Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India: Approaches and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9780367619947 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 308 str.

Manish Chalana; Ashima Krishna

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Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India seeks to position the conservation profession within historical, theoretical, and methodological frames to demonstrate how the field has evolved in the post-colonial decades and follow its various trajectories in research, education, advocacy, and practice.

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Acknowledgements; Foreword by Jeffrey M Chusid, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University; Untangling Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India by Manish Chalana and Ashima Krishna; PART I: Developments in Heritage Conservation: Institutions and Programs; 1.1 The Evolving Role of India’s Foremost Heritage Custodian: Archaeological Survey of India Saptarshi Sanyal; 1.2 Role of the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage in Heritage Conservation in India Divay Gupta; 1.3 Heritage Management and Conservation Planning for Historic Cities in India: Case of Jaipur and Ajmer Shikha Jain; 1.4 Tools for Heritage Advocacy in Lucknow: Active Civic Engagement and Public Interest Litigation Ashima Krishna; 1.5 Heritage Education: An Essential Element in Elementary Education Michael A Tomlan; PART II: Critical Challenges in Heritage Conservation; 2.1 History, Memory and Contestation: Challenges in Preserving Amritsar’s Diverse Heritage Gurmeet S Rai and Churnjeet Manh; 2.2 Loss of Cultural Artifacts: Continuing Challenges around Antiquities Trafficking from India Swapna Kothari; 2.3 India’s Modern Heritage: Conservation Challenges and Opportunities Priya Jain; 2.4 Heritage Conservation and Seismic Mitigation in Small Town India: The Case of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh Manish Chalana and Sakriti Vishkarma; PART III: Emerging Trends in Heritage Conservation; 3.1 Making Hritage Acessible: Experiments with Digital Technologies for Urban Heritage Conservation in India Aishwarya Tipnis; 3.2 Reclaiming Neighbourhood, Rebonding Community: Urban Conservation Initiatives for Kolkata’s Chinatown through The CHA Project Kamalika Bose; 3.3 Conserving Vernacular Heritage in Kerala Patricia Tusa Fels; 3.4 Craft as Intangible Heritage: The Thatheras of Jandiala Guru, Punjab Yaaminey Mubayi; PART IV: Sustainable Approaches to Heritage Conservation; 4.1 Ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi: A Sustainable Approach to Landscape Conservation Amita Sinha; 4.2 Conservation of Indo-Islamicate Water Experience James L Wescoat Jr; 4.3 Restoring and Nurturing the ‘Nature-Human’ Bond through Conservation of Historic Gardens  Priyaleen Singh; 4.4 Community-led Sustainable and Responsible Tourism Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage of West Bengal Ananya Bhattacharya; Past Forward: Preparing Heritage Conservation in India for the 21^st Century by Ashima Krishna and Manish Chalana