Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

42848

Type

conference item

Titre

Heritage in the middle of political conflict: a discourse analysis of mixed reactions in response to the nomination of sites of Japan’s Meiji industrial revolution

Langues

English

Auteurs

Yang, Kae-Cherng

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

disasters / conflicts / cultural identity / reconciliation / industrial revolution / debates / human rights / memory / coal mines / nominations / values / criteria / World Heritage Sites / economic aspects / social aspects / interpretation / colonialism / media / World War II

Pays mentionnés

China / Chinese Taipei / Japan / Korea, Democratic People's Republic of / Korea, Republic of

Monuments et sites

Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, Japan

N° Patrimoine mondial

1484

Résumé en anglais

Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Miningwere accepted at the 39th UNESCO World Heritage session. Nevertheless this decision triggers intensive debates about using Chinese and Korean forced labour during Second World War and enthusiastic patriotism in China as well as Korea. This world heritage in Japan initiated by the Japanese central government implicates a national narrative about Japan which initiates the negative past memory in theother neighbour countries occupied and attacked by Japanese military during the Second World War. In this study firstly I want to analyze the conflictual discourse about the nomination of Meiji Industrial Revolution as world heritage in countries China, Korea and Taiwan occupied or colonized by Japan before 1945. Secondly I want to study the reason why the people in China and Korea have vehement opposition to this nomination. Finally I want to discuss the role of world heritage in the situation of contradictory memory to the past and how the heritage could be an initiative to the building of reconciliation.

Ressource intégrale

yes

Document joint

15._ICOA_1726_Yang_SM.pdf

Licence

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