Maritime Heritage in Crisis: Indigenous Landscapes and Global Ecological Breakdown

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Richard M. Hutchings

Maritime Heritage in Crisis

Indigenous Landscapes and Global Ecological Breakdown

Richard M. Hutchings

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English

Left Coast Press Inc
07 December 2016

Museums & museology; Maritime history; Archaeological methodology & techniques; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples

Grounded in critical heritage studies and drawing on a Pacific Northwest Coast case study, Maritime Heritage in Crisis explores the causes and consequences of the contemporary destruction of Indigenous heritage sites in maritime settings. Maritime heritage landscapes are undergoing a period of unprecedented crisis: these areas are severely impacted by coastal development, continued population growth and climate change. Indigenous heritage sites are thought to be particularly vulnerable to these changes and cultural resource management is frequently positioned as a community’s first line of defense, yet there is increasing evidence that this archaeological technique is an ineffective means of protection.

Exploring themes of colonial dislocation and displacement, Hutchings positions North American archaeology as neoliberal statecraft: a tool of government designed to promote and permit the systematic clearance of Indigenous heritage landscapes in advance of economic development. Presenting the institution of archaeology and cultural resource management as a grave threat to Indigenous maritime heritage, Maritime Heritage in Crisis offers an important lesson on the relationship between neoliberal heritage regimes and global ecological breakdown.

By: Richard M. Hutchings
Imprint: Left Coast Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9781629583488
ISBN 10: 1629583480
Series: Archaeology and Indigenous Peoples
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 07 December 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of figures List of tables List of boxes Preface List of abbreviations 1. The Maritime Heritage Crisis 2. Coastal Change 3. Cultural Resource Management 4. The shíshálh Coast Study 5. Problematizing the Heritage Crisis 6. Looking Forward, Looking Back Appendix: The Club of Rome's Forty-Nine Critical Continuous Problems References Index

Richard M. Hutchings is a founding director of the Institute for Critical Heritage and Tourism, British Columbia, Canada. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, he obtained his M.A. from Western Washington University, Bellingham, and his Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. He resides on Gabriola Island in the Salish Sea.

Reviews for Maritime Heritage in Crisis: Indigenous Landscapes and Global Ecological Breakdown

This volume considers the threat to indigenous archaeological sites through the lenses of colonialism, imperialism, modernity and memory. Claire Nesbitt, New Book Chronicle Richard Hutchings' Maritime Heritage in Crisis speaks out against the destruction of Indigenous heritage landscapes, tracking the ways in which rising sea levels and population growth have wreaked havoc to the coastal lands of the shishalh First Nation people located in the Pacific Northwest, as well as the shortcomings-even harms-of external cultural resource management (CRM).[...] The work's critique of both CRM and the field of archaeology alongside the emphasis on Indigenous rights to collective land management all set this book apart from others on the subject of climate change and coastal landscapes. Sierra Watt, University of Kansas