Protecting indigenous cultural property in the age of digital democracy: Institutional and communal responses to Canadian First Nations and Māori heritage concerns

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-324

  Brown, Deidre ^a   Nicholas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canadian First Nations; cultural mapping; cultural property; digital databases; digital heritage; M ori

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; DATABASE; DEMOCRACY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; KNOWLEDGE; MAPPING; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CANADA;

EID: 84866270116     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183512454065     Document Type: Article

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