Basic Biographical Information
Laurajane Smith earned her B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Sydney. She has held positions at Charles Stuart University (1990–1995), the University of New South Wales (1995–2000), and the University of York (2000–2009). At the University of York, she directed the M.A. program in heritage studies. She moved to Australian National University in 2010 and is an ARC Future Fellow there.
Major Accomplishments
Dr. Smith specializes in heritage studies. She is renowned for the concept of “Authorized Heritage Discourse” (AHD), which she featured in her 2006 book, Uses of Heritage. AHD is the “dominant Western discourse about heritage… that works to naturalize a range of assumptions about the nature and meaning of heritage” (Smith 2006: 4). AHD focuses on “things” and is dominated by “concepts of monumentality and aesthetics” (p. 4). Dr. Smith is the editor of the International Journal of Heritage Studies, coeditor of Routledge’s Key Issues in Cultural Heritage...
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Smith, L. 2006. Uses of heritage. New York: Routledge.
Further Reading
Harrison, R., 2013. Heritage. Critical approaches. London: Routledge.
Kane, S.(ed.) 2003. The politics of archaeology and identity in a global context. Boston: Archaeological Institute of America.
Labadi, S. & C. Long.(ed.) 2010. Heritage and globalisation. Abingdon: Routledge.
Langfield, M., W. Logan & M.N. Craith.(ed.) 2010. Cultural diversity, heritage and human rights. London: Routledge.
Smith, L. 2004. Archaeological theory and the politics of cultural heritage. New York: Routledge.
Smith, L. (ed.) 2006. Cultural heritage: critical concepts in media and cultural studies. New York: Routledge.
Smith, L. & N. Akagawa. (ed.) 2009. Intangible heritage. New York: Routledge.
Smith, L. & E. Waterton. 2009.Heritage, communities and archaeology. London: Duckworth Publishing.
Smith, L., P. Shackel & G. Campbell. (ed.) 2011. Heritage, labour and the working class. New York: Routledge.
Smith, L, G. Cubitt, K. Fouseki & R. Wilson.(ed.) 2011. Representing enslavement and abolition in museums: ambiguous engagements. New York: Routledge.
Smith, L., E. Waterton & S. Watson. (ed.) 2012. The cultural moment of tourism. New York: Routledge.
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Harrison, J. (2014). Smith, Laurajane. In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_424
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