Constructing Destruction: Heritage Narratives in the Tsunami City Contributor(s): Rico, Trinidad (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138580376 ISBN-13: 9781138580374 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
Dewey: 959.811 |
Series: Ucl Institute of Archaeology Critical Cultural Heritage |
Physical Information: 136 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Large-scale disasters mobilize heritage professionals to a narrative of heritage-at-risk and a standardized set of processes to counter that risk. Trinidad Rico's critical ethnography analyses heritage practices in the aftermath of the tsunami that swamped Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in 2004 and the post-destruction narratives that accompanied it, showing the sociocultural, historical, and political agendas these discourses raise. Countering the typical Western ideology and practice of ameliorating heritage-at-risk were local, post-colonial trajectories that permitted the community to construct its own meaning of heritage. This book documents the emergence of local heritage places, practices, and debates countering the globalized versions embraced by the heritage professions offering a critical paradigm for post-destruction planning and practice that incorporates alternative models of heritage. Constructing Deconstruction will be of value to scholars, professionals, and advanced students in Heritage Studies, Anthropology, Geography, and Disaster Studies. |