Caring for Cultural Heritage

This book explores how cultural heritage and its care are translated in UK law and non-law instruments. It analyses how communities of care look after cultural heritage because they care about it. These communities include the international and national community, national and local governments, courts, professional bodies, institutions such as museums as well as community groups. 'Care' refers to the varied ways in which communities engage with cultural heritage to maintain it, sustain relationships about it and with it, use it and provide access to it, with a view to passing it on to future generations. The book also assesses how far these nested practices of care assist communities of care in providing respectful, empathetic and dialogical care to navigate harm to cultural heritage. It will be of interest to scholars of cultural heritage studies across disciplines, including law, sociology and anthropology, as well as policymakers and practitioners in cultural heritage management.

Author: Charlotte Woodhead
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 11/23/2023
Pages: 420
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.78lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9781108498401

About the Author
Woodhead, Charlotte: - Charlotte Woodhead is Associate Professor at Warwick Law School, University of Warwick. Charlotte is a recognised expert in the restitution of cultural heritage, having been commissioned in 2018 by the United Kingdom's DCMS and the Spoliation Advisory Panel to write a report on elements of the 2017 London Conference Action Plan. Charlotte has also served as a member of the Museums Association Ethics Committee (2013-2019).

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