Decolonizing Conservation: Caring for Maori Meeting Houses outside New Zealand (University College London Institute of Archaeology Publications)

by Dean Sully (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2008

  $54.07

  Argues for a shift in cultural heritage conservation, from a focus on maintaining the physical fabric of material culture towards the impact that conservation work has on people's lives. This book challenges the commodification of sacred objects and places by western conservation thought and attempts to decolonize conservation practice.