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Notions of Heritage : Notions de patrimoine

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What is heritage ? This is the most fundamental but difficult question to be answered in heritage studies. It has been addressed many times, but singular definitions always seem to come up short. This book contributes to understandings of heritage as a multifarious construct. It sees it not as something defined by material objects, but as a cultural, economic, and political resource, a discursive practice, and as a process or performative act that engages with the past, present, and future. Notions of Heritage explores the challenges and consequences that result from overlapping, outdated understandings of heritage, as well as new notions of heritage altogether, whether in form or in practice, paving the way forward in the field of critical heritage studies.

Qu’est-ce que le patrimoine ? C’est une question Ă  la fois fondamentale et complexe Ă  laquelle cherchent Ă  rĂ©pondre les Ă©tudes sur le patrimoine. Celle-ci a Ă©tĂ© maintes fois abordĂ©e, mais les dĂ©finitions prĂ©cises semblent toujours manquer. Cet ouvrage contribue Ă  la comprĂ©hension du patrimoine comme construction multiforme. Il ne le considĂšre pas en tant qu’objets matĂ©riels, mais comme une ressource culturelle, Ă©conomique et politique, une pratique discursive, et en tant que processus ou acte performatif qui s’engage avec le passĂ©, le prĂ©sent et le futur. Notions de patrimoine explore les dĂ©fis et les consĂ©quences qui rĂ©sultent des conceptions obsolĂštes et chevauchantes du patrimoine ainsi que les nouvelles notions du patrimoine, que ce soit dans la forme ou dans la pratique, qui ouvrent la voie aux Ă©tudes critiques sur le sujet.

Jessica Mace, Ph.D., is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Art History at the University of Toronto and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Urban and Tourism Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Yujie Zhu, Ph.D., is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies of the Australian National University.

With contributions from Patrick Bailey, Adélie De Marre, Myriam Guillemette, Rebecca Hingley, Myriam Joannette, Jessica Mace, Ainslee Meredith, Magdalena Novoa E., Wenzhuo Zhang, Hao Zheng and Yujie Zhu.