Concrete matters: Ruins of modernity and the things called heritage

Journal of Social Archaeology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-53

  Pétursdóttir, Thóra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gelassenheit; heritage; heritage value; intangible heritage; modern ruins; ruination; thingness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873580491     PISSN: 14696053     EISSN: 17412951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469605312456342     Document Type: Article

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