Heritage as Aid and Diplomacy in Asia /

Heritage as Aid and Diplomacy in Asia / / ed. by Philippe Peycam, Shu-Li Wang, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao.

Drawing from eleven rich case studies in Asia, this book is the first to explore how heritage is used as aid and diplomacy by various agencies to produce knowledge, power, values and geopolitics in the global heritage regime. It represents an interdisciplinary endeavour to feature a diversity of sit...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
MitwirkendeR:
Chan, Victor Chi-Ming,
Hauser-Schäublin, Brigitta,
Hsiao, Hsin-Huang Michael,
Meskell, Lynn,
Ong, Min Yen,
Peycam, Philippe,
Roberts, Jayde Lin,
Wang, Anran,
Wang, Shu-Li,
Wardana, Agung,
Yapp, Lauren,
Yew-Foong, Hui,
Zurbuchen, Mary S.,
HerausgeberIn:
Hsiao, Hsin-Huang Michael,
Peycam, Philippe,
Wang, Shu-Li,
Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (355 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • 1. Heritage as Aid and Diplomacy in Asia: An Introduction
  • 2. World Heritage and WikiLeaks: Territory, Trade and Temples on the Thai-Cambodian Border
  • 3. Heritage Making — Aid for Whom? The Genealogy of Expert Reports in the Hands of Politics and Their Impact in the Case of Preah Vihear
  • 4. The International Coordinating Committee for Angkor: A World Heritage Site as an Arena of Competition, Connivance and State(s) Legitimation
  • 5. Legacies of Cultural Philanthropy in Asia
  • 6. To Help or Make Chaos? An Ethnography of Dutch Expertise in Postcolonial Indonesia
  • 7. Heritage Conservation as a Tool for Cultural Diplomacy: Implications for the Sino-Japanese Relationship
  • 8. From Ideological Alliance to Identity Clash: The Historical Origin of the Sino-Korean Goguryeo Controversies
  • 9. Nationalism, Politics and the Practice of Archaeology in Afghanistan: A Case Study of Bamiyan
  • 10. Disappearing Voices: The Politics and Practice of Safeguarding Kunqu Opera in the People’s Republic of China
  • 11. Neoliberalizing Heritage: International Agencies and the Local Dynamics of Heritage Conservation in Bali, Indonesia
  • 12. Heritage Conservation as Trickle-Down Development
  • Index

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