About the publication
Future Stories in the Global Heritage Industry
Published by Routledge, Future Stories in the Global Heritage Industry is edited by Alia Yunis, Robert Parthesius and Niccolò Acram Cappelletto. The volume explores what happens to the heritage and memory of communities when local places become part of global heritage systems, especially through UNESCO World Heritage designation. Written by emerging scholars and heritage professionals, it brings together case studies from Romania, the UAE/India, Eritrea, China, Mozambique, Tanzania and Malaysia. Through oral histories, ethnographic methods, film, interviews and archival research, the book examines how communities negotiate global recognition, tourism, nation-building and dominant heritage narratives while seeking to retain their own histories, memories and futures.