Over the last ten years, the efficacy of heritage as a public good in society has been in steady decline. In 2006, the Productivity Commission (PCR 2006) inquired into the management of Australia’s historical heritage places. It found that more than 90% of the approximate 150,000 listed items nationwide is privately owned, but recommended nonetheless that Australian governments (Federal, State ...

The Status of National-Religious Identity in High School Farsi Textbooks Y. Ma'roofi, Ph.D. S. Panaahi Tavaanaa To discover the extent to which the subject of national-religious identity is covered in high school Farsi textbooks in literature, all such textbooks (a total of 8) were content analyzed utilizing a check list of relevant indices. The validity of the instrument was asse...

Middle Eastern countries are suddenly confronted with the problem of a severe loss of architectural heritage, which is the material manifestation of their own cultural inheritance and thus that of their identity, particularly under conditions of a sudden, rapid, radical and haphazard way of transformation as imposed over a society and its cultural geography by global impacts. This paper aims to...

Tourism in the third millennium has become one of the most thriving economic activities around the world, and many developmental planners and policymakers refer to tourism as the main pillar for sustainable development. Tourism is considered as one of the most complicated occupations in numerous countries worldwide and as a multi-aspect activity possessing various positive effects and utilizati...

In recent years, many commentators have stressed that cultural diversity and immigration are integral features of British history (e.g. see Hall 2000; Kushner 1992; Merriman 1997; Ramdin 1999; Walker 1997). Furthermore, ‘four nations’ histories of ‘the Isles’ have highlighted the fault lines of an internally divided series of cultures, which are emphatically hybrid and riddled with conflict (Sa...

Activities relating to the discovery of local history, revival of rituals, and modification of traditional knowledge that are undertaken in local communities or associations have placed the reflection on the role and significance of heritage practices in contemporary society under scrutiny. We are becoming increasingly aware that heritage activities play an important role in the development of ...

the article is devoted to analysis of aspects Ukrainian traditional conservatism in context sustainable development and information society. Possibilities implementing fundamental heritage domestic conservative school political social life are explored. It proposed consider stages basic concepts scientific communication. Attention paid historical connection between Galician ideology Greek Catho...

Green building is a hot topic today. The place making and urban cultures are also important issues in postindustrial society. The industrial heritage renovation projects provide a research opportunity in combination with both aspects. This paper tries to shed new light on this issue by interdisciplinary methods, to study six Guangzhou industrial heritage renovation projects, giving aesthetic va...

The article is devoted to the reconstruction of W. Szukiewicz’s views on issue role archaeology in society. scholar didn’t leave systematic explanation thoughts. Nevertheless, study his scientific works, newspaper notes and epistolary heritage allows understand main theses ideas. He realised value archaeological sites artifacts cared about drawing attention compatriots local antiquities. Accord...