Ian Baxter
Biographic Data
| ID | 333201 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Baxter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Baxter |
| SIGNATURE | BAXTER I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7932-0805 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Cultural Heritage Management
Experiencing Cultural Heritage
Liminality and contemporary engagement
Sites imbued with an intense sense of history and cultural heritage enable tourists to engage in transformative activities. A temporary mode of being occurs when tourists are immersed in their surroundings; sites become spaces enabling and facilitating transformative engagement. In theorising this impact, this theory testing case study is founded on the conceptualisation of liminality, combining it with contemporary theories of engagement. The th…
Self-expression and play
Using data collected from 538 Iranian tourists undertaking the religious pilgrimage of Umrah (i.e. voluntary travel to the holy city of Mecca at any time throughout the year), this study investigates the concept of play and its relationship with self-expression and hedonism in an Islamic tourism context. By testing a theoretically derived structural model, the findings suggest that self-expression strongly influences tourists’ sense of play. Here…
Mainstreaming policy and pragmatism
Commerce, empire and faith in Safavid Iran
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: to explore how commercial hospitality has contributed to the development of urban areas in relation to commerce, hospitality, religious and imperial patronage in early modern, Safavid Iran (c. seventeenth century). Second, to combine material culture research methods in an analytical framework for future use. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected during 27 site visits over three years to 14 …
Public Archaeology Response to ‘The Future Care of Our Nation’s Heritage’ Debate
The whole attitude of this country and of the civilized world in general has changed towards archaeology in recent years. We regard the national monuments to which this Bill refers as part of the h
Politics, policy and the discourses of heritage in Britain
Politics, policy and the discourses of heritage in Britain, by Emma Waterton, London, Palgrave, 2010, 272 pp., £58.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0-2-305818-8 This book, based on Waterton's PhD thesis un
Building Value through Data
Life by the River
This paper describes the development of a prehistoric landscape by the river Nene at Grendon Lakes, partly revealed in the 1970s and partly during excavations in 1998 and 2001, which are reported in full. Two major phases of archaeological activity are evident, one interpreted as Neolithic–Early Bronze Age, the other as Iron Age. The gap between these is bridged by an environmental sequence reconstructed with the aid of a pollen core from an adja…
From ‘national disgrace’ to flagship monument
The public presentation of Stonehenge is acknowledged to be poor. Many years of planned improvements have come to naught. Why is this? Seven enduring essentials of the Stonehenge problem are identified, and three obstacles to progress. The present provision, dating to 1968–70, is described, with its merits and defects. Four schemes for transformation are then reported, those of Heritage Projects, 1984; Cullinan, 1991; Tussauds, 1996; and the curr…
Auditing the historic environment
This chapter sets out the current context for historic environment management, and the associated information requirements to manage organisations successfully within the sector for the benefit of the country's heritage. The initiative undertaken by English Heritage (the English government's conservation advisors) in developing a pilot State of the Historic Environment Report is used as a case study in the collation of management information for …
Responses to Geoffrey Wainwright's report ‘The Stonehenge we deserve’, Antiquity 74 (2000)
In June this year, we published Geoffrey Wainwright's paper on ‘The Stonehenge we deserve'. This paper aimed to provide a review of progress towards sorting out the many problems of management, presentation and conservation of this World Heritage site and its landscape. As readers of ANTIQUITY are well aware, the fortunes of Stonehenge are intimately linked with politics, money and public opinion, and the long saga of possible solutions to make t…
On the Path to Enlightenment
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Self-expression and play
Using data collected from 538 Iranian tourists undertaking the religious pilgrimage of Umrah (i.e. voluntary travel to the holy city of Mecca at any time throughout the year), this study investigates the concept of play and its relationship with self-expression and hedonism in an Islamic tourism context. By testing a theoretically derived structural model, the findings suggest that self-expression strongly influences tourists’ sense of play. Here…
Liminality and contemporary engagement
Sites imbued with an intense sense of history and cultural heritage enable tourists to engage in transformative activities. A temporary mode of being occurs when tourists are immersed in their surroundings; sites become spaces enabling and facilitating transformative engagement. In theorising this impact, this theory testing case study is founded on the conceptualisation of liminality, combining it with contemporary theories of engagement. The th…
Life by the River
This paper describes the development of a prehistoric landscape by the river Nene at Grendon Lakes, partly revealed in the 1970s and partly during excavations in 1998 and 2001, which are reported in full. Two major phases of archaeological activity are evident, one interpreted as Neolithic–Early Bronze Age, the other as Iron Age. The gap between these is bridged by an environmental sequence reconstructed with the aid of a pollen core from an adja…
Responses to Geoffrey Wainwright's report ‘The Stonehenge we deserve’, Antiquity 74 (2000)
In June this year, we published Geoffrey Wainwright's paper on ‘The Stonehenge we deserve'. This paper aimed to provide a review of progress towards sorting out the many problems of management, presentation and conservation of this World Heritage site and its landscape. As readers of ANTIQUITY are well aware, the fortunes of Stonehenge are intimately linked with politics, money and public opinion, and the long saga of possible solutions to make t…
Mainstreaming policy and pragmatism
Auditing the historic environment
This chapter sets out the current context for historic environment management, and the associated information requirements to manage organisations successfully within the sector for the benefit of the country's heritage. The initiative undertaken by English Heritage (the English government's conservation advisors) in developing a pilot State of the Historic Environment Report is used as a case study in the collation of management information for …
On the Path to Enlightenment
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Responses to Geoffrey Wainwright's report ‘The Stonehenge we deserve’, Antiquity 74 (2000)
In June this year, we published Geoffrey Wainwright's paper on ‘The Stonehenge we deserve'. This paper aimed to provide a review of progress towards sorting out the many problems of management, presentation and conservation of this World Heritage site and its landscape. As readers of ANTIQUITY are well aware, the fortunes of Stonehenge are intimately linked with politics, money and public opinion, and the long saga of possible solutions to make t…
From ‘national disgrace’ to flagship monument
The public presentation of Stonehenge is acknowledged to be poor. Many years of planned improvements have come to naught. Why is this? Seven enduring essentials of the Stonehenge problem are identified, and three obstacles to progress. The present provision, dating to 1968–70, is described, with its merits and defects. Four schemes for transformation are then reported, those of Heritage Projects, 1984; Cullinan, 1991; Tussauds, 1996; and the curr…
Auditing the historic environment
This chapter sets out the current context for historic environment management, and the associated information requirements to manage organisations successfully within the sector for the benefit of the country's heritage. The initiative undertaken by English Heritage (the English government's conservation advisors) in developing a pilot State of the Historic Environment Report is used as a case study in the collation of management information for …
Life by the River
This paper describes the development of a prehistoric landscape by the river Nene at Grendon Lakes, partly revealed in the 1970s and partly during excavations in 1998 and 2001, which are reported in full. Two major phases of archaeological activity are evident, one interpreted as Neolithic–Early Bronze Age, the other as Iron Age. The gap between these is bridged by an environmental sequence reconstructed with the aid of a pollen core from an adja…
Building Value through Data
Politics, policy and the discourses of heritage in Britain
Politics, policy and the discourses of heritage in Britain, by Emma Waterton, London, Palgrave, 2010, 272 pp., £58.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-0-2-305818-8 This book, based on Waterton's PhD thesis un
Commerce, empire and faith in Safavid Iran
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: to explore how commercial hospitality has contributed to the development of urban areas in relation to commerce, hospitality, religious and imperial patronage in early modern, Safavid Iran (c. seventeenth century). Second, to combine material culture research methods in an analytical framework for future use. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected during 27 site visits over three years to 14 …
Public Archaeology Response to ‘The Future Care of Our Nation’s Heritage’ Debate
The whole attitude of this country and of the civilized world in general has changed towards archaeology in recent years. We regard the national monuments to which this Bill refers as part of the h
Mainstreaming policy and pragmatism
Self-expression and play
Using data collected from 538 Iranian tourists undertaking the religious pilgrimage of Umrah (i.e. voluntary travel to the holy city of Mecca at any time throughout the year), this study investigates the concept of play and its relationship with self-expression and hedonism in an Islamic tourism context. By testing a theoretically derived structural model, the findings suggest that self-expression strongly influences tourists’ sense of play. Here…
Cultural Heritage Management
Experiencing Cultural Heritage
Liminality and contemporary engagement
Sites imbued with an intense sense of history and cultural heritage enable tourists to engage in transformative activities. A temporary mode of being occurs when tourists are immersed in their surroundings; sites become spaces enabling and facilitating transformative engagement. In theorising this impact, this theory testing case study is founded on the conceptualisation of liminality, combining it with contemporary theories of engagement. The th…
Archaeology (10 works) · History (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Cultural heritage (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Politics (4 works)