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Introduction: Hunting as Heritage: “Save a Whale, Harpoon a Makah”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2007

Patrick J. O'Keefe
Patrick J. O'Keefe
Affiliation:
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University; School of English, Media Studies and Art History, University of Queensland. Email: p.okeefe@uq.edu.au
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Abstract

This set of articles is not intended to deal comprehensively with the totality of the relationship between heritage and hunting. Rather, it is designed to emphasize the connection and bring out aspects such as sustainability, ethics, respect, and civility. The role of hunting as a way of life is emphasized. This creates heritage even if its practitioners do not recognize it as such. The heritage so created can take many forms; but in particular hunting has produced an important intangible heritage expressed through art, music, poetry, and literature to name but a few of its aspects. Finally, the set of papers shows that mandated changes affecting hunting need careful consideration; there is much to be lost if the creating force for this heritage disappears.

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Research Article
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International Journal of Cultural Property , Volume 14 , Issue 3: Special Issue: Hunting as Heritage , August 2007 , pp. 279 - 282
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© 2007 International Cultural Property Society

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