Publicomos

Réf.

42876

Type

conference item

Titre

Between the workshop and the monument: digital interfaces for conservation at the buffer zone of the Jantar Mantar, Jaipur

Langues

English

Auteurs

Jain, Shikha / Prizeman, Oriel

Lieu de publication

Charenton-le-Pont

Pays de publication

France

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS

Date

2018

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy"

Lieu de conférence

New Delhi, India

Date de conférence

13-14th December 2017

Mots-clés

interpretation / astronomy / cultural heritage / protection / development / economic aspects / social aspects / public awareness / craftsmanship / accessibility / digital heritage / information and communication technologies

Pays mentionnés

India / Portugal / Brazil

Résumé en anglais

The research “The Manor House in Lisbon and in Rio de Janeiro: Interior’s Anatomy”started in 2012, It has been acknowledged by many critical theorists, that the protection of cultural heritage can be the very cause of its gradual extraction from the society from which it emerged, however, in practice there remains urgency in making the most of resources that are available. In 2010, the Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, at last became the first of the five eighteenth century astrological constructions of Jai Singh II to receive world heritage recognition. The problem of balancing the expansion of intellectual and physical accessibility, of making knowledge as well as physical interaction more widely available is critical. InJaipur, as a part of the “Smart Cities” initiative, the city will incorporate free WiFi zones. The Jantar Mantar has recently been scanned with LIDAR as part of a project by the Department of Telecommunications, Rajasthan together with other monuments in Rajasthan to help them develop content for Augmented Reality apps. This paper seeks to address, in discussion with critical partners inpractice, key issues of how digital interfaces may be developed to enhance accessibility and to seize opportunities for development without creating yet another layer of separation. In particular, it focuses on the potential contribution to knowledge creation for trades and crafts skills networks in a city with an exemplary legacy for fabrication, promoted by Portuguese and Brazilian researchers. It resulted in a common digital platform, in order to register, study and disclose Portuguese-Brazilian heritage, in a perspective of pedagogical and informative action.The project proposes the study of manor houses of the nobility and high bourgeoisie of the XVII, XVIII and XIX centuries, addressing various aspects of their interiors, at first in two regions of the cultural andartistic Portuguese-Brazilian world. This study has an original character as it proposes the integrated evaluation of the spatial organizationof domestic spaces, their decoration, appliances and objects, as well as the daily practices of Portuguese and Brazilian elites, in their mutual influences, in an evolutionary approach during three centuries.The digital platform enlarges the reach of the project, allowing the sharing of information and quickly and easily disclosing the results of the research. The website contributes to the broadening of thedissemination channels of Portuguese-Brazilian heritage preservation studies, providing a detailed register of the current situation, as well as historical and documental data on the studied buildings.The platform search method allows, through filters, the grouping of the houses by century, location, architectonic and decorative aspects, as well as search for words within the texts.Following its own methodology, the project now presents 25 Portuguese and 16 Brazilian houses, with information about their exteriors and interiors, divided in categories (azulejos, stuccoes,decorative painting, etc.). It now introduces Goa, India, as a new investigation area, leading to original research on less studied cultural interactions within the former Portuguese Empire.

Document joint

9._ICOA_1175_Jain_SM.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike (BY-NC-SA)