Which Past, Whose Future? Treatments of the Past at the Start of the 21st Century: An international perspective: Proceedings of a conference held at the University of York 20-21st May 2005

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This book includes papers from a conference on interpretations of the treatment of the past, held at the University of York in May 2005. Front Cover Title Page Copyright CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS FOREWORD WHICH PAST, WHOSE FUTURE? TREATMENTS OF THE PAST AT THE START OF THE 21ST CENTURY: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE THE DISCOURSE OF ‘THE PAST’ MINDING THE CRACKS: ARCHAEOLOGY, THE CROSS-CULTURAL CONTEXT, AND COLLABORATION RATIONALITY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND GOVERNMENT POLICY AN INSTITUTIONALISED CONSTRUCTION OF THE PAST IN THE UK Telling Tales: Folklore, Archaeology and the Discovery of the Past in the Present THE CULT OF COMMUNITY: DEFINING THE ‘LOCAL’ IN PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE DISCOURSE PERCEPTIONS AND PREFERENCES VS. POUNDS AND POLICY OUTREACH IN ACTION: TOWARDS AFRICAN CENTRED EGYPTOLOGY DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT OF CULTURAL HERITAGE ON MOUNT ATHOS: PAST AND PRESENT THE CASE OF JAZIRAT AL-HAMRA: STEREOTYPES, HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WORKING WITH A COLONIAL LEGACY: THE ROLE OF FOREIGN ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN MODERN SYRIA COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND ITS USE IN ETHNIC CONFLICTS Recognition, Identity, and History: A Case for the Inclusion of Aboriginal Cultural Histories into Canadian School Curricula THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF BULGARIA’S HERITAGE SITES Developing and Integrating a Confl ict Management Model into the Heritage Management Process: The Case of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens ROUNDHOUSE STORIES: RECONSTRUCTION AND PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF THE IRON AGE THE EURO BANKNOTE DESIGN DISCOURSE, OR HOW NOT TO ‘MINT’ A (EU)ROPEAN POST-MODERN CULTURE IDENTITY VISIONS OF EUROPE: CONSTRUCTIONS OF STEREOTYPE EUROPE AND COMMON ‘HERITAGE’ LANDSCAPES