Education Values and Ethics in International Heritage
Subtitle: Learning to Respect
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781409428954
Subjects: Cultural property, protection; Historic preservation; Antiquities, collection and preservation
Description: The changing and evolving relationship between museums and communities, Indigenous, ethnic and marginalized, has been a primary point of discussion in the heritage sector in recent years. Questions of official and unofficial heritage, whose artefacts to collect and exhibit and why, have informed and influenced museum practice. Developing from this, a key issue is whether it is possible to raise awareness of differing cultural perspectives, values and beliefs and incorporate this into the education and training of heritage professionals, with the aim of making 'cultural awareness' an integrated and sustainable core part of future heritage training and practice. This book discusses perceptions of values and ethics, authenticity and significance, and documents the historical, heritage and education context in North America, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom, with a particular emphasis on Aotearoa New Zealand.