The Heritage of Mundane Places
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Abstract
The latest edition of the popular Rough Guide to Britain accuses Britons of being obsessed by exploiting every last aspect of their heritage; it implies that the country is pock-marked by myriad indiscriminate and unimaginative invocations of the past that mask an increasingly homogenized present (Katz, 2006). There are undoubtedly plenty of bland, unimaginative heritage sites scattered across Britain, and for sure, some commentators perceive an unvariegated mush of heritage sites and museums where anything and everything from the past is celebrated uncritically and indiscriminately. Indeed, there is an established British tradition of penning sniffy critiques about popular sites of public memory.