Laurajane Smith is Director of the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at the Australian National University, Canberra. She is Founding President of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies, the editor of the International Journal of Heritage Studies, the cogeneral editor of Routledge’s Key Issues in Cultural Heritage and is best known for her previous book Uses of Heritage (2006, Routledge).
Based on a massive amount of empirical research - conducted across continents and years - this ambitious book is a major contribution to heritage debates. Written with verve and clarity, its importance goes far beyond its crucial message that we need to take the emotional dimensions of heritage seriously. In Emotional Heritage, Laurajane Smith not only presents this groundbreaking project but also robustly sets out her analytical stall and manifesto for heritage studies. - Sharon Macdonald, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany Based on a massive amount of empirical research - conducted across continents and years - this ambitious book is a major contribution to heritage debates. Written with verve and clarity, its importance goes far beyond its crucial message that we need to take the emotional dimensions of heritage seriously. In Emotional Heritage, Laurajane Smith not only presents this groundbreaking project but also robustly sets out her analytical stall and manifesto for heritage studies. - Sharon Macdonald, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany