Three Worlds Meet

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Editors: Helene Martinsson-W

allin and

Anna Karlstr

öm

The workshop “World Heritage and

Identity: Three Worlds Meet” was

arranged as a part of the VII International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific; Migration, Identity and Cultural Heritage. This conference was hosted by Gotland University the 20-25th _of

August 2007. The idea was to arrange meetings between around twenty scholars and professionals’ who represented World Heritage sites from three Island communities. These sites are the National Park on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Visby Medieval Town on Gotland and Stone Town in Zanzibar. They all

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Gotland University Cramérgatan 3 Phone: +46(0)498-29 99 00 E-mail: info@hgo.se

Address: S-621 67 Visby Fax: +46(0)498-29 99 62 Web: www.hgo.se

World Heritage and Identity:

Three Worlds Meet

World Heritage and Identity: Three Worlds Meet

Editors:

Helene Martinsson-Wallin and Anna Karlström share a special aura of an exotic and

glorious past, and in the present these communities rely heavily on cultural tourism where the past tangible heritage is promoted. These sites have disparate historical trajectories, cultural settings and backgrounds, but in one way or another they share colonial, postcolonial and neo-colonial experiences. The agenda at this workshop was to discuss local and global issues in relation to World Heritages and identity from collective and individual perspectives, and to share experiences.

Gotland University Press 16

Editors: Helene Martinsson-W

allin and

Anna Karlstr

öm

The workshop “World Heritage and Identity: Three Worlds Meet”

was arranged as a part of the VII International Conference on Easter Island and the Pacific; Migration, Identity and Cultural Heritage. This conference was hosted by

Gotland University the 20-25th _{of August 2007.}

The idea was to arrange meetings between around twenty scholars and professionals’ who represented World Heritage sites from three Island communities.

These sites are the National Park on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Visby Medieval Town on Gotland and Stone Town in Zanzibar. They all share a special aura of an exotic

and glorious past, and in the present these communities rely heavily on cultural tourism where the past tangible heritage is promoted. These sites have disparate historical trajectories, cultural settings and backgrounds, but in one way or another

they share colonial, postcolonial and neo-colonial experiences.

The agenda at this workshop was to discuss local and global issues in relation to World Heritages and identity from collective and individual perspectives,

and to share experiences.

Gotland University Press 16

Gotland University Cramérgatan 3 Phone: +46(0)498-29 99 00 E-mail: info@hgo.se

Address: S-621 67 Visby Fax: +46(0)498-29 99 62 Web: www.hgo.se

World Heritage and Identity:

Three Worlds Meet

World Heritage and Identity: Three Worlds Meet

Editors:

Helene Martinsson-Wallin and Anna Karlström