Notes on Contributors

ix

List of Illustrations

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Preface and Acknowledgments

xix

Introduction

1

I. Meaning and Memory

9

1.

Culture, Heritage, and Ethics Constantine Sandis

11

2.

Poppy Politics: Remembrance of Things Present James Fox

21

3.

The Meaning of the Public in an Age of Privatisation Benjamin Ramm

31

II. History and Archaeology

41

4.

History as Heritage: Producing the Present in Post-War Sri Lanka Nira Wickramasinghe

43

5.

Looking at the Acropolis of Athens from Modern Times to Antiquity William St Clair

57

6.

South Asian Heritage and Archaeological Practices Sudeshna Guha

103

7.

The Ethics of Digging Geoffrey Scarre

117

III. Ownership and Restitution

129

8.

‘National’ Heritage and Scholarship Sir John Boardman

131

9.

Fear of Cultural Objects Tom Flynn

135

10.

Restitution Sir Mark Jones

149

IV. Management and Protection

169

11.

The Possibilities and Perils of Heritage Management Michael F. Brown

171

12.

Values in World Heritage Sites Geoffrey Belcher

181

13.

Safeguarding Heritage: From Legal Rights over Objects to Legal Rights for Individuals and Communities?Marie Cornu

197

Appendix: Links to Selected International Charters and Conventions on Cultural Heritage

205