
°Â³ó±ð°ù±ðÌýhistoryÌýis the study of the past,ÌýheritageÌýis the many ways the past is used in the present. Heritage can be understood as an active, dynamic relationship between then and now, formed through an on-going process of renegotiation, reconstruction, and recreation of what we choose to take from the past with us into the future.ÌýÌý
Heritage is a rapidly growing field of fundamental contemporary significance. It is a key element in the way diverse institutions, political movements and communities recognise their identities, attribute value, contest rights claims and realise their political and economic strategies.
The Cambridge Heritage Research Centre (CHRC)Ìýbrings together Departments andÌýFaculties from a variety of disciplines across the 91̽»¨ÊÓÆµ to address a range of importantÌýthemes within heritage research. TheseÌýinclude:
- Heritage, identity, and migration
- The role of heritage in conflict and post-conflict situations
- Heritage ecologies – natural and cultural heritage
- Heritage education and museums
- Theorising and applying the tangible/intangible heritage distinction
- Heritage, methodologiesÌýand fieldwork​