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'Archaeologizing' Heritage?

Transcultural Entanglements between Local Social Practices and Global Virtual Realities

  • The first trans-disciplinary insight into the concept of 'archaeological heritage' between architectural and intellectual history, historic preservation and scientific computing
  • A unique compilation of case studies on South and Southeast Asia which covers the world-famous sites of Angkor, Pagan and Bamiyan
  • Offers a wide range of impressive illustrations from different historical and current media an archaeological sites: manuals, drawings, maps, plaster casts, tourist guides, photogrammetric materials and virtual computer models
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Archaeologizing Heritage I: India Between the Manual and the Picturesque

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
  3. Archaeologizing Heritage II: Creating Visual and Spatial Experiences of Angkor

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
  4. Virtualizing Heritage I: The Surface and the Image

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
  5. Virtualizing Heritage II: Computer Models for Building Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
    2. Virtualizing the Temple of Bayon

      • Olivier Cunin
      Pages 167-180
  6. Memorializing Archaeology: Archaeologizing Memory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 233-233

About this book

This book investigates what has constituted notions of "archaeological heritage" from colonial times to the present. It includes case studies of sites in South and Southeast Asia with a special focus on Angkor, Cambodia. The contributions, the subjects of which range from architectural and intellectual history to historic preservation and restoration, evaluate historical processes spanning two centuries which saw the imagination and production of "dead archaeological ruins" by often overlooking living local, social, and ritual forms of usage on site.

Case studies from computational modelling in archaeology discuss a comparable paradigmatic change from a mere simulation of supposedly dead archaeological building material to an increasing appreciation and scientific incorporation of the knowledge of local stakeholders. This book seeks to bring these different approaches from the humanities and engineering sciences into a trans-disciplinary discussion.

Reviews

“This book has successfully articulated the theoretical and empirical issues of ‘archaeologizing’ heritage beyond specific time and place; at the same time it stimulates readers to consider the  importance of intangible or spiritual and socio-economic dimensions of the ‘living heritage’ approach and reminds us of the existence of a fertile ground for debates on the notion and practice of heritage.” (Keiko Miura, ASEASUK News, Issue 57, 2015)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Karl Jaspers Centre for Advanced Transcu, Cluster of Excellence 'Asia and Europe i, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

    Michael Falser

  • Advanced Transcultural Studies, Chair of Global Art History, Karl Jaspers Centre for, Heidelberg, Germany

    Monica Juneja

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eBook USD 119.00
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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