Forgetting to remember, remembering to forget: Late modern heritage practices, sustainability and the crisis of accumulation of the past

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 579-595

  Harrison, Rodney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deaccessioning; forgetting; late modernity; memory; preservation; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884602277     PISSN: 13527258     EISSN: 14703610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527258.2012.678371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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