The Warship <i>Schleswig-Holstein</i>: History, Cultural Value and Legal Status by Maili Roio

“…A wide range of challenges – protection, ownership, value – is illustrated by the study of the history and present state of the battleship Schleswig-Holstein.…”
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Photobooks dedicated to Gunkanjima: Random Personal Memories or Strategical Publications? by Cecile Laly

“…This paper analyzes the photobooks produced by several Japanese and French photographers dedicated to the mining island of Hashima, better known today as Gunkanjima (Battleship Island). The publications were released mainly over the last two decades, around the time Japan began the UNESCO application proceedings for the Tentative List of “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining”, which includes a total of twenty-three sites, among which is Hashima. …”
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