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      The Best We Share

      Christoph Brumann

      The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is one of the most widely ratified international treaties, and a place on the World Heritage List is a widely coveted mark of distinction. Building…

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      The Best We Share: Nation, Culture and World-Making in the UNESCO World Heritage Arena

      Christoph Brumann

      As the most ambitious study of the World Heritage arena so far, this volume dissects the inner workings of a prominent global body, demonstrating the power of ethnography in the…

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      Making Japanese Heritage

      This book examines the making of heritage in contemporary Japan, investigating the ways in which particular objects, practices and institutions come to be seen as forms of heritage which are…

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      Urban Spaces in Japan: Cultural and Social Perspectives

      Urban Spaces in Japan explores the workings of power, money and the public interest in the planning and design of Japanese space. Through a set of vivid case studies of…

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      Urban Spaces in Japan: Cultural and Social Perspectives

      Urban Spaces in Japan explores the workings of power, money and the public interest in the planning and design of Japanese space. Through a set of vivid case studies of…

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      Making Japanese Heritage

      This book examines the making of heritage in contemporary Japan, investigating the ways in which particular objects, practices and institutions come to be seen as forms of heritage which are…

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      World Heritage on the Ground: Ethnographic Perspectives

      The UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 is a key arena for contemporary cultural and natural conservation. In case studies from across the globe, anthropologists with situated expertise in specific…

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      World Heritage on the Ground: Ethnographic Perspectives

      In case studies from across the globe, anthropologists with situated expertise in specific World Heritage sites explore the consequences of the World Heritage framework and the global spread of this…

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      Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past

      Christoph Brumann (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany)

      Kyoto is both a popular destination for tourists and home to one and a half million inhabitants.  There is lively debate about how best to develop the city, involving a…

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      Tradition, Democracy and the Townscape of Kyoto: Claiming a Right to the Past

      Christoph Brumann (Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany)

      As the historic capital of the country and the stronghold of the nation’s most celebrated traditions, the city of Kyoto holds a unique place in the Japanese imagination. Widely praised…

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      Monks, Money, and Morality: The Balancing Act of Contemporary Buddhism

      Vibrantly engaging contemporary Buddhist lives, this book focuses on the material and financial relations of contemporary monks, temples, and laypeople. It shows that rather than being peripheral, economic exchanges are…

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      Monks, Money, and Morality: The Balancing Act of Contemporary Buddhism

      Vibrantly engaging contemporary Buddhist lives, this book focuses on the material and financial relations of contemporary monks, temples, and laypeople. It shows that rather than being peripheral, economic exchanges are…

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      Concepts of Culture: Art, Politics, and Society

      Brings together contributions from established and merging scholars in a number of different disciplines who each examine the concept of culture as it is understood and deployed within their respective…

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