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Kim and Zoh bring together a team of contributors to analyse the role of heritage studies across Asia, and its impact on Asia and its constituent countries. A valuable resource for scholars and students of Asian history and culture, archaeology, heritage studies, anthropology and religious studies.
List of contents
Part One: Examining Asia’s Heritage in the Contemporary World – Key Notions
1. Introduction
2. Asia’s Heritage Trend: Underpinning the Existing Components and Perspectives
3. Heritage Values in Comparative Perspective
4. An Observation of Asia’s Sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List through Data Analysis of the Criteria for Selection
Part Two: Critical and Specific Issues in Asia’s Heritage Management
5. Silk Road Narratives in East Asia: Cultural Heritage, Cultural Propaganda and Cultural Erasure
6. Archaeology, Politics and Diplomacy in Afghanistan: The International Years (1946–1978)
7. Asia’s Difficult Heritage-Making between Nationalism and Transnationalism: Colonial Prisons in South Korea, Taiwan, and China
8. Political Uses of Sacred Heritage at the Shwedagon Pagoda in British Burma (1824-1948)
9. Rights to Heritage and the Environment in Thailand: A Case Study of the Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex
Part Three: Archaeological Advances in Southeast Asia
10. The People of Angkor
11. The Enigmatic Jars of Laos: Recent Archaeological Research on the Plain of Jars
12. Leave No Stone Unturned: Exploring Behavioural Variability in Expedient Stone Tool Assemblages
13. Asia’s Heritage Trend: Lessons Learned and Moving Forward
About the author
Jongil Kim is Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Art History, Seoul National University, South Korea.
Minjae Zoh is a Research Professor at the Seoul National University Asia Centre, South Korea.
Summary
Kim and Zoh bring together a team of contributors to analyse the role of heritage studies across Asia, and its impact on Asia and its constituent countries. A valuable resource for scholars and students of Asian history and culture, archaeology, heritage studies, anthropology and religious studies.
