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Asian Heritage Management : Contexts, Concerns, and Prospects.
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Routledge contemporary Asia series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Asian Heritage Management: Contexts, concerns, and prospects; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Contexts and concerns in Asian heritage management; Part I Contexts; Asian worldviews on conservation; 1 Jiirnnoddharana: The Hindu philosophy of conservation; 2 Heritage conservation in the Buddhist context; 3 Islamic perspectives and Malay notions of heritage conservation; Management frameworks; 4 The conflict of ideologies and ambiguities in conservation policy: A legacy of shared built heritage in Pakistan.
- 5 A comparative analysis of three heritage management approaches in Southern China: Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and Macau6 Managing the Sacred Garden of Lumbini; Part II Concerns; Beyond monuments; 7 The Himeji Castle World Heritage site: Challenges of sustaining memories of a revered heritage in Japan; 8 Traditions overlooked: Re-thinking cultural heritage conservation in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal; 9 Cultural heritage and sacred landscapes of South Asia: Reclamation of Govardhan in Braj, India.
- 10 The challenges of the cultural landscape construct and associated intangible values in an Asian contextGlobalizing local heritage; 11 Angkor on the world stage: Conservation in the colonial and postcolonial eras; 12 Commodification of intangible cultural heritage in Asia; 13 Issues of sustainable tourism at heritage sites in Asia; Part III Prospects; 14 A community-based approach to heritage management from Ladakh, India; 15 Heritage Impact Assessment as a tool in managing development in the historic city of Melaka, Malaysia.
- 16 Developing an alternative paradigm for Asian heritage conservation: ABuddhist-systemic perspective17 The city imageability: A framework for defining urban heritage dimensions; Epilogue: Prospects for Asian heritage management; Index.