Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce the publication of Cultural Heritage and the Challenge of Sustainability, by Diane Barthel-Bouchier (Stony Brook University)
http://www.lcoastpress.com/book.php?id=417
"...a fascinating analysis of how heritage agencies, from the local to the global, are grappling with climate change, rising sea levels, desertification, alternative energy, mass tourism, and conflicting definitions of human rights. Anyone who’s in the heritage field, or who takes the challenge of sustainability seriously, should read this book." --Ned Kaufman, Kaufman Heritage Conservation and Pratt Institute
"This must-read book offers some sobering implications for both future and past...[written] one of today’s foremost analysts of heritage and environmentalism."
--Neil Silberman, Center for Heritage and Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst
For cultural and heritage institutions around the world, sustainability is the major challenge of the twenty-first century. In the first major work to analyze this critical issue, Barthel-Bouchier argues that commitments to sustainability arose both from direct environmental threats and from social and economic conflicts as heritage developed into a truly global organizational field. Drawing on extensive fieldwork and interviews over many years, as well as detailed coverage of primary documents and secondary literature, she examines key international organizations including UNESCO, ICOMOS, and the World Monuments Fund, and national trust organizations of Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and many others. This wide-ranging study establishes a foundation for critical analysis and programmatic advances as heritage professionals encounter the growing challenge of sustainability.
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Stefania R. Van Dyke
Museum Studies & Practice
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