Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia

Preservation, Development, and Neglect

Edited by John N. Miksic, Geok Yian Goh, Sue OConnor

Publication date:

15 December 2011

Publisher

Anthem Press

Dimensions:

229x153mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780857283894

Presenting both the need for – and difficulty of – introducing effective cultural resource management (CRM) in the region, ‘Rethinking Cultural Resource Management’ in Southeast Asia explores the challenges facing efforts to protect Southeast Asia’s indigenous cultures and archaeological sites from the ravages of tourism and economic development. Recognising the inapplicability of Euro-American solutions to this part of the world, the essays of this volume investigate their own set of region-specific CRM strategies, and acknowledge both the necessity and possibility of mediating between the conflicting interests of short-term profitability and long-term sustainability.

List of Tables and Figures; Introduction: John N. Miksic; SOUTHEAST ASIA (GENERAL); Chapter 1 Thinking about Popular Religion and Heritage - Denis Byrne; Chapter 2 Wrecked Twice: Shipwrecks as a Cultural Resource in Southeast Asia - Michael Flecker; EAST TIMOR; Chapter 3 Whose Culture and Heritage for Whom? The Limits of National Public Good Protected Area Models in Timor Leste - Sue O’Connor, Sandra Pannell and Sally Brockwell; Chapter 4 Archaeological Practice in Timor Leste: Past, Present and Future - Peter Lape and Randy Hert; CAMBODIA; Chapter 5 Rethinking Cultural Resource Management: The Cambodian Case - Son Soubert; Chapter 6 Conservation of the Thnal Mrech Kiln Site, Anlong Thom, Phnom Kulen - Chhay Visoth; Chapter 7 Cultural Resource Management in Phnom Sruk: Potential and Problems - Chan Sovichetra; Chapter 8 Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management South of Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Phon Kaseka; Chapter 9 Heritage Management of Wooden Prayer Halls in Battambang Province, Cambodia - Song Sophy; MYANMAR; Chapter 10 Innovation versus Preservation: Heritage Management and Burmese Traditional Performing Arts - Goh Geok Yian; THE PHILIPPINES; Chapter 11 Using International Heritage Charters in Philippine Cultural Resource Management - Vito Hernandez; SINGAPORE; Chapter 12 Transforming the National Museum of Singapore - Kwa Chong Guan; Chapter 13 Singapore’s Archaeological Heritage: What Has Been Saved - John N. Miksic; VIETNAM; Chapter 14 The Preservation and Management of the Monuments of Champa in Central Vietnam: The Example of My˜ Sơn Sanctuary, a World Cultural Heritage Site - Tran Ky Phuong

‘This volume is the first to offer a detailed analysis of the historical, political and social factors contributing to the current state of cultural resource management in Southeast Asia. Its case studies give unique insights to local law, policy and practice.’ —Professor Ben Marwick, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington