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Between the Devil and the Deep: Meeting Challenges in the Public Interpretation of Maritime Cultural Heritage (When the Land Meets the Sea)
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Description for Between the Devil and the Deep: Meeting Challenges in the Public Interpretation of Maritime Cultural Heritage (When the Land Meets the Sea)
Paperback. This book offers interpretation and public education strategies for maritime resources, emphasizing problems involved with presenting fragile, limited-access sites as heritage attractions and developing effective visitation and civic engagement opportunities. Editor(s): Scott-Ireton, Della A. Series: When the Land Meets the Sea. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HDD; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
In creating interpretive strategies for maritime sites, archaeologists and resource managers often are required to think creatively to overcome challenges and problems. These issues include interpreting sites in inaccessible locations and extremely deep water, enabling and controlling access to fragile sites and restricted areas, monitoring visitor behavior, making information interesting to a wide audience, and creating opportunities for public engagement, among other concerns. Meeting Challenges presents cutting-edge interpretation and public education strategies for maritime resources, both on land and underwater, with emphasis on solving the unique problems often associated with presenting these fragile, limited-access sites as heritage attractions and on ... Read more
In creating interpretive strategies for maritime sites, archaeologists and resource managers often are required to think creatively to overcome challenges and problems. These issues include interpreting sites in inaccessible locations and extremely deep water, enabling and controlling access to fragile sites and restricted areas, monitoring visitor behavior, making information interesting to a wide audience, and creating opportunities for public engagement, among other concerns. Meeting Challenges presents cutting-edge interpretation and public education strategies for maritime resources, both on land and underwater, with emphasis on solving the unique problems often associated with presenting these fragile, limited-access sites as heritage attractions and on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
When the Land Meets the Sea
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781493925452
SKU
V9781493925452
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About N/A
Della A. Scott-Ireton is Associate Director of the Florida Public Archaeology Network at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, specializing in maritime and public archaeology. Dr Scott-Ireton has served on the boards of the Advisory Council on Underwater Archaeology and the Society for Historical Archaeology, and as a member of the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee. She is co-editor of ... Read more
Reviews for Between the Devil and the Deep: Meeting Challenges in the Public Interpretation of Maritime Cultural Heritage (When the Land Meets the Sea)
From the book reviews: “This volume … is an essential read for anyone involved in communicating heritage within a maritime context to the public. … Between the Devil and the Deep makes a useful contribution to the study and analysis of public heritage initiatives within the maritime context. … a good basis for people who are faced with presenting ... Read more