending on the individual. Taking into account these data, indoor residential environments have a dir…
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- 9783036525075
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- vii, 184p.: ill.
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- -
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- 690 LEZ
Digital humanities and libraries and archives in religious studies : an intro…
How are digital humanists drawing on libraries and archives to advance research in the field of religious studies and theology? How can librarians and archivists make their collections accessible in return? This volume showcases the perspectives of faculty, librarians, archivists, and allied cultural heritage professionals who are drawing on primary and secondary sources in innovative ways to c…
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- 9783110536539
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- 167 pg; ill.
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- -
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- 001.30285 DIG d
The Custodians of The Gift
Emerging from more than two decades of research in the field and in the archives, the essays collected here explore the multifaceted topic of the Fijian firewalking ceremony, the vilavilairevo. The collection examines the intersection of the intertwined topics of cultural property, reproduction of tradition, and change with issues of (post)colonial representation, authenticity, and ethnic ident…
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- 9788855180870
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Islam And Heritage in Europe: Pasts, Presents And Future Possibilities
Islam and Heritage in Europe provides a critical investigation of the role of Islam in Europe’s heritage. Focusing on Islam, heritage and Europe, it seeks to productively trouble all of these terms and throw new light on the relationships between them in various urban, national and transnational contexts. Bringing together international scholars from a range of disciplines, this collection ex…
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- 9780367491499
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WORKING THROUGH COLONIAL COLLECTIONS : an ethnography of the ethnological mus…
Reckoning with colonial legacies in Western museum collections What are the possibilities and limits of engaging with colonialism in ethnological museums? This book addresses this question from within the Africa department of the Ethnological Museum in Berlin. It captures the Museum at a moment of substantial transformation, as it prepared the move of its exhibition to the Humboldt Forum, a new…
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- 1
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- 9789462703100
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- 321p.; ill.
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- -
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- 301 WOR v
Heritage conservation and social engagement
Heritage Conservation and Social Engagement explores different kinds of engagement, participation, access, and creative use of resources motivated by the practice of conservation, and offers ethical and practical perspectives from which to approach cultural heritage projects. The chapters are structured around the themes of engagement and participation, with an emphasis on the value of cross-di…
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- 9781787359239
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- xiv, 182 p. : ill.
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- 363.69 HER h
Reading backwards: an advance retrospective on Russian literature
"This edited volume employs the paradoxical notion of ‘anticipatory plagiarism’—developed in the 1960s by the ‘Oulipo’ group of French writers and thinkers—as a mode for reading Russian literature. Reversing established critical approaches to the canon and literary influence, its contributors ask us to consider how reading against linear chronologies can elicit fascinating new patte…
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- 9781800641211
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- 302 p.: colour, ill.
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- -
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- 891.709 MAG r
Practicing decoloniality in museums : a guide with global examples
The cry for decolonization has echoed throughout the museum world. Although perhaps most audibly heard in the case of ethnographic museums, many different types of museums have felt the need to engage in decolonial practices. Amidst those who have argued that an institution as deeply colonial as the museum cannot truly be decolonized, museum staff and museologists have been approaching the issu…
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- 9789048554836
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- 125 p.
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- -
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- 069 ARI p
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