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Heritage Matters

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"There is a hegemonic discourse about heritage which acts to constitute the way we think, talk and write about heritage" Laurajane Smith, 2006:11. This group is for those interested in the ways heritage is communicated.

Location: Birmingham
Members: 19
Latest Activity: Dec 5, 2012

Museums and the Web

15th annual Museums and the Web conference: April 6-9, 2011

Philadelphia

"All kinds of people from around the world come to Museums and the Web; 25 countries were represented at MW2010. You'll find webmasters, educators, curators, librarians, designers, managers, directors, scholars, consultants, programmers, analysts, and developers from museums, galleries, libraries, science centers, and archives, and the companies, foundations and governments that support them at Museums and the Web every year.

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heritage is shaped by interpretation 1 Reply

media serves as a powerful tool to add or delete various heritage elements or more appropriately spirit of the whole heritage thing. i think most of people would agree that whatever is beneficial to…Continue

Started by ifra iftikhar. Last reply by Rob Horrocks Aug 31, 2011.

heritage is shaped by interpretation

Started by ifra iftikhar Jul 20, 2011.

Heritage as popular cultural intervention

As i write interpretation texts for the Home of MEtal exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery i find myself considering the way that public exhibitions are interventions is popular cultural…Continue

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Started by Rob Horrocks May 25, 2011.

What images represent heritage? 1 Reply

I've just been searching some free photo sites for an image to use for this group. Its been interesting to see what pictures have been tagged HERITAGE. In the main it's lots of ancient sites. Google…Continue

Started by Rob Horrocks. Last reply by Jad Baaklini Nov 30, 2010.

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Comment by Rob Horrocks on December 5, 2012 at 17:31: New blog on music heritage

http://sonicheritage.wordpress.com/2012/11/

Asks the question: "What have been the disastrous and successful attempts to preserve, promote, enhance the sonic heritage of a place?"

Comment by Rob Horrocks on October 31, 2011 at 20:30: Call for papers.

Unofficial Histories conference 19th May 2012

http://unofficialhistories.wordpress.com/

Comment by Rob Horrocks on May 25, 2011 at 10:22: As i write interpretation texts for the Home of MEtal exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery i find myself considering the way that public exhibitions are interventions is popular cultural history. What I select from 2 years of research goes forward - what is left out may never be accessed or displayed.

Comment by Rob Horrocks on March 25, 2011 at 15:23: CFP for Music heritage event at University of Liverpool. Here and in the comms space events section.

Comment by Rob Horrocks on February 16, 2011 at 21:59: A report from the School of Museum Studies Leceister on a research seminar concerning Rock n Roll Museology. Find out about the V&A Museum's acquisition policy which favours Adam Ant above Oasis.

Comment by Rob Horrocks on January 26, 2011 at 16:17: Great blog post providing evidence of and discussing the use of social media by archivists.

http://adamcrymble.blogspot.com

Comment by Rob Horrocks on November 29, 2010 at 16:29: Yes, the media do carry heritage and contribute to constructions/reinforcement of notions around what is and what isn't considered to be heritage. That's why I hope that I'll get some responses to discussion topics I post on here.

Comment by Pamela J Shoemaker on November 17, 2010 at 21:02: i study news in multiple countries/cultures. in fact, cultural significance is part of my definition of news. aren't the mass media carriers of heritage?

Comment by Rob Horrocks on November 17, 2010 at 18:13: If culture is what we do then heritage encompasses what we do to remember the things that have constructed who we are. So heritage is an activity in itself as well as the remembering of an activity or a physical thing such as a building or a bit of paper. Heritage practice is the management, interpratation and presentation of those things.
I'm interested in the way heritage is communicated becasue I am involved in a heritage presentation at a museum and art gallery next year.
The Laurajane Smith book that I have found very useful for this is called Uses of Heritage. That's where I got the quote form for the description of this group and it was reading it that made me think that communicating with others about it through Commspace would be useful. What's your interest in this Pamela?

Comment by Pamela J Shoemaker on November 17, 2010 at 15:49: i'm not familiar with this literature, but it sounds as if it could be useful to me. can you define heritage for me? and what is the relationship between heritage and culture?