Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Protection and Community Engagement in South Asia [Hardcover]

 

Exploring archaeology, community engagement and cultural heritage protection in South Asia, this book considers heritage management strategies through community engagement, bringing together the results of research undertaken by archaeologists, heritage practitioners and policy makers working towards the preservation and conservation of both cultural and natural heritage. The book highlights the challenges faced by communities, archaeologists and heritage managers in post-conflict and post-disaster contexts in their efforts to protect, preserve and present cultural heritage, including issues of sustainability, linkages with existing community programmes and institutions, and building administrative and social networks. The case-studies illustrate larger-scale projects to small micro-level engagement, across a range of geographical, political, social and economic contexts, providing a framework that links and synchronises programmes of archaeological activities alongside active community engagement.

The chapters Introduction, Community Engagement in the Greater Lumbini Area of Nepal: the Micro-Heritage Case-Study of Dohani and Conclusion of this book are available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com.

Introduction.- Communities and Micro-Heritage in Bhitargarh, Bangladesh: a Case-Study.- Awakening Myths, Legends and Heritage.- Kuragala: Religious and Ethnic Communities in a Contested Sacred Heritage Site in Sri Lanka.- Community Engagement in the Greater Lumbini Area of Nepal: the Micro-Heritage Case-Study of Dohani.- Protecting Heritage and Strengthening Community Engagement in Nepal.- Tourism and Community Engagement in World Heritage Sites, Nepal.- Mapping the intangible: At Risk Heritage Landscapes in lS(