Overview

International, multi-disciplinary perspectives on the key question of community engagement in theory and practice in a diverse range of heritage settings. Across the global networks of heritage sites, museums, and galleries, the importance of communities to the interpretation and conservation of heritage is increasingly being recognised. Yet the very term ""meaningful community engagement"" betrays a myriad of contrary approaches and understandings. Who is a community? How can they engage with heritage and why would they want to? How do communities and heritage professionals perceive one another? What does itmean to ""engage""? These questions unsettle the very foundations of community engagement and indicate a need to unpick this important but complex trend. Engaging Heritage, Engaging Communities critically explores the latest debates and practices surrounding community collaboration. By examining the different ways in which communities participate in heritage projects, the book questions the benefits, costs and limitations of community engagement. Whether communities are engaging through innovative initiatives or in response to economic, political or social factors, there is a need to understand how such engagements are conceptualised, facilitated and experienced by boththe organisations and the communities involved. Bryony Onciul is Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter; Michelle Stefano is the Co-Director of Maryland Traditions, the folklife program for the state of Maryland and Visiting Assistant Professor in American Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Stephanie Hawke is a project manager and fundraiser, working on a range of projects aiming to engage communities with culturalheritage. Contributors: Gregory Ashworth, Evita Busa, Helen Graham, Julian Hartley, Stephanie Hawke, Carl Hogsden, Shatha Abu Khafajah, Nicole King, Bernadette Lynch, Billie Lythberg, Conal McCarthy, Ashley Minner, Wayne Ngata, Bryony Onciul, Elizabeth Pishief, Gregory Ramshaw, Philipp Schorch, Justin Sikora, Michelle Stefano, Helen Tully, John Tunbridge.

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Author:   Bryony Onciul ,  Michelle L. Stefano (Customer) ,  Stephanie K. Hawke ,  Ashley Colleen Minner (Contributor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 20
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.716kg
ISBN:  

9781783271658

ISBN 10:   1783271655
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   20 January 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction - Bryony Onciul The Gate in the Wall: Beyond Happiness-making in Museums - Bernadette Lynch Assembling Communities: Curatorial Practices, Material Culture and Meanings - Philipp Schorch Interview: John Tunbridge - John Everard Tunbridge Interview: Gregory Ashworth - Gregory Ashworth Engaging with Maori and Archaeologists: Heritage Theory and Practice in Aotearoa New Zealand - Elizabeth Dale Pishief Horizontality: Tactical Politics for Participation and Museums - Helen Graham Re-imagining Egypt: Artefacts, Contemporary Art and Community Engagement in the Museum - Helen Tully Interview: Evita Busa - Evita Busa Interview: Shatha Abu Khafajah - Shatha Abu-Khafajah Engaging Communities of De-industrialisation: the Mapping Baybrook and Mill Stories Projects of Baltimore, USA - Michelle L. Stefano Engaging Communities of De-industrialisation: the Mapping Baybrook and Mill Stories Projects of Baltimore, USA - Nicole King Interview: Ashley Minner - Ashley Colleen Minner Embattled Legacies: Challenges in Community Engagement at Historic Battlefields in the UK - Justin Sikora At the Community Level: Intangible Cultural Heritage as Naturally-occurring Ecomuseums - Michelle L. Stefano Subaltern Sports Heritage - Gregory Ramshaw Museums and the Symbolic Capital of Social Media Space - Julian Hartley Relational Systems and Ancient Futures: Co-creating a Digital Contact Network in Theory and Practice - Billie Lythberg Relational Systems and Ancient Futures: Co-creating a Digital Contact Network in Theory and Practice - Carl Hogsden Relational Systems and Ancient Futures: Co-creating a Digital Contact Network in Theory and Practice - Wayne Ngata Interview: Conal McCarthy - Conal McCarthy

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Contributes to the growing literature about heritage and community...provides much to think about. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTANGIBLE HERITAGE

Contributes to the growing literature about heritage and community...provides much to think about. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTANGIBLE HERITAGE * Engaging heritage, engaging communities is a timely collection of critical essays, interviews, and reflections that speak to the contemporary concerns of the museum and heritage sector, drawing out what is at the core of work with communities: relationships. The book sits at the intersection of museum studies, anthropology, history, and critical heritage and is a valuable tool for museum professionals, students, and researchers. * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *

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