Gertjan Plets has published the article “Heritage statecraft: creating the state and instilling state ideas in the age of late capitalism” in the International Journal of Heritage Studies. This essay challenges conventional approaches to heritage politics by asserting that heritage is not merely a product of the state but a vital tool in shaping it.…
The PITCH project has published a groundbreaking special themed collection of articles in the International Journal of Heritage Studies on Carbon heritages. All articles are published in OpenAccess format so they are free to access. Individual papers in the themed section consider museological collections connected to extractive industries and petrocultures in Germany, South Korea and…
This policy brief responds to how petrocultures—cultural practices shaped by fossil fuel dependency—have historically influenced and continue to inform cultural heritage narratives. It highlights how heritage institutions have long normalized foregrounding industrial progress narratives while sidelining environmental justice and colonial legacies. Drawing on interdisciplinary evidence from energy humanities, heritage studies, and critical historical analyses, the brief…
