Abstract
Book Review - Heritage Futures: Comparative Approaches to Natural and Cultural Heritage Practices Rodney Harrison, Caitlin DeSilvey, Cornelius Holtorf, Sharon Macdonald, Nadia Bartolini, Esther Breithoff, Harald Fredheim, et al.: UCL Press, London, 2020. 568pp. ISBN:9781787356023
Few things are as interesting as seeing how people in the past imagined the future. ‘France in the Year 2000’ is one example. A series of paintings by Jean-Marc Côté, produced for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. The paintings were in the form of small cards, meant to be placed in cigar boxes, and humorously depicted what life would look like in our millennium. Many visions never materialized, such as scuba divers riding huge seahorses and winged police constables controlling airborne traffic. Others did.
Few things are as interesting as seeing how people in the past imagined the future. ‘France in the Year 2000’ is one example. A series of paintings by Jean-Marc Côté, produced for the 1900 World Exhibition in Paris. The paintings were in the form of small cards, meant to be placed in cigar boxes, and humorously depicted what life would look like in our millennium. Many visions never materialized, such as scuba divers riding huge seahorses and winged police constables controlling airborne traffic. Others did.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 192-194 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Norwegian Archaeological Review |
Volume | 55 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 17 Jul 2022 |