The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is one of the most widely ratified international treaties, and a place on the World Heritage List is a widely coveted mark of distinction. Building on ethnographic fieldwork at Committee sessions, interviews and documentary study, the book links the change in operations of the World Heritage Committee with structural nation-centeredness, vulnerable procedures for evaluation, monitoring and decision-making, and loose heritage conceptions that have been inconsistently applied. As the most ambitious study of the World Heritage arena so far, this volume dissects the inner workings of a prominent global body, demonstrating the power of ethnography in the highly formalised and diplomatic context of a multilateral organisation.
| ISBN: | 9781800739468 |
| Publication date: | 14th April 2023 |
| Author: | Christoph Brumann |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 316 pages |
| Genres: |
Anthropology Cultural studies Museology and heritage studies |
The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is one of the most widely ratified international treaties, and a place on the World Heritage List is a widely coveted mark of distinction. Building on ethnographic fieldwork at Committee sessions, interviews and documentary study, the book links the change in operations of the World Heritage Committee with structural nation-centeredness, vulnerable procedures for evaluation, monitoring and decision-making, and loose heritage conceptions that have been inconsistently applied. As the most ambitious study of the World Heritage arena so far, this volume dissects the inner workings of a prominent global body, demonstrating the power of ethnography in the highly formalised and diplomatic context of a multilateral organisation.
The Best We Share features in the following genres: Anthropology, Cultural studies, Museology and heritage studies
The Best We Share is available in Paperback
The Best We Share was written by Christoph Brumann and published by Berghahn Books
The Best We Share has 316 pages
£25.16