This book moves beyond the stereotyped approaches adopted in earlier works on ‘Chinatowns’ and introduces instead the Chinese spaces in the metropolitan city of Kuala Lumpur (KL), Malaysia.
Anja Schmidt's thesis is a unique and comprehensive evaluation of the impacts of tropospheric volcanic aerosol on the atmosphere, climate, air quality and human health.
This series of books are the output of the research project called "e;Sustainable Development in Asia (SDA)"e;, which was initiated by the Association of Academies of Sciences in Asia (AASA).
This book, for the first time, comprehensively examines the relationship between tea and various aspects of social life in the Song Dynasty, pioneering a new field in the study of Song history.
This book, for the first time, comprehensively examines the relationship between tea and various aspects of social life in the Song Dynasty, pioneering a new field in the study of Song history.
In Slavery and Post-Apartheid Cultural Production in South Africa: Holding Memory, Nicola Cloete investigates the intricacies of memory, heritage, identity, and nation-building within the context of South Africa's history of slavery.
The Heritage, Creativity and Innovation Nexus: Critical Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives explores the central role that innovation and creativity play in contemporary heritage practices.
The Heritage, Creativity and Innovation Nexus: Critical Approaches and Interdisciplinary Perspectives explores the central role that innovation and creativity play in contemporary heritage practices.
Indigenous Archaeology in Two Hemispheres: Approaches to Inuit and First Nations Pasts in Canada, Australia and Greenland examines the history and current experiences of Inuit and Australian First Nations peoples in archaeology.
Indigenous Archaeology in Two Hemispheres: Approaches to Inuit and First Nations Pasts in Canada, Australia and Greenland examines the history and current experiences of Inuit and Australian First Nations peoples in archaeology.
Public History, Gender, and Power in Latin American Museums brings together pioneering voices of women curators, museum professionals, and community leaders who are transforming the cultural landscape of Latin America.
This compelling volume addresses key issues at the critical intersection of intangible cultural heritage and traditional medical practices, highlighting the urgent need for their preservation in an increasingly globalized world.
In Slavery and Post-Apartheid Cultural Production in South Africa: Holding Memory, Nicola Cloete investigates the intricacies of memory, heritage, identity, and nation-building within the context of South Africa's history of slavery.
This compelling volume addresses key issues at the critical intersection of intangible cultural heritage and traditional medical practices, highlighting the urgent need for their preservation in an increasingly globalized world.
This book critically examines an increasingly popular and unique tourism form, dark tourism, and how it relates to sustainability, ethics, and cultural heritage.
Public History, Gender, and Power in Latin American Museums brings together pioneering voices of women curators, museum professionals, and community leaders who are transforming the cultural landscape of Latin America.
Sanskar Kendra stands as one of Le Corbusier's lesser-known architectural achievements, a cultural center designed for post-independence Ahmedabad that now faces an uncertain future.
Sanskar Kendra stands as one of Le Corbusier's lesser-known architectural achievements, a cultural center designed for post-independence Ahmedabad that now faces an uncertain future.
Personal Experience with Active Cultural Heritage, PEACH, is a large, interdisciplinary development project that explores the use of novel technologies for physical museum visits.
This book explores the role played by museums and museum exhibitions in South Korea's cultural diplomacy and international projection of itself to the world.
This book explores the role played by museums and museum exhibitions in South Korea's cultural diplomacy and international projection of itself to the world.
This book aims to show how a specific form of documentary research, founded in a theatre-making method labelled 'real fiction,' can be utilised in drama education contexts, such as classrooms and performance spaces.
Contested Heritage: Global Perspectives on Stakeholders' (Dis)Harmony at Heritage Locales explores the intricate relationships surrounding heritage, emphasizing the diverse, often contradictory, meanings attributed to heritage sites, historic towns, and museum objects by various stakeholders.
Contested Heritage: Global Perspectives on Stakeholders' (Dis)Harmony at Heritage Locales explores the intricate relationships surrounding heritage, emphasizing the diverse, often contradictory, meanings attributed to heritage sites, historic towns, and museum objects by various stakeholders.
This book approaches the study from architectural perspectives, analyzing the collection of brochs’ features and classifying them based on regional differences.
This book approaches the study from architectural perspectives, analyzing the collection of brochs’ features and classifying them based on regional differences.
This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the region's cold desert ecosystems, emphasizing the crucial role geodiversity plays in sustaining both biodiversity and human settlements in this fragile environment.
This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the region's cold desert ecosystems, emphasizing the crucial role geodiversity plays in sustaining both biodiversity and human settlements in this fragile environment.
This volume, written by 25 experts from industry and research, provides a comprehensive overview of commercially important and environmentally mobile organosilicon materials.
The field of endocrine disruption or endocrine active compounds (EACs), which is just emerging and still controversial, is comprehensively covered by leading experts in Volume 3, Subvolumes L (Part I) and M (the present volume, Part II).
The field of endocrine disruption or endocrine active compounds (EACs), which is just emerging and still controversial, is comprehensively covered by leading experts in Volume 3, Subvolumes L (the present volume, Part I) and M (Part II).
Over the last decade, synthetic musk fragrances, which after use enter the environment by different pathways, have been described as a new group of bioaccumulative and persistent xenobiotics.
This volume offers a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the evolving frameworks for protecting cultural property, with a particular focus on the development of dispute resolution mechanisms at both national and international levels.
