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Wcu Students Design Museum Exhibits, Bill Rettew
Wcu Students Design Museum Exhibits, Bill Rettew
WCU Museum in the News
As part of the Alumni Weekend calendar of events, the WCU Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology hosted an alumni gala to celebrate the opening of the "Rwanda Nziza: Beautiful Rwanda" exhibit on April 27 2018 from 6:00-8:30. The event was positively reviewed by the Daily Local News.
The Heritage-Scape: Origins, Theoretical Interventions, And Critical Reception Of A Model For Understanding Unesco’S World Heritage Program, Michael A. Di Giovine
The Heritage-Scape: Origins, Theoretical Interventions, And Critical Reception Of A Model For Understanding Unesco’S World Heritage Program, Michael A. Di Giovine
Anthropology & Sociology Faculty Publications
Written by the author of The Heritage-scape: UNESCO, World Heritage and Tourism (Lexington 2009), this article is a critical reflection of the heritage-scape concept nearly a decade after it was introduced in the literature. Including personal background stories that paint a picture of the intellectual origins and inspirations for the term, the article discusses the theory behind the heritage-scape, the concept’s contribution to the literature, and its reception by tourism and heritage theorists. As a theoretical buzzword meant to describe a particular, utopian model of the geopolitical order, it has nevertheless taken on a life of its own, and the …