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Perceptions of Sustainability in Heritage Studies
With contribiutions Francesco Bandarin, Minja Yang and Mechthild Rössler This publication is the fourth in the Heritage Studies series and aims to reflect upon the many dimensions of sustainability and sustainable development within the Heritage Studies discourse. Sustainability as a concept and sustainable development as a goal are presented in official policies within UNESCO's understanding of heritage, in its paradigmatic reflections and in the diversity of theories and methods, including many different and sometimes conflicting understandings of sustainability within this discourse. Thus, the contributors to this publication discuss sustainability as it directly concerns the potential of different approaches to World Heritage and Intangible Heritage. The inclusion of the four dimensions of sustainability - environmental, economic, social and cultural - into the Heritage Studies discourse opens a new perspective on the discourse itself.
The Rhine
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Understanding Heritage
The publication is the first in a new series on existing and innovative paradigms in Heritage Studies. The series aims at systematising and developing the academic discourse on heritage, which has yielded a wealth and breadth of contributions over the past few years. The publication offers its own emphasis by developing heritage studies with a perspective towards and as a contribution to human development. It thus offers a vision for the construction and establishment of a new discipline. The academic mainsprings and research interests of this repositioning of heritage studies as an academic discipline are discussed by internationally renowned thinkers and heritage practitioners. The publication thus establishes first important points for discussion. Central to this publication are questions concerning the sustainable protection and use of heritage, focussing on the world cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage, but equally questions on the relation of heritage and memory and how these could mutually enrich our understanding of heritage.
Architecture
This chronological text surveys the art and craft of building design from the temples of early Egypt to the landmarks of 20th-century design. Setting each architect in his social and historical context, the Gertrud Lehnert identifies key characteristics of style. The text is supported by carefully-researched photographs and drawings, and colour-coded pages make it easy to locate each era.
40 Years World Heritage Convention
Since the adoption of the World Heritage Convention in 1972, the notion that cultural and natural heritage need to be protected and properly utilized has gained popularity. Over time, however, such utilization concepts were less focused on ideas of sustainability and became increasingly influenced by commercial interests. For the first time, this publication attempts to elaborate the development of the World Heritage Convention, the Convention itself in its different facets and how it evolved into one of the most important UNESCO instruments for the protection of cultural and natural heritage. It will be shown that the protection and utilization of heritage is a highly complex political, participatory and interdisciplinary process. This publication discusses these developments and suggests potential solutions in order to deal with such unintended trends.
Mundus
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Buddhism
These heavily illustrated, fact-filled, pocket-size books make excellent supplements to a main textbook for students taking college-101 humanities courses. This book surveys Buddhism's origins, circa 500 B.C. in India, and follows the religion's spread through much of Asia in the centuries that followed. A biographical sketch traces the life and thinking of the Indian prince who founded this religion, Gautama Buddha. The most important Buddhist doctrines are briefly reviewed -- the early doctrine of life as suffering, Hinayana or the Little Crossing, Mahayana or the Big Crossing, and Tantrayana or the Mystic Crossing. Readers also review the variations of Buddhism as it is practiced in China, Japan, Tibet, and most recently in some Western communities.
