Heritage conservation in postcolonial India : approaches and challenges /
Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India seeks to position the conservation profession within historical, theoretical and methodological frames to demonstrate how the field has evolved in the postcolonial decades and follow its various trajectories in research, education, advocacy and practice. S...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2021.
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| Series: | Routledge research in architectural conservation and historic preservation.
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| Summary: | Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India seeks to position the conservation profession within historical, theoretical and methodological frames to demonstrate how the field has evolved in the postcolonial decades and follow its various trajectories in research, education, advocacy and practice. Split into four sections, this book covers important themes of institutional and programmatic developments in the field of conservation, critical and contemporary challenges facing the profession, emerging trends in practice that seek to address contemporary challenges and sustainable solutions to conservation issues. The cases featured within the book elucidate the evolution of heritage conservation profession, clarifying the role of key players at the central, state and local level, and considers intangible, minority, colonial, modern and vernacular heritages among others. This book also showcases unique strands of conservation practice in the postcolonial decades to demonstrate the range, scope and the multiple avenues of development in the last seven decades. An ideal read for those interested in architecture, planning, historic preservation, urban studies and south Asian studies. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 307 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780367619947 0367619946 |