Trinidad Rico: 2 books
Constructing Destruction
Heritage Narratives in the Tsunami City
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Large-scale disasters mobilize heritage professionals to a narrative of heritage-at-risk and a standardized set of processes to counter that risk. Trinidad Rico’s critical ethnography analyses heritage practices in the aftermath of the tsunami that swamped Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 2004 and the...
Cultural Heritage in the Arabian Peninsula
Debates, Discourses and Practices
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Heritage projects in the Arabian Peninsula are developing rapidly. Museums and heritage sites are symbols of shifting national identities, and a way of placing the Arabian Peninsula states on the international map. Global, i.e. Western, heritage standards and practices have been utilised for the rapid...