Cultural heritage in the Arabian Peninsula : debates, discourses and practices

Weitere Verfasser: Exell, Karen , [HerausgeberIn]
Rico, Trinidad , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, 2016.
Ausgabe: 1rst. publ.
Umfang/Format: xiv, 212 pages : Illustrations.
Online Zugang: Online available
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction: (De)constructing Arabian heritage debates / Karen Exell and Trinidad Rico
  • Part I. Shifting perspectives
  • Islamophobia and the location of heritage debates in the Arabian Peninsula / Trinidad Rico
  • Concern amid the oysters as pearling is honoured : nature and the environment in heritage practice / Ian R. Simpson
  • Part II. Museums, museumification, collecting
  • Collecting an alternative world : the Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim al-Thani Museum in Qatar / Karen Exell
  • Purposeful ambiguity : the pearl trade and heritage construction in the United Arab Emirates / Victoria Penziner Hightower
  • Spectacle and participation : a new heritage model from the UAE / Eric Langham and Darren Barker
  • Heritage, cosmopolitanism and identity in Abu Dhabi / Sarina Wakefield
  • The development of the first Qatar National Museum / Mariam Ibrahim Al-Mulla
  • Part III. Archaeological, architectural and urban concerns
  • Islamic identities and heritage presentation in Bahrain / Rachel MacLean and Timothy Insoll
  • Archaeological site management of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia : protection or isolation? / Alaa Alrawaibah
  • Preservation, practice and politics : can Yemen preserve its cultural heritage? / Stephen Steinbeiser
  • The rehabilitation of the Muharraq Historical Centre, Bahrain : a critical narrative / Ali A. Alraouf
  • The Msheireb Project in Doha : the heritage of new urban design in Qatar / Nadine Scharfenort.