Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India: Approaches and Challenges

ISBN-13: 9780367624309 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 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 postcolonial decades and follow its various trajectories in research, education, advocacy, and practice.

Split into four sections, this book covers important themes of institutional and programmatic developments in the field of conservation; critical and contemporary challenges facing the profession; emerging trends in practice that seek to address contemporary challenges; and sustainable solutions to conservation issues.

The cases featured within the book elucidate the evolution of the heritage conservation profession, clarifying the role of key players at the central, state, and local level, and considering intangible, minority, colonial, modern, and vernacular heritages among others.

This book also showcases unique strands of conservation practice in the postcolonial decades to demonstrate the range, scope, and multiple avenues of development in the last seven decades. An ideal read for those interested in architecture, planning, historic preservation, urban studies, and South Asian studies.

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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