14 episodes

How should Stonehenge be conserved for the future? The modernisation of the Visitors' Centre at Stonehenge has been a battleground, exposing conflicting interests, and revealing the challenges that can lie behind the preservation of heritage sites. This album explores how different values and perceptions of heritage affect how the past is safeguarded, examining the British preoccupation with the built environment. Heritage can impart a sense of national identity and preserve memories and associations, but for whom? This material forms part of The Open University course A180 Heritage, whose heritage?

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How should Stonehenge be conserved for the future? The modernisation of the Visitors' Centre at Stonehenge has been a battleground, exposing conflicting interests, and revealing the challenges that can lie behind the preservation of heritage sites. This album explores how different values and perceptions of heritage affect how the past is safeguarded, examining the British preoccupation with the built environment. Heritage can impart a sense of national identity and preserve memories and associations, but for whom? This material forms part of The Open University course A180 Heritage, whose heritage?

    Heritage, whose heritage?

    Heritage, whose heritage?

    A short introduction to this album

    • 53 sec
    Transcript -- Heritage, whose heritage?

    Transcript -- Heritage, whose heritage?

    A short introduction to this album

    Historical property management by National Trust

    Historical property management by National Trust

    The issues and challenges behind the safeguarding of heritage properties by the UK's National Trust.

    • 9 min
    Transcript -- Historical property management by National Trust

    Transcript -- Historical property management by National Trust

    The issues and challenges behind the safeguarding of heritage properties by the UK's National Trust.

    Stonehenge and its significance

    Stonehenge and its significance

    Stonehenge as a heritage site valued for differing reasons by a wide range of interested parties.

    • 12 min
    Transcript -- Stonehenge and its significance

    Transcript -- Stonehenge and its significance

    Stonehenge as a heritage site valued for differing reasons by a wide range of interested parties.

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