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Réf.
43087
Type
conference item
Titre
Temple Tanks in the Landscape: A Culture Nature Approach in Ekamra Kshetra, Bhubaneswar
Langues
English
Auteurs
Prothi Khanna, Nupur
Maison d'édition
ICOMOS United States
Date
2019
Pages
16 p.
Titre de conférence
2018 US/ICOMOS Symposium "Forward Together: A Culture-Nature Journey Towards More Effective Conservation in a Changing World"2018 US/ICOMOS Symposium - Forward Together: A Culture-Nature Journey Towards More Effective Conservation in a Changing World
Lieu de conférence
San Francisco, United States
Date de conférence
November 13-14, 201813-14 November 2018
Mots-clés
natural heritage / conservation of cultural landscapes / hydraulic structures / reservoirs / temples / stepwells / theory of conservation / methodology / customs and traditions / rituals / cultural landscapes / management / legal protection / historic landscapes / water heritage / ethnology / culture and nature / ecology / mixed properties / intangible cultural heritage
Pays mentionnés
India
Monuments et sites
Historic core of Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Résumé en anglais
PART 1. ADOPTING A LANDSCAPE APPROACH - Taking a Landscape Approach to Integrating Nature and Culture ///
Contemporary Asian planning has largely ignored the natural context in managing historic water systems. Water bodies are being adversely impacted by urban sprawl, which is evident in most historic cities in India. For the city of Bhubaneswar, the water bodies are disappearing within dense development and those that continue to exist are highly polluted. The natural drainage systems that regulated quality and quantity are being disrupted as municipalities are unable tovisualise the larger ecological context. Despite this deep physical disconnect in the landscape, the intangible practices of ritual bathing and other traditions related to water continue on the steps of these tanks. This is a discouraging trend within a culture that is deeply embedded in traditional ecological knowledge, where nature and culture are inseparable (Larsen and Wijesuriya, 2017). This paper presents a project that showcases the rejuvenation of a historic water catchment system by revisiting its connection to the natural context. Rejuvenation and Sustainable
Conservation of Bindusagar and its Periphery Tanks is a project undertaken in the Ekamra Kshetra (historic core) in the city of Bhubaneswar, a site on the Tentative List of World Heritage in India (since 2014).
Contemporary Asian planning has largely ignored the natural context in managing historic water systems. Water bodies are being adversely impacted by urban sprawl, which is evident in most historic cities in India. For the city of Bhubaneswar, the water bodies are disappearing within dense development and those that continue to exist are highly polluted. The natural drainage systems that regulated quality and quantity are being disrupted as municipalities are unable tovisualise the larger ecological context. Despite this deep physical disconnect in the landscape, the intangible practices of ritual bathing and other traditions related to water continue on the steps of these tanks. This is a discouraging trend within a culture that is deeply embedded in traditional ecological knowledge, where nature and culture are inseparable (Larsen and Wijesuriya, 2017). This paper presents a project that showcases the rejuvenation of a historic water catchment system by revisiting its connection to the natural context. Rejuvenation and Sustainable
Conservation of Bindusagar and its Periphery Tanks is a project undertaken in the Ekamra Kshetra (historic core) in the city of Bhubaneswar, a site on the Tentative List of World Heritage in India (since 2014).
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