heritage's function as commodity or resource

$ heritage also exists as an economic commodity, which may overlap, conflict with or even deny its cultural role. [@grahamGeographyHeritagePower2000] p. 3)

$ heritage is both a cultural and an economic good and is commodified as such. [@grahamGeographyHeritagePower2000] p. 5)

my input

Regardless of the intent (whether to commodify or not), the act of heritage, at least in an authorized and official sense, entails its commodification

🌱 physicality of Western heritage

"the present creates the heritage it requires"
🌱 heritage and economic development
Laurajane Smith (2022) Heritage, the power of the past, and the politics of (mis)recognition