Description: Case-studies of whether and how heritage can be used to bring about reconciliation.
Brief description: PETER DAVIS is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests relate to the connections between place, nature, heritage, communities and sustainability.
Review Quotes: The need for all cultural and educational institutions to respond to UNESCO's call for 'moral and intellectual solidarity' in support of peace and reconciliation at every level, from the local to global, becomes more evident by the day. This volume is hopeful, in that it contains inspiring accounts drawn from a vast network of cultural institutions and workers who are indeed doing this every day. Some in the face of almost insuperable odds...Highly readable.-- "MUSEUM MANAGEMENT AND CURATORSHIP"