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Réf.
41582
Type
conference item
Titre
Preserving Urban Landscapes as Public History - Asian Context
Langues
English
Auteurs
Na, Li
Date
2008
Pages
12 p.
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Québec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
urban landscapes / memorials / preservation / spirit of place / Asia / historic urban landscapes / town planning / town and country planning / conservation of historic monuments / intangible heritage
Résumé en anglais
Are officially interpreted and designated memorials, historicdistricts, themed parks, and ethnic neighborhood dotted urban terrain
truly save communities’ history? Does historic preservation alwaysprotect what is significant about the past as it claims? Whose history
and whose memory gets preserved or lost? How personal andcommunity memories are connected with or disconnected from the
built environment? How to network places with authentic history thatreconnect the memory on an urban scale? This paper attempts to
answer those questions in Asian context. It questions the fundamentalassumption behind the “themed” urban landscape, i.e. officially
interpreted and designed memorials, historic sites, parks, districts andneighborhood. I argue that places with collective memory demonstrate
the authentic spirit, and they cannot be artificially themed. I also ask fora returned respect for the contested, inconvenient, and sometimes
difficult past. Urban landscapes should be interpreted and preserved ascommunity-based public history by incorporating multiple voices of
local communities. A shared authority in historic preservation providespotentials for designing and implementing an inclusive and democratic
planning process.
truly save communities’ history? Does historic preservation alwaysprotect what is significant about the past as it claims? Whose history
and whose memory gets preserved or lost? How personal andcommunity memories are connected with or disconnected from the
built environment? How to network places with authentic history thatreconnect the memory on an urban scale? This paper attempts to
answer those questions in Asian context. It questions the fundamentalassumption behind the “themed” urban landscape, i.e. officially
interpreted and designed memorials, historic sites, parks, districts andneighborhood. I argue that places with collective memory demonstrate
the authentic spirit, and they cannot be artificially themed. I also ask fora returned respect for the contested, inconvenient, and sometimes
difficult past. Urban landscapes should be interpreted and preserved ascommunity-based public history by incorporating multiple voices of
local communities. A shared authority in historic preservation providespotentials for designing and implementing an inclusive and democratic
planning process.
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