The concept of heritage has widened to span the tangible to the natural to the intangible, and from objects and monuments to geological structures to cultural practices. Yet academics have yet to hold a comprehensive debate on the extent to which intangible heritage should be conceptualized, valued, and promoted. Further discussion is needed to determine what cultural practices, beyond traditio...

Spatial sound information/cues may enhance the sense of immersiveness in virtual story telling. However, their role within complex, loosely-structured narratives is little understood. This paper describes a virtual heritage project that aims to convey a factual story using interactive virtual environments. Sound was added to the existing project in an effort to enhance the virtual experience. T...

Think tanks is an important witness and symbol of American intellectuals’ response to the “climate opinion” ideological transformation during Cold War. As a pioneer civil think their transitions, Heritage Foundation, characterized by quick response, object-oriented research Mandate for Leadership, symbolized birth advocacy tank. At same time, Foundation functioned as mediator practitioner neo-c...

The paper will discuss the problematic approach of ancient landscape reconstruction, stressing the importance of data and information sharing through the web. Thanks to new possibilities offered by Open Source approach and, in specific, by some tools, such as Virtual Terrain and OpenSceneGraaph, it’s now possible to construct a web-based shared system, allowing users and experts to interact dyn...

John A. Peterson and Michael Wilken-Robertson ABSTRACT The indigenous cultural heritage of Mexico’s border region includes native tribes—defined as relatively small, rural populations living on communally held ancestral lands—and migrant indigenous groups—which are larger populations of indigenous descent living in urban areas or agricultural settlements, usually without a community land base. ...

This essay examines the ideological dimension of translation studies in present-day China, which can be viewed as an indicator of any discernible change in ideological fluctuations of translation. Based on an overview of translation studies in present-day China, this essay argues that the most urgent problem is the domestic climate for the social, cultural, political, and institutional sub-syst...