Sterling, C. 2024. Documents and Records. In: R. King & T. Rico (eds.) Methods and Methodologies in Heritage Studies. London: UCL Press, 19-30
This chapter provides an overview of the role documents and records have played in shaping heritage as a distinct field of practice, and outlines tools and methods for analysing such material in critical heritage research.
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Methods and Methodologies in Heritage Studies offers succinct, easily accessible analyses of the disciplinary debates, intellectual legacies, and practical innovations that have led to understandings of heritage value today.
Through a diverse collection of expert voices, this volume invites readers to embark on their own journeys through appropriate methodologies for research and public engagement. Readers can draw on analyses of key problem areas and argumentative interventions to create a roadmap for the many disciplinary approaches that converge on heritage studies.
Oriented specifically towards learning and teaching heritage across archaeology, anthropology, history, and geography, this textbook is designed to support critical, ethical heritage students, researchers, and practitioners.
Colin Sterling 