Elliott, Michael

Tourism and sustainability in the evaluation of World Heritage sites, 1980-2010

Elliott, Michael A.; Schmutz, Vaughn (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2016-03-10)

At present, there are myriad concerns about tourism and sustainability at cultural and natural world heritage sites. Based on an analysis of 811 evaluations written between 1980 and 2010 by two official advisory bodies to ...
World heritage and the scientific consecration of ‘outstanding universal value’

Elliott, Michael A.; Schmutz, Vaughn (Sage Publications, 2017-04-25)

Since World War II, the world heritage movement generated widespread support for preserving various sites of natural and cultural significance deemed to have outstanding universal value (OUV) for humanity. While the ...
Rationalized authenticity and the transnational spread of intangible cultural heritage

Elliott, Michael A.; DeSoucey, Michaela; Schmutz, Vaughn (Elsevier, 2019-08)

The 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage was adopted by UNESCO to enshrine and preserve exemplars of the intangible heritage of humanity – practices, traditions, and cultural expressions ...