Cultural landscapes of South Asia : studies in heritage conservation and management /

Cultural landscapes of South Asia : studies in heritage conservation and management / edited by Kapila D. Silva and Amita Sinha.

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The pluralism of South Asia belies any singular reading of its heritage. In spite of this diversity, its cultural traditions retain certain attributes that are at their core South Asian-in their capacity to self-organize, enact and reinvent cultural memories, and in their ability to retain an intima...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Other Authors: Silva, Kapila D. (Editor), Sinha, Amita (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Series:Routledge research in landscape and environmental design.
Subjects:
Cultural landscapes > South Asia > Case studies.
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration > South Asia > Case studies.
Historic sites > South Asia > Management > Case studies.
Historic preservation > South Asia > Case studies.
Cultural property > Protection > South Asia > Case studies.
Cultural property > South Asia > Management > Case studies.
Cultural landscapes
Cultural property > Protection
Historic preservation
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration
Historic sites > Management
South Asia
Case studies
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue : Imagining the Future of Conservation in South Asia / Rahul Mehrotra
  • Conservation of Cultural Landscapes in Bhutan / Françoise Pommaret
  • Blurring Boundaries and Moving Beyond the Tangible/Intangible and the Natural/Cultural Classifications of Heritage : Cases from Nepal / Neel Kamal Chapagain
  • Cultures of the Landscape : A Paradigm of Enriching Diversity Un-recognized in the World Vision of Heritage in Pakistan / Anila Naeem
  • The South Asian Shahar : Reimagining Shahariyat as Urban heritage / Jyoti Pandey Sharma
  • The Historic Urban Landscape of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh / Farhana Ferdous
  • "All the world coming and going" : the past and future of the Grand Trunk Road in Punjab, India / Manish Chalana
  • The Modernist Historic Urban Landscape of Islamabad, Pakistan / Farhan Karim
  • The Landscape Theatre of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka : Interaction of the Regal, Natural and Agricultural Landscapes / Nilan Cooray
  • The symbolic authenticity of Kandy, Sri Lanka / Kapila D. Silva
  • The Cultural Landscape of Pohela Boishakh Festival and the Making of a National Identity in Bangladesh / Nubras Samayeen and Sharif Shams Imon
  • Tourism, Liquid Modernity and Bhutanese Traditional Festivals / Wantanee Suntikul
  • Bhaktapur, Nepal : Heritage Values and Conservation Practices / Kapila D. Silva
  • Getting the City Back to its People : Conservation and Management of Historic Ahmedabad, India / Debashish Nayak
  • The Public Realm of Heritage Sites in India : Sustainable Approaches Towards Planning and Management / Amita Sinha
  • Grounded Speculations on Cultural Landscape Conservation / Amita Sinha
  • Epilogue : Prospects for Conserving South Asian Cultural Landscapes / Kapila D. Silva.

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