Kynan Gentry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3782845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kynan Gentry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kynan |
| FAMILY NAME | Gentry |
| SIGNATURE | GENTRY K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4843-5017 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Scenery’ and the origins of heritage preservation in New Zealand and Australia
In explaining the modern rise of interest in historic sites and their preservation, tourism has typically been seen as a lesser influence, or worse, as a corrupting influence on the 'real' role of heritage. While today most within the heritage community have moved beyond such views, the significance of tourism to the rise of both heritage and formal heritage protection regimes is not widely appreciated. Focusing on the colonial contexts of the 19…
Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia
Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia." Australian Historical Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Critical heritage studies and the legacies of the late-twentieth century heritage canon
In recent years an interest in ‘critical heritage studies’ (CHS) has grown significantly – its differentiation from ‘heritage studies’ rests on its emphasis of cultural heritage as a political, cultural, and social phenomenon. But how original or radical are the concepts and aims of CHS, and why has it apparently become useful or meaningful to talk about critical heritage studies as opposed to simply ‘heritage studies’? Focusing on the canon of t…
History, heritage, and colonialism: Historical Consciousness, Britishness, and Cultural Identity in New Zealand, 1870-1940
This book presents an examination of the nexus between empire and colonial identity. Exploring the politics of history-making and interest in preserving the material remnants of the past in late nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial society, it covers indigenous pasts, as well as those of European origin. While the focus is on New Zealand, the book examines Australian and Canadian experiences to analyse the different groups and politica…
New Zealand
Additional informationNotes on contributorsKynan GentryKynan Gentry is a postdoctoral fellow in the School of History at the Australian National University. He previously held a political research fellowship at Ruskin College, Oxford, and worked for a number of years as an historian for the Ministry for Culture & Heritage in New Zealand. His book History, Heritage, and Colonialism: Heritage and Historical Consciousness in New Zealand Society, 184…
The Pathos of Conservation: Raphael Samuel and the politics of heritage
When Raphael Samuel’s Theatres of Memory: Past and Present in Contemporary Culture was published in 1994, it was critically received. Yet, the book has not had the impact of other key works such as Lowenthal’s The Past is a Foreign Country (1985) or Hewison’s The Heritage Industry (1987). A number of factors have contributed to this, such as Theatres essentially being an unfinished project, and ‘heritage’ in the book having multiple personas – th…
Exhibition Reviews
Kate Fullager reviews the exhibition ‘America: Painting a Nation’, 8 November 2013 – 9 February 2014, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
History, heritage and localism
Western heritage movements emerged first at the local level, with community and interest groups being the primary lobbyists for legislative protection and wider government support – even if the focus of preservations was initially almost exclusively national in focus. This article explores the Anglo-British approaches to heritage preservation over the past century which, initially, reflected a continued move towards localism, but, in recent years…
Ruskin, Radicalism and Raphael Samuel: Politics, Pedagogy and the Origins of the History Workshop
Despite the profound impact that the History Workshop Movement has had on the postwar British historiographical tradition, the circumstances of the History Workshop s founding have received surprisingly little scholarly attention. Rather, the bulk of published work has tended to focus on the broader place of the Workshop, or on specific elements such as the rise of the feminist voice in the Workshop community, or the Workshop s efforts to bring t…
Critical heritage studies and the legacies of the late-twentieth century heritage canon
In recent years an interest in ‘critical heritage studies’ (CHS) has grown significantly – its differentiation from ‘heritage studies’ rests on its emphasis of cultural heritage as a political, cultural, and social phenomenon. But how original or radical are the concepts and aims of CHS, and why has it apparently become useful or meaningful to talk about critical heritage studies as opposed to simply ‘heritage studies’? Focusing on the canon of t…
The Pathos of Conservation: Raphael Samuel and the politics of heritage
When Raphael Samuel’s Theatres of Memory: Past and Present in Contemporary Culture was published in 1994, it was critically received. Yet, the book has not had the impact of other key works such as Lowenthal’s The Past is a Foreign Country (1985) or Hewison’s The Heritage Industry (1987). A number of factors have contributed to this, such as Theatres essentially being an unfinished project, and ‘heritage’ in the book having multiple personas – th…
History, heritage and localism
Western heritage movements emerged first at the local level, with community and interest groups being the primary lobbyists for legislative protection and wider government support – even if the focus of preservations was initially almost exclusively national in focus. This article explores the Anglo-British approaches to heritage preservation over the past century which, initially, reflected a continued move towards localism, but, in recent years…
Ruskin, Radicalism and Raphael Samuel: Politics, Pedagogy and the Origins of the History Workshop
Despite the profound impact that the History Workshop Movement has had on the postwar British historiographical tradition, the circumstances of the History Workshop s founding have received surprisingly little scholarly attention. Rather, the bulk of published work has tended to focus on the broader place of the Workshop, or on specific elements such as the rise of the feminist voice in the Workshop community, or the Workshop s efforts to bring t…
History, heritage and localism
Western heritage movements emerged first at the local level, with community and interest groups being the primary lobbyists for legislative protection and wider government support – even if the focus of preservations was initially almost exclusively national in focus. This article explores the Anglo-British approaches to heritage preservation over the past century which, initially, reflected a continued move towards localism, but, in recent years…
Ruskin, Radicalism and Raphael Samuel: Politics, Pedagogy and the Origins of the History Workshop
Despite the profound impact that the History Workshop Movement has had on the postwar British historiographical tradition, the circumstances of the History Workshop s founding have received surprisingly little scholarly attention. Rather, the bulk of published work has tended to focus on the broader place of the Workshop, or on specific elements such as the rise of the feminist voice in the Workshop community, or the Workshop s efforts to bring t…
Exhibition Reviews
Kate Fullager reviews the exhibition ‘America: Painting a Nation’, 8 November 2013 – 9 February 2014, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW
History, heritage, and colonialism: Historical Consciousness, Britishness, and Cultural Identity in New Zealand, 1870-1940
This book presents an examination of the nexus between empire and colonial identity. Exploring the politics of history-making and interest in preserving the material remnants of the past in late nineteenth and early twentieth century colonial society, it covers indigenous pasts, as well as those of European origin. While the focus is on New Zealand, the book examines Australian and Canadian experiences to analyse the different groups and politica…
New Zealand
Additional informationNotes on contributorsKynan GentryKynan Gentry is a postdoctoral fellow in the School of History at the Australian National University. He previously held a political research fellowship at Ruskin College, Oxford, and worked for a number of years as an historian for the Ministry for Culture & Heritage in New Zealand. His book History, Heritage, and Colonialism: Heritage and Historical Consciousness in New Zealand Society, 184…
The Pathos of Conservation: Raphael Samuel and the politics of heritage
When Raphael Samuel’s Theatres of Memory: Past and Present in Contemporary Culture was published in 1994, it was critically received. Yet, the book has not had the impact of other key works such as Lowenthal’s The Past is a Foreign Country (1985) or Hewison’s The Heritage Industry (1987). A number of factors have contributed to this, such as Theatres essentially being an unfinished project, and ‘heritage’ in the book having multiple personas – th…
Critical heritage studies and the legacies of the late-twentieth century heritage canon
In recent years an interest in ‘critical heritage studies’ (CHS) has grown significantly – its differentiation from ‘heritage studies’ rests on its emphasis of cultural heritage as a political, cultural, and social phenomenon. But how original or radical are the concepts and aims of CHS, and why has it apparently become useful or meaningful to talk about critical heritage studies as opposed to simply ‘heritage studies’? Focusing on the canon of t…
Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia
Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia." Australian Historical Studies, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Scenery’ and the origins of heritage preservation in New Zealand and Australia
In explaining the modern rise of interest in historic sites and their preservation, tourism has typically been seen as a lesser influence, or worse, as a corrupting influence on the 'real' role of heritage. While today most within the heritage community have moved beyond such views, the significance of tourism to the rise of both heritage and formal heritage protection regimes is not widely appreciated. Focusing on the colonial contexts of the 19…
History (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Art (5 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (5 works) · Cultural heritage (4 works) · Media studies (4 works)