Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia

by Miksic, John N.; Goh, Geok Yian; O'Connor, Sue

• ISBN13: 9780857283894
• ISBN10: 0857283898
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-15
• Publisher: Anthem Pr

Summary

The book explores the challenges facing efforts to preserve Southeast Asian traditional cultures and archaeological sites, as tourism and economic development threaten to destroy a rich heritage.

Author Biography

John N. Miksic is Associate Professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, and Head of the Archaeological Unit of the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, Institute for Southeast Asian Studies. Geok Yiart Goh is Assistant Professor in the Minor in History Programme at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University. Sue O'Connor is Professor of Archaeology in the School of Culture, History and Languages at the College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Introduction	p. xiii
Southeast Asia (General)
Thinking about Popular Religion and Heritage	p. 3
Wrecked Twice: Shipwrecks as a Cultural Resource in Southeast Asia	p. 15
East Timor
Whose Culture and Heritage for Whom? The Limits of National Public Good Protected Area Models in Timor Leste	p. 39
Archaeological Practice in Timor Leste: Past, Present and Future	p. 67
Cambodia
Rethinking Cultural Resource Management: The Cambodian Case	p. 91
Conservation of the Thnal Mrech Kiln Site, Anlong Thom, Phnom Kulen	p. 101
Cultural Resource Management in Phnom Sruk: Potential and Problems	p. 117
Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management South of Phnom Penh, Cambodia	p. 123
Heritage Management of Wooden Prayer Halls in Battambang Province, Cambodia	p. 143
Myanmar
Innovation versus Preservation: Heritage Management and Burmese Traditional Performing Arts	p. 153
The Philippines
Using International Heritage Charters in Philippine Cultural Resource Management	p. 181
Singapore
Transforming the National Museum of Singapore	p. 201
Singapore's Archaeological Heritage: What Has Been Saved	p. 217
Vietnam
The Preservation and Management of the Monuments of Champa in Central Vietnam: The Example of My Son Sanctuary, a World Cultural Heritage Site	p. 235
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