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

By:

Silva, Kapila D. Ed

Contributor(s):

Sinha, Amita Ed

Publication details: New York Routledge 2017Description: xix,268pISBN:

9781138947573

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

712.0954 SIL

Contents:

CONTENTS List of illustrations viii Notes on contributors xii Acknowledgements xvi Prologue: imagining the future of conservation in South Asia xvii RAHUL MEHROTRA Introduction 1 AMITA SINHA PARTI Reimagining South Asian cultural landscapes 11 1.Conservation of cultural landscapes in Bhutan 13 FRANCOISE POMMARET 2.Blurring boundaries and moving beyond the tangible/ intangible and the natural/cultural classifications of heritage: cases from Nepal 24 NEEL KAMAL CHAPAGAIN 3.Cultures of the landscape: a paradigm of enriching diversity unrecognized in the world vision of heritage in Pakistan 39 ANILA NAEEM PART II South Asian historic urban landscapes 59 4.The South Asian Shabar. reimagining Sbahariyat as urban heritage 61 JYOTI PANDEY SHARMA 5.The historic urban landscape of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh 76 FARHANA FERDOUS 6.'All the world going and coming': the past and future of the Grand Trunk Road in Punjab, India 92 MANISH CHALANA 7.The modernist historic urban landscape of Islamabad, Pakistan 111 FARHAN KARIM PART III The intangible heritage in cultural landscapes 127 8.The landscape theatre of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka: interaction of the regal, natural and agricultural landscapes 129 NILAN COORAY 9.The symbolic authenticity of Kandy, Sri Lanka 144 KAPILA D. SILVA 10.The cultural landscape of the Pohela Boishakb festival and the making of a national identity in Bangladesh 159 NUBRAS SAMAYEEN AND SHARIF SHAMS IMON 11. Tourism, liquid modernity and Bhutanese traditional festivals 171 WAN TAN EE SUNTIKUL PART IV Managing cultural landscapes 183 12.Bhaktapur, Nepal: heritage values and conservation practices KAPILA D. SILVA 13.Getting the city back to its people: conservation and management of historic Ahmedabad, India DEBASHISH NAYAK 14.The public realm of heritage sites in India: sustainable approaches towards planning and management AMITA SINHA 15.Grounded speculations on cultural landscape conservation AMITA SINHA Epilogue: prospects for managing South Asian cultural landscapes 258 KAPILA D. SILVA Index 269

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CONTENTS
List of illustrations viii
Notes on contributors xii
Acknowledgements xvi
Prologue: imagining the future of conservation
in South Asia xvii
RAHUL MEHROTRA
Introduction 1
AMITA SINHA
PARTI
Reimagining South Asian cultural landscapes 11
1.Conservation of cultural landscapes in Bhutan 13
FRANCOISE POMMARET
2.Blurring boundaries and moving beyond the tangible/ intangible and the natural/cultural classifications of heritage: cases from Nepal 24
NEEL KAMAL CHAPAGAIN
3.Cultures of the landscape: a paradigm of enriching diversity unrecognized in the world vision of heritage in Pakistan 39
ANILA NAEEM
PART II
South Asian historic urban landscapes 59
4.The South Asian Shabar. reimagining Sbahariyat
as urban heritage 61
JYOTI PANDEY SHARMA
5.The historic urban landscape of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh 76
FARHANA FERDOUS
6.'All the world going and coming': the past and future
of the Grand Trunk Road in Punjab, India 92
MANISH CHALANA
7.The modernist historic urban landscape of
Islamabad, Pakistan 111
FARHAN KARIM
PART III
The intangible heritage in cultural landscapes 127
8.The landscape theatre of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka: interaction of the regal, natural and agricultural landscapes 129
NILAN COORAY
9.The symbolic authenticity of Kandy, Sri Lanka 144
KAPILA D. SILVA
10.The cultural landscape of the Pohela Boishakb festival and the making of a national identity in Bangladesh 159
NUBRAS SAMAYEEN AND SHARIF SHAMS IMON
11. Tourism, liquid modernity and Bhutanese traditional festivals 171
WAN TAN EE SUNTIKUL
PART IV
Managing cultural landscapes 183
12.Bhaktapur, Nepal: heritage values and conservation practices
KAPILA D. SILVA
13.Getting the city back to its people: conservation and management of historic Ahmedabad, India
DEBASHISH NAYAK
14.The public realm of heritage sites in India: sustainable approaches towards planning and management
AMITA SINHA
15.Grounded speculations on cultural landscape conservation
AMITA SINHA
Epilogue: prospects for managing South Asian cultural landscapes 258
KAPILA D. SILVA
Index 269

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