Global Urban Development Problematizing Urban Indigenous Heritage in Settler-Society Countries : Australia and New Zealand (original) (raw)

This paper surveys current global trends in heritage practices regarding urban indigenous heritage, with a focus on settler-society countries, namely Australia and New Zealand. Urban indigenous heritage includes heritage sites, buildings, and components of the built environment of cities that are of significance to Aboriginal and Maori peoples. The following concentrates primarily on the dynamics of largely “white” European institutions of heritage practice, and the protocols adopted for indigenous heritage. The central argument is that while considerable changes have been effected in international awareness of indigenous heritage practices and policies, these changes have had little impact in settler societies. Cities continue to be the stronghold of heritage rooted in colonial precepts and values.