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Celebrated yearly on April 18th, the International Day for Monuments and Sites\u00a0 encourages local communities and individuals throughout the world to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives and to promote awareness of its diversity and vulnerability and the efforts required to protect and conserve it. Sharing stories through heritage sites is a way to transfer knowledge between generations which is a crucial step in cultural development, characterizing the human experience since time immemorial.<\/p>\n

For more information on ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) and IDMS 2018 please visit www.icomos.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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In joining the celebration Berghahn is pleased to offer 25% discount, valid for next 30 days, on relevant History & Museum Studies titles. At checkout, simply enter the code IDMS18<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\"MemorializingMEMORIALIZING THE GDR<\/a>
\nMonuments and Memory after 1989
\nAnna Saunders<\/p>\n

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Since unification, eastern Germany has witnessed a rapidly changing memorial landscape.\u00a0Memorializing the GDR<\/em>\u00a0provides the first in-depth study of this key topic, investigating the individuals and groups involved in the creation or destruction of memorials while addressing the subject\u2019s complex aesthetic, political, and historical dimensions.<\/p>\n

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\"WorldWORLD HERITAGE CRAZE IN CHINA<\/a>
\nUniversal Discourse, National Culture, and Local Memory
\nHaiming Yan<\/p>\n

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There is a World Heritage Craze in China. China claims to have the longest continuous civilization in the world and is seeking recognition from UNESCO. This book explores three dimensions of the UNESCO World Heritage initiative with particular relevance for China: the universal agenda, the national practices, and the local responses. With a sociological lens, this book offers comprehensive insights into World Heritage, as well as China\u2019s deep social, cultural, and political structures.<\/p>\n

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\"HavingHAVING AND BELONGING<\/a>
\nHomes and Museums in Israel
\nJudy Jaffe-Schagen<\/p>\n

Volume 5, Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Through fascinating explorations of the museums and domestic spaces of eight representative Israeli communities\u2014Chabad, Moroccan, Iraqi, Ethiopian, Russian, Religious-Zionist, Christian Arab, and Muslim Arab\u2014it gives a powerful account of museums\u2019 role in state formation, proposing a new approach to collecting and categorizing particularly well-suited to societies in conflict.<\/p>\n

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\"CulturalCULTURAL TOPOGRAPHIES OF THE NEW BERLIN<\/a>
\nEdited by Karin Bauer and Jennifer Ruth Hosek<\/p>\n

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While positioning itself as a creative center populated by young and cosmopolitan global citizens, the \u201cNew Berlin\u201d is at the same time a rich site of historical memory, defined inescapably by its past even as it articulates German and European hopes for the future. Cultural Topographies of the New Berlin<\/em> presents a fascinating cross-section of life in Germany\u2019s largest city, revealing the complex ways in which globalization, ethnicity, economics, memory, and national identity inflect how its urban spaces are inhabited and depicted.<\/p>\n

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\"FromFROM ANTIQUITIES TO HERITAGE<\/a>
\nTransformations of Cultural Memory
\nAnne Eriksen<\/p>\n

Volume 1, Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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What does it mean when runic stones or medieval churches are transformed from antiquities to monuments to heritage sites? This book argues that the transformations concern more than words alone: They reflect fundamental changes in the way we experience the past, and the way historical objects are assigned meaning and value in the present.<\/p>\n

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\"EuropeanEUROPEAN PRODUCTS<\/a>
\nMaking and Unmaking Heritage in Cyprus
\nGisela Welz<\/p>\n

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Since the Republic of Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004, heritage-making and Europeanization are becoming intertwined in Greek-Cypriot society. The author argues that heritage emerges as an increasingly standardized economic resource \u2014 a \u201cEuropean product\u201d \u2014 and that heritage policy has become infused with transnational market regulations and neoliberal property regimes.<\/p>\n

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As houses of memory and sources of information about the world, museums function as a dynamic interface between past, present and future. This series explores the potential of museum collections to transform our knowledge of the world, and for exhibitions to influence the way in which we view and inhabit that world. It offers essential reading for those involved in all aspects of the museum sphere: curators, researchers, collectors, students and the visiting public.<\/p>\n

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THE WITNESS AS OBJECT<\/a><\/strong>
\nVideo Testimony in Memorial Museums
\nSteffi de Jong<\/p>\n

With a focus on Holocaust museums, this study scrutinizes for the first time the new global phenomenon of the “musealization” of the witness to history, exploring the processes, prerequisites, and consequences of the transformation of video testimonies into exhibits.<\/p>\n

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VISITORS TO THE HOUSE OF MEMORY<\/a><\/strong>
\nIdentity and Political Education at the Jewish Museum Berlin
\nVictoria Bishop Kendzia<\/p>\n

Visitors to the House of Memory<\/em> is an intimate exploration of how young Berliners experience the Museum.<\/p>\n

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MUSEUM WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA<\/a><\/strong>
\nIssues of Participation, Sustainability, Trust and Diversity
\nAna Luisa S\u00e1nchez Laws<\/p>\n

This volume offers a holistic picture of museum online activities that can serve as a starting point for cross-disciplinary discussion. It is a resource for museum staff, students, designers, and researchers working at the intersection of cultural institutions and digital technologies.<\/p>\n

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Volume 7 Available in Paperback<\/em><\/p>\n

THE ENEMY ON DISPLAY<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Second World War in Eastern European Museums
\nZuzanna Bogumi\u0142, Joanna Wawrzyniak, Tim Buchen, Christian Ganzer and Maria Senina<\/p>\n

This book presents a useful methodology for examining museum images and provides a critical analysis of the role historical museums play in the contemporary world.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0The Enemy on Display<\/a><\/td>\n

Volume 6 Available in Paperback<\/em><\/p>\n

EXHIBITING EUROPE IN MUSEUMS<\/a><\/strong>
\nTransnational Networks, Collections, Narratives, and Representations
\nWolfram Kaiser, Stefan Krankenhagen and Kerstin Poehls
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This book investigates how museums exhibit Europe.<\/p>\n

Read Introduction:<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Exhibiting Europe? Europeanisation as Cultural Practice<\/a><\/td>\n

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BORDERS OF BELONGING<\/a><\/strong>
\nExperiencing History, War and Nation at a Danish Heritage Site
\nMads Daugbjerg<\/p>\n

This book explores how such struggles unfold in practice at a highly symbolic battlefield site in the Danish\/German borderland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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For a full selection of titles in the series please visit series webpage<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In recognition of the\u00a0ICOMOS International Day For Monuments and Sites<\/a>, established by the\u00a022nd UNESCO General Conference as\u00a0April 18,\u00a0Berghahn Journals\u00a0would like to offer free access to\u00a0the following articles until\u00a0April 25<\/strong>!<\/h5>\n

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Agonistic Interpretation: A New Paradigm in Response to Current Developments<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

Nicole Deufel<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthropological Journal of European Cultures<\/i><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Vol. 26, Issue 2)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Land, Nation and Tourist: Moral Reckoning in Post-GFC Iceland<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

Mary Hawkins\u00a0and\u00a0Helena Onnudottir<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthropological Journal of European Cultures<\/i><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Vol. 26, Issue 2)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

From Global to Local Heritage: Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Role of the Museum<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

Janet Blake<\/span><\/p>\n

Anthropology of the Middle East<\/i><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Vol. 10, Issue 1)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Obligations to Objects: Tangled Histories and Changing Contexts of the Burnett River Rock Engravings<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

Brit Asmussen,\u00a0Lester Michael Hill,\u00a0Sean Ulm\u00a0and\u00a0Chantal Knowles<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum Worlds<\/i><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Vol. 4)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Heritage: Renovation, Relocation, Remediation, and Repositioning Museums<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

Mary Bouquet<\/span><\/p>\n

Museum Worlds<\/i><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Vol. 1)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Two Venerated Mothers Separated by a Wall: Iconic Spaces, Territoriality, and Borders in Israel-Palestine<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

Nurit Stadler\u00a0and\u00a0Nimrod Luz<\/span><\/p>\n

Religion and Society<\/i><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Vol. 6)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Showcasing Dictatorship:\u00a0Memory and the Museum in Argentina and Chile<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

\u00a0Jens Andermann<\/span><\/p>\n

Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society<\/i><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Vol. 4, Issue 2)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Transnational Turn Meets the Educational Turn: Engaging and Educating Adolescents in History Museums in Europe<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n

\u00a0Wolfram Kaiser<\/span><\/p>\n

Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society<\/i><\/a><\/span>\u00a0(Vol. 4, Issue 2<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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