Heritage as community research : legacies of co-production

Heritage as Community Research explores the nature of contemporary heritage research involving university and community partners.

Putting forward a new view of heritage as a process of research and involvement with the past, undertaken with or by the communities for whom it is relevant, the book uses a diverse range of case studies, with many chapters co-written between academics and community partners.

Through this extensive work, the Editors show that the process of research itself can be an empowering force by which communities stake a claim in the places they live.