
Eisuke Tanaka is a social anthropologist, who completed his PhD at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge in 2008. Since 2011, he has been an associate professor at Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University, Japan. Focusing on the relationship between protection and destruction, he has explored the elaboration of the concept of ‘heritage’ through the interactions between people and things in the cases from Turkey. His recent publications include ‘Heritage Destruction in Context: The Destruction of Roman Mosaics from Zeugma in Turkey’ International Journal of Heritage Studies 21(4) ‘Cultural Heritage Issues and the Category of “Europe”: Roman Mosaic Collections Discovered from Zeugma, Southeast Turkey’ (Senri Ethnological Studies 8, 2013); and ‘The Idea of Place in the Protection of Cultural Heritage: In the Case of Claims against the Illicit Transaction of Antiquities from Turkey’ (Japanese Review of Cultural Anthropology 11, 2010).
He is currently conducting research on the role of the material remains in forming and/or changing the relationships between archaeology, tourism industry, and the locals in the regions of southwest Turkey, which was called Lycia in ancient times.
Sessions auxquelles Dr Eisuke Tanaka participe
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- 11.30 Archaeology has Transformed "Stones" into "Heritage": The Production of a Heritage Site through Interactions between Archaeology, Tourism and Local Communities in Turkey
- Participant.e Dr Eisuke Tanaka (Fukuoka Jo Gakuin University) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Partie de: Case Studies in Archaeology I
- This paper explores how archaeology changes the relationship between stakeholders (archaeologists, local government, locals, tourists, etc.) and...
- Paper
Sessions auxquelles Dr Eisuke Tanaka assiste
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- Keynote: Is Tangible to Intangible as Formal is to Informal ? (Michael Herzfeld)
- Inscription req. UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 18:30 - 20:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Most of what we experience as heritage emerges into conscious recognition through a complex mixture of political and ideological filters, including...
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

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17:00
- ACHS 2016 General Assembly Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.210
- 17:00 - 18:30 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- Talk
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- Case Studies in Archaeology II Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV 1.605
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 heures 30 minutes
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- Critical Heritage Studies in the UK: Future Directions Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 5.215
- 15:30 - 17:00 | 1 heure 30 minutes
- What is the future of the UK and what is the role of heritage in this shifting political landscape? How have debates on heritage in the UK chang...
- Roundtable