Cultural diversity, heritage and human rights intersections in theory and practice

Cultural diversity, heritage and human rights intersections in theory and practice - London Routledge 2010 - xv,265p. ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Key issues in cultural heritage .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Setting agendas -- 1. Intersecting concepts and practices / William Logan, Michele Langfield and Mairead Nic Craith -- 2. Human rights and the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme / Hilary Charlesworth -- 3. Custodians of the land : Indigenous peoples, human rights and cultural integrity / Jeremie Gilbert -- 4. Linguistic heritage and language rights in Europe : theoretical considerations and practical implications / Mairead Nic Craith -- Pt. II. National versus local rights -- 5. Unravelling the cradle of civilization 'layer by layer' : Iraq, its peoples and cultural heritage / Ana Filipa Vrdoljak -- 6. The political appropriation of Burma's cultural heritage and its implications for human rights / Janette Philp -- 7. 'Elasticity' of heritage, from conservation to human rights : a saga of development and resistance in Penang, Malaysia / Judith Nagata -- 8. Rendered invisible : urban planning, cultural heritage and human rights / Graeme Bristol -- 9. 'Indigenous peoples are not multicultural minorities' : cultural diversity, heritage and indigenous human rights in Australia / Michele Langfield -- 10. A sung heritage : an ecological approach to rights and authority in intangible cultural heritage in Northern Australia / Fiona Magowan -- 11. 'Cuca shops' and Christians : heritage, morality and citizenship in Northern Namibia / Ian Fairweather -- Pt. III. Rights in conflict -- 12. Protecting the Tay Nguyen gongs : conflicting rights in Vietnam's central plateau / William Logan -- 13. The rights movement and cultural revitalization : the case of the Ainu in Japan / Yuuki Hasegawa -- 14. Cultural heritage and human rights in divided Cyprus / Susan Balderstone -- 15. Leaving the buildings behind : conflict, sovereignty and the values of heritage in Kashmir / Tim Winter and Shalini Panjabi.

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Human rights.
Multiculturalism.
Indigenous peoples--Civil rights.
Cultural property.
Culture conflict.

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