This book challenges the commodification of sacred objects and places by western conservation thought by examining conservation activities at Maori marae—meeting houses—located in the US, Germany, and England, contrasted with changes in marae conservation in New Zealand.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2010-06-30
Language: English
Edition: 1
Series: UCL Institute of Archaeology Critical Cultural Heritage Series
Tracing development of scientific sociology from Comte onwards, this book provides a narrative history of figures, ideas, and schools that lie behind ..