Connell Vaughn, a professor of Aesthetics and Critical Theory from TU Dublin weighs in on the relationship between heritage management and World Heritage listing, its merits, impact and drawbacks.
The article highlights the trouble with blanket policy execution across the world for heritage sites when economic inequities and political instability in different parts of the world have a great role in determining the realities of these sites, their protection and promotion. Ireland has shown little engagement with the World Heritage Site list since the mid-1990s.
Find out why on RTE.