This book challenges traditional approaches to heritage interpretation and offers an alternative theoretical architecture to the current research and practice. Russell Staiff suggests that the dialogue between visitors and heritage places has been too focused on learning outcomes, and so heritage interpretation has become dominated by psychology and educational theory, and over-reliant on outdated thinking. Using his background as an art historian and experience teaching heritage and tourism courses, Russell Staiff weaves personal observation with theory in an engaging and lively way. He recognizes that the 'digital revolution' has changed forever the way that people interact with their environment and that a new approach is needed.

本书挑战了传统的遗产解释方法，为当前的研究和实践提供了另一种理论架构。Russell Staiff认为，游客与遗产地之间的对话过于注重学习结果，因此遗产解释工作已被心理学和教育理论所主导，并过度依赖过时的思维。罗素-斯塔夫利用他的艺术史学家背景和教授遗产和旅游课程的经验，以一种引人入胜和生动的方式将个人观察与理论结合起来。他认识到，"数字革命 "已经永远改变了人们与环境互动的方式，需要一种新的方法。