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Caring for Cultural Heritage: An Integrated Approach to Legal and Ethical Initiatives in the United Kingdom

Caring for Cultural Heritage: An Integrated Approach to Legal and Ethical Initiatives in the United Kingdom

Author: Charlotte Woodhead
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108736015

Published In: July 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781108498401

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This book explores how cultural heritage and its care are translated in UK law and non-law instruments. It analyses how communities of care are constructed to look after cultural heritage because they care about it. These communities include the international and national community, national and local governments, courts, professional bodies and institutions such as museums and 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, 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.

Provides a comprehensive way to understand cultural heritage and its protection, for lawyers and non-lawyers alike
Integrates law and ethics through the concept of nested practices of care
Treats law as a means of care and will appeal to legal academics interested in cultural heritage and related areas of practice

1. Introduction

2. Caring for cultural heritage: a conceptual framework

3. Nested practices of care for cultural heritage

4. Translating how and why communities care about cultural heritage

5. Creating communities of care – assuming responsibilities

6. Quotidian care

7. Navigating harm to cultural heritage

8. The rhetoric of saving for the nation

9. Challenging the status quo: cultural heritage. care and justice

10. Conclusion