Measuring the Economic and Cultural Values of Historic Heritage Places
This research project on the valuation of cultural heritage is developing a methodology for a quantitative valuation study of the use and non-use values of historic heritage places.
Hanna, Bronwyn +5 more
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Intellectual Solidarity and Reflexive Dislocation: Sociology in the Age of Global Authoritarianism
ABSTRACT This article contributes to current debates on the ethics of critical scholarship in an era of authoritarian consolidation and institutional erosion. It introduces intellectual solidarity as an ethical stance and reflexive dislocation as a methodological practice that together offer a grounded response to the complicities and constraints of ...
Salvador Santino Regilme
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Looking at Us Through Their Eyes. The Analytical Process from Ethnographic Perspectives1
Abstract This article looks at the analytical situation through the Others’ eyes—through examples from contemporary ethnographies of foreign cultures. It discusses the following issues: a) The analogy between the ontological worlds of the dead, ghosts, animals and dreams in “primitive populations” and the analytical psychological descriptions of the ...
Stefano Carta
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Contemporary interventions in historic fabric: context and authenticity in the work of Gabriel Fagan
This study focuses on three projects by Gabriel Fagan, one of South Africa’s most respected and awarded architects, namely The Dias Museum in Mossel Bay, the SA Breweries Visitor’s Centre in Newlands and the University of Cape Town’s Institute of ...
Scurr, Michael John
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Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931
Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
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Narratives of colonialism in Antarctica through the lens of Historic Sites and Monuments
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This article explores the relations between the provisions of the Act on the Protection and Guardianship of Monuments and Sites and the Construction Law from the perspective of modern historic preservation.
Jadwiszczok-Molencka, Helena
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Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study
ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
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La fotografía como creadora de la imagen de un destino turístico. Buenos Aires a través de sus tarjetas postales [PDF]
This paper is focused on qualitative study where a sample of Bs. As. postcards sold in 2007 is analyzed. The article analyzes how the photography creates and transmits images and tourist symbols (sites, monuments, masterpieces), and its important role in
Santillán, Vilma Leonora
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Administrative report: TC 19 - Preservation of historic sites
The terms of reference, the members and the activities of the TC 19 during the period 2001-2005 are presented. A library on Geotechnical Engineering for the Preservation of Monuments and Historic Sites has been organized, a web site has been developed ...
Viggiani, C, Aversa, S, Tsatsanifos, C
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