Heritage and Nationalism

‘Bonacchi and her team are to be commended for their pioneering approach in opening up new directions for further research, giving future scholars the opportunity to build upon their initial findings and methodological frameworks.’
Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (JRAI)

‘This pioneering book reports on a large, data-intensive project about modern life: how important, it asked, are notions of the past - represented here by Iron Age, Roman and early medieval Europe - in affecting decisions in contemporary politics and society? …We are encouraged, and challenged, in the perhaps surprising if nonetheless significant discovery that “experts” do matter when it comes to determining public information and emphasis.’
British Archaeology

‘a compelling, unique, and multifaceted analysis of contemporary dimensions connected to a long and complicated relationship between heritage and nationalism’
Public Archaeology

‘the work presented in this monograph will provide a strong foundation for future research focusing on social heritage.’
Antiquity

‘Chiara Bonacchi’s book deserves a great welcome to heritage studies, nationalism studies and populism studies.’
Memory Studies

‘Given the strong theoretical framework of the monograph, I am certain that Bonacchi’s notion of ‘social heritage’ provides fertile ground for future research.’
Archäologische Informationen

Chiara Bonacchi is Senior Lecturer in Heritage at the University of Stirling, where she has established the Heritage, Data, Politics Hub. Bonacchi has led projects in the UK and Europe examining how public perceptions and experiences of the deep past shape the ways in which people perceive themselves and others and relate to social and political issues today. In her work, she has pioneered new approaches that combine quantitative and qualitative methods of analysing ‘small’ as well as ‘big’ data.

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