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"With an impressively light touch and a no less impressively wide-ranging grasp of complex arguments, Sharon Macdonald has given us a coherent, convincing, and historically deep account of what heritage has been and where it may be going. Through her concept of ‘past presencing’, she successfully traces and illustrates its socio-cultural trajectories through sometimes wildly differing terrains of memory, nostalgia, and conservation. Her examination of the European contexts in which so much of the interest in heritage has emerged, moreover, is uncompromisingly anthropological, allowing her to offer an enlightening reversal of the Eurocentrism with which the topic has hitherto so often been approached." - Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University

Memorylands is an original and fascinating investigation of the nature of heritage, memory and understandings of the past in Europe today. It looks at how Europe has become a ’memoryland’ – littered with material reminders of the past, such as museums, heritage sites and memorials; and at how this ‘memory phenomenon’ is related to the changing nature of identities – especially European, national and cosmopolitan. In doing so, it provides new insights into how memory and the past are being performed and reconfigured in Europe – and with what effects.

Engagingly written and accessible to general readers as well as offering a new synthesis for advanced researchers in memory and heritage studies, Memorylands is essential reading for those interested in identities, memory, material culture, Europe, tourism and heritage.

About the Author: Sharon Macdonald is Anniversary Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of York, UK and Visiting Professor in the Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt University, Berlin. Her authored books include Difficult Heritage (Routledge, 2008) and Reimagining Culture, and, as editor, The Politics of Display (Routledge, 1997) and The Companion to Museum Studies (Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2007).

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Visitor engagement and learning, outreach, and inclusion are concepts that have long dominated professional museum discourses. The recent rapid uptake of various forms of social media in many parts of the world, however, calls for a reformulation of familiar opportunities and obstacles in museum debates and practices. Young people, as both early adopters of digital forms of communication and latecomers to museums, increasingly figure as a key target group for many museums. This volume presents and discusses the most advanced research on the multiple ways in which social media operates to transform museum communications in countries as diverse as Australia, Denmark, Germany, Norway, the UK, and the United States. It examines the socio-cultural contexts, organizational and education consequences, and methodological implications of these transformations.

About the Editors: Kirsten Drotner is Professor of Media Studies at the Institute of for the Study of Culture at the University of Southern Denmark and founding director of DREAM (Danish Research Centre on Education and Advanced Media Materials). Her recent books in English include International Handbook of Children, Media and Culture (2007, co-editor Sonia Livingstone) and Digital Content Creation (2010, co-editor Kim C. Schrøder).

Kim Christian Schrøder is Professor of Communication at the Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies at Roskilde University, Denmark. His recent books in English include Researching Audiences (2003, co-authors K. Drotner, S. Kline, C. Murray) and Digital Content Creation (2010, co-editor K. Drotner).

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You may also be interested to view our 2013 Museums and Heritage Studies Catalogue, which features our forthcoming, new and key titles.

For this article we've brought together a selection of our books about these Ancient sites, including Alison Cooley and M.G.L Cooley's forthcoming title Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook (2nd Edtion)

We're also pleased to announce that Estelle Lazer, author of Resurrecting Pompeii will be giving a lecture as part of the British Museum's exhibition - follow this link to learn more.

Morag is co-author of US Cultural Diplomacy and Archaeology, available now from Routledge.

“Agent of Diplomacy: Archaeology as an Element of the Foreign Relations Toolkit”
Thursday February 28th 2013, 4-6pm
Munk School of Global Affairs, Room 208N, 1 Devonshire Place

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Archaeology and archaeologists are routinely deployed as “agents of the state”, acting as official and unofficial ambassadors on behalf of their countries of origin. As a result of coalition forces’ failure to protect cultural institutions in Iraq, unwanted operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and recent inactivity in protecting the cultural resources and people in places like Mali and Syria, it is essential for the US to present a kinder, gentler, caring face. What better way to reconfigure negative perceptions than through archaeology and the conservation and investigation of the common history of humankind?

Archaeology and archaeologists can and do play a vital role in furthering diplomatic goals and agendas in countries and areas of the world where an apolitical, non-military appearance is very desirable. Through an examination of various programs at the U.S. Department of State, this discussion will assesses the interplay between archaeology and cultural diplomacy in shaping U.S. cultural heritage policy and diplomatic relations in the international arena.

This event explores research Dr Kersel presents in US Cultural Diplomacy and Archaeology (Routledge, 2012). Click here to take a sneak peek inside. To enquire about reviewing this book for your publication, please email archaeology@routledge.com.

Join Estelle at the BP Lecture Theatre (British Museum) on Friday 24th May at 18:30 for her lecture Bodies of Pompeii and Herculaneum in which she explores what these bones tell us about life and death in this area in AD79, across the social spectrum. Copies of Resurrecting Pompeii will also be available to purchase from the museum's shop.

Further Information

• For booking enquiries, please refer to the British Museum's contact page.
• To view more of our titles on Pompeii and Herculaneum click here.
  
   

To discover more of our archaeology titles, visit our online catalogue here.

Don Henson is author of Doing Archaeology published July 18th 2012.

It is November already! Crazy. The year has really flown by and before long we will be into 2012. We are sure everyone is looking forward to a nice end-of-year rest and a chance to let your hair down. Before it is quite time to break out the New Year's champagne, however, we would like to bring you the brand new 2012 Reference Catalog, hot off the press and available for download today. Look out for all our social media links, divided by subject area, dotted throughout the Catalog. If you use Facebook or Twitter, there could be something for you!

2011 has been a busy year for Routledge Reference. The Routledge Revivals series, which reissues a wide range of out-of-print titles, has grown to include over 350 titles, all of which are available in hardback and as eBooks. And you can now purchase Revivals as subject-specific bundles within Sociology, Philosophy, Literature, Economics and Politics. Is there a bundle that could benefit your library?

We are expecting the next few months to be equally busy. In December we publish our long-awaited Education set, which boasts contributions from some of the greatest educationalists, teaching professionals and policy makers of the twentieth century. You can get the full low down on the 244-volume Education collection by taking a peek at its new dedicated Online Catalog.

And December will also see the publication of the last of our 2012 Europa Regional Surveys of the World. Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2012 and The USA and Canada 2012 will be published on the 8th and 15th December respectively. Again, to make life easier, we have put together a snazzy Online Catalog for this collection. In fact, Online Catalogs have been one of our big projects this year, to avoid sending you too many printed pieces (and saving trees in the process!). In the relevant sections of the Reference Catalog you will find screenshots explaining how you can access all our new Online Catalog. Enjoy!

To download the 2012 Reference Catalog in full, just follow this link. Alternatively, if you would like to receive a print copy of the Catalog, please email us at reference@routledge.com with your name and address and we will happily send you one!

It is almost November already! Crazy. The year has really flown by and before long we will be into 2012. We are sure everyone is looking forward to a nice end-of-year rest and a chance to let your hair down. Before it is quite time to break out the New Year's champagne, however, we would like to bring you the brand new 2012 Reference Catalogue, hot off the press and available for download today. Look out for all our social media links, divided by subject area, dotted throughout the Catalogue. If you use Facebook or Twitter, there could be something for you!

2011 has been a busy year for Routledge Reference. The Routledge Revivals series, which reissues a wide range of out-of-print titles, has grown to include over 350 titles, all of which are available in hardback and as eBooks. And you can now purchase Revivals as subject-specific bundles within Sociology, Philosophy, Literature, Economics and Politics. Is there a bundle that could benefit your library?

We are expecting the next few months to be equally busy. In December we publish our long-awaited Education set, which boasts contributions from some of the greatest educationalists, teaching professionals and policy makers of the twentieth century. You can get the full low down on the 244-volume Education collection by taking a peek at its new dedicated Online Catalogue.

And December will also see the publication of the last of our 2012 Europa Regional Surveys of the World. Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2012 and The USA and Canada 2012 will be published on the 8th and 15th December respectively. Again, to make life easier, we have put together a snazzy Online Catalogue for this collection. In fact, Online Catalogues have been one of our big projects this year, to avoid sending you too many printed pieces (and saving trees in the process!). In the relevant sections of the Reference Catalogue you will find screenshots explaining how you can access all our new Online Catalogues. Enjoy! 

To download the 2012 Reference Catalogue in full, just follow this link. Alternatively, if you would like to receive a print copy of the Catalogue, please email us at reference@routledge.com with your name and address and we will happily send you one!

Part of the Routledge Studies in Archaeology series, Tracing Prehistoric Social Networks through Technology presents 10 papers using geographical, chronological and methodological approaches to demonstrate the value and the beauty of employing, to a more or lesser degree, the combined methodologies of chaîne opératoire (operational chain) and cross-craft interaction.

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Available now for the first time as e-books, these maps can be viewed on your computer or tablet in high resolution detail. View our online catalogue to find out more.

Using the world renowned geographic data from the Ancient World Mapping Centre, Routledge Wall Maps for the Ancient World offer sweeping views of the ancient world that allow students to understand important concepts such as trade, movement, spatial and cultural relations and to consider how the ancient terrain would have affected them. The maps provide a powerful tool for comprehending how the ancient world worked, and also to help re-evaluate out-dated theories in light of precise geographic information.

Maps in the series include:

• Egypt and the Near East, 3000-1200 BCE
• Egypt and the Near East, 1200-500 BCE
• Greece and the Aegean in the 5th Century BCE
• Greece and Persia in the Time of Alexander the Great
• Italy in the Mid First Century CE
• The Roman Empire around 200 CE
• The World of the New Testament and the Journeys of Paul

Visit or e-book store to purchase. Libraries and Institutions should order from the T&F Bookstore.

The First Maya Civilization discusses the most recent advances in our knowledge of the Preclassic Maya and the emergence of their rainforest civilization, with new data on settlement, political organization, architecture, iconography and epigraphy supporting a contemporary theoretical perspective that challenges prior assumptions.

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Instructors, request your complimentary exam copy.

A significant advance in the field, Intangible Natural Heritage brings together a wide variety of perspectives on the topic, offering readers a chance to learn about current scholarship and see where the field is heading. Authors from Europe, Asia, Australasia, Britain, and North America, address topics on scales from minute insects to sweeping landscapes.

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Offering a wide range of materials and study tools for both you and your students, the Ancient Cities companion site includes:

• An interactive timeline spanning the entire period covered by the book
• Chapter summaries, flashcards, and study guides for each chapter
• An image bank of illustrations from the book
• Links to additional online resources

Visit the companion site today to preview these and other resources.