Illustration and Heritage - Rachel Emily Taylor

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Résumé :
Illustration and Heritage explores the re-materialisation of absent, lost, and invisible stories through illustrative practice and examines the potential role of contemporary illustration in cultural heritage. Heritage is a 'process' that is active and takes place in the present. In the heritage industry, there are opposing discourses and positions, and illustrators are a critical voice within the field. Grounding discussions in concepts fundamental to the illustrator, the book examines how the historical voice might be 'found' or reconstructed. Rachel Emily Taylor uses her own work and other illustrators' projects as case studies to explore how the making of creative work - through the exploration of archival material and experimental fieldwork - is an important investigative process and engagement strategy when working with heritage. What are the similar functions of heritage and illustration? How can an illustrator 'give voice' to a historical person? How can an illustrator disrupt an archive or museum? How can an illustrator represent a historical landscape or site? This book is a contribution to the expanding field of illustration research that focusses on its position in heritage practice. Taylor examines the illustrator's role within the field, while positioning it alongside the disciplines of museology, anthropology, archaeology, performance, and fine art....

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Introduction

Chapter 1 Illustration and Heritage
What is Heritage?
Authenticity and Heritage
The Expanded Field of Illustration
Heritage and Illustration

Chapter 2 Illustration and Historical Voices
A Tool for Empathy
Constructing Voice
Illustration Practitioner as Subject
Illustration Practitioner as Director
Illustration Practitioner as Inventor
A Choral Voice

Chapter 3 Illustration and Historical Collections
Institutional Critique
Working with Archives
The Residency
Illustration Practitioner as Historian
Illustration Practitioner as Assembler
Illustration Practitioner as Guide

Chapter 4 Illustration and Historical Landscapes
Field Work
Illustration Practitioner and the Transient Landscape
Illustration Practitioner and the Virtual Landscape
Future Sites of Practice

Conclusion

Interview Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements