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Whose Heritage Is It Anyway?
The Contested Presence of East London’s Past

Heritage: abstract noun verified by concrete materials, relics etc; what was that contrives to be inseparable from what is, thereby a key factor in what will be.

In a time (early 21st century) and place (East London) where there is so much stress on Innovation and Creativity, why is there equal emphasis on the Past? And whose Past is it anyway? In scrutinising Heritage and how it is constructed, Rising East writers will contribute to your thinking on these questions and more.

In this issue

Patrick Wright sails downriver through the liquid history of the Thames
John Marriott goes against the flow
Toby Butler floats a different kind of Heritage boat
Phil Cohen sees the spectre of Dead Labour
Paul Dave asks for a better class of heritage
Mitchell Panayis is in at the death throes of a working class hero
Hannah Arbeid and Julie Sumner differ on the Future Heritage of the Olympics

Plus

Alastair Donald on the diminishing scope of architectural vision
Babak Davar on the People’s Heritage
William Mann on the legacy of regenerations past

And that’s not all…

Rising East combines analysis and scholarly work with reportage, comment, reviews, interviews and illustration. Views expressed in Rising East are not those of the University of East London, nor of the London East Research Institute. Since Rising East is a platform for debate, to endorse every view expressed here would be impossible.

Editor: Andrew Calcutt (a.calcutt@uel.ac.uk)
Editor at large: Phil Cohen
Web developer: Alex Logvynovskiy
Editorial consultants: Munira Mirza, Emmanuel Ohajah

Thanks to the UEL webteam

Disclaimer: The views expressed are those of individual authors, and not the University of East London.

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