The prevalent global heritage discourse has been primarily Euro-centric in its origin, premise, and praxis. Diverse cultural, historical, and geographical contexts, such as that of Asia, call for more context-specific approaches to heritage management. This book explores this complexity of managing the cultural heritage in Asia.
Case studies include sites of Angkor, Himeji Castle, Kathmandu Valley, Luang Prabang, Lumbini, and Malacca, and the book uses these to explore the religious worldviews, heritage policies, intangible heritage dimensions, traditional preservation practices, cultural tourism, and the notion of cultural landscape that are crucial in understanding the cultural heritage in Asia. It critiques the contemporary regulatory frameworks in operation and focuses on the issues of global impact on the local cultures in the region. The book goes on to emphasize the need for integrated heritage management approaches that encompass the plurality of heritage conservation concerns in Asian countries.
Themes are discussed from the vantage point of heritage scholars and practitioners in the South, Southeast, and East Asia. This book thus presents a distinctive Asian perspective which is a valuable source for students and practitioners of heritage within and beyond the Asian context.
Author(s): Kapila D. Silva, Neel Kamal Chapagain
Series: Routledge Contemporary Asia
Edition: 1.
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 387
City: New York/London
Cover......Page 1
Asian Heritage Management: Contexts, concerns, and prospects......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Figures......Page 11
Tables......Page 14
Contributors......Page 15
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Introduction: Contexts and concerns in Asian heritage management......Page 20
Part I Contexts......Page 50
Asian worldviews on conservation......Page 52
1 Jiirnnoddharana: The Hindu philosophy of conservation......Page 54
2 Heritage conservation in the Buddhist context......Page 68
3 Islamic perspectives and Malay notions of heritage conservation......Page 84
Management frameworks......Page 104
4 The conflict of ideologies and ambiguities in conservation policy: A legacy of shared built heritage in Pakistan......Page 106
5 A comparative analysis of three heritage management approaches in Southern China: Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau......Page 124
6 Managing the Sacred Garden of Lumbini......Page 141
Part II Concerns......Page 158
Beyond monuments......Page 160
7 The Himeji Castle World Heritage site: Challenges of sustaining memories of a revered heritage in Japan......Page 162
8 Traditions overlooked: Re-thinking cultural heritage conservation in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal......Page 176
9 Cultural heritage and sacred landscapes of South Asia: Reclamation of Govardhan in Braj, India......Page 195
10 The challenges of the cultural landscape construct and associated intangible values in an Asian context......Page 208
Globalizing local heritage......Page 232
11 Angkor on the world stage: Conservation in the colonial and postcolonial eras......Page 234
12 Commodification of intangible cultural heritage in Asia......Page 255
13 Issues of sustainable tourism at heritage sites in Asia......Page 272
Part III Prospects......Page 288
14 A community-based approach to heritage management from Ladakh, India......Page 290
15 Heritage Impact Assessment as a tool in managing development in the historic city of Melaka, Malaysia......Page 304
16 Developing an alternative paradigm for Asian heritage conservation: ABuddhist-systemic perspective......Page 322
17 The city imageability: A framework for defining urban heritage dimensions......Page 344
Epilogue: Prospects for Asian heritage management......Page 364
Index......Page 376
