Sarina Wakefield

Cultural Heritage, Transnational Narratives and Museum Franchising in Abu Dhabi (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

This publication contributes to new understandings of how heritage operates as a global phenomenon and the transnational heritage discourses that emerge from this process. It critically examines the processes that are involved in the franchising of heritage and its cultural effects.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351614863
• Artikelnr.: 60092482

Autorenporträt

Sarina Wakefield is a Lecturer and Programme Director, Museum Studies (Distance Learning) in the School of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. She is also the Founder and Director of the Museums in Arabia conference series. Previously, she has lectured at College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE and at UCL Qatar on the MA in Museum and Gallery Practice. Also, she has worked on museum and heritage projects in the UK and Bahrain. Her primary research focuses on critical heritage studies and museology of the Gulf. More broadly, she is interested in transnational identity, globalisation, universal museums, franchise museums, the global art market, heritage and migrant identity, and the relationships between heritage and sports. She has published around these subjects in international journals and books and is editor of the forthcoming volume Museums of the Arabian Peninsula: Historical Developments and Contemporary Discourses (Routledge). She is also the co-editor for the Routledge book series Cultural Heritage, Art and Museums in the Middle East. She received her BSc in Archaeology and her MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester (UK) and her PhD in History from the Open University (UK).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Cultural Heritage Development in Abu Dhabi 2. Transnational Heritage:
Universal Discourses and Cosmopolitan Practices 3. Cultural Heritage
Franchising 4. Globalisation and Bilateral Heritage 5. Cultural Capacity
Professional Practice 6. Translating Across Borders 7. Autochthonous
Heritage - Identity Discourses and Narratives 8. Collecting, Representation
and Display - The Louvre Abu Dhabi 9. Transnational Heritage - Politics and
Legitimation