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Réf.
45557
Type
technical report
Titre
The industrial heritage of South-East Asia : a thematic regional study
Langues
English
Auteurs
Basilia, Pauline / Caballero, Gabriel Victor / Chitagon, Supradith / Chukaew, Parinya / Chung, Malen / Crudo, Eugene Raymond P. / Engelhardt, Richard A. / Galicia, Dominic Q. / Henares, Ivan Anthony S. / Han, Adian / Ho, Weng Hin / Truong, Ngoc Lan / Lefferts, Leedom / Lim, Take Bane / Kullapat, Rungsima / Martinis, Giacomo / Muadthong, Amarit / Oglethorpe, Miles / Pham, Thuy Loan / Ong, Timothy Augustus Y. / Regalado, Gerald P. / Rosa, Maya / Sakona, Leeung / Sirikiatikul, Pinai / Sutthanonkul, Supitcha / Tarekat, Hasti / Thubthun, Narathip / Widodo, Johannes / Xinhua, Jaclyn Chua
Éditeurs
Caballero, Gabriel Victor / Oglethorpe, Miles
Auteurs institutionnels
UNESCO / TICCIH / ICOMOS ISC20C (International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage)
Lieu de publication
Bangkok
Pays de publication
Thailand
Maison d'édition
UNESCO Bangkok
Date
2026
Pages
445 p.
Mots-clés
industrial heritage / South East Asia / modern architecture / 20th century / tangible and intangible / World Heritage Convention / national listing / methodology
Pays mentionnés
Brunei Darussalam / Cambodia / Indonesia / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Malaysia / Myanmar / Philippines / Singapore / Thailand / Timor-Leste / Viet Nam
Résumé en anglais
This study is situated within two complementary frameworks. First, it builds on the experience of the comparative research reports developed by The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH) to guide the identification, evaluation, and protection of significant industrial heritage of specific sectors or geographic areas. In parallel, it is a contribution to the further development of the Global Strategy for a Credible, Representative and Balanced World Heritage List, adopted by the World Heritage Committee to broaden the definition of World Heritage to better reflect the full spectrum of our world’s cultural and natural heritage. This is also part of a comprehensive framework and operational methodology for implementing the World Heritage Convention.
In particular, this initiative directly responds to the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Asia and the Pacific and to its Regional Framework Action Plan (2023– 2030), adopted at the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2023). It addresses the identified need for thematic studies to support the identification of cultural and natural heritage within each State Party and the development of comprehensive national inventories. In this context, industrial heritage was identified as a key underrepresented category during the ‘Tentative List Updating and Harmonisation for South-East Asia’ capacity building workshop organised by the UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok in August 2024. States Parties highlighted several industries such as tin mining, railway infrastructure, tea production, cement manufacturing, forest industries, and sugar production as warranting significantly greater attention.
In response, UNESCO decided to undertake a thematic study focusing
on industrial heritage in South-East Asia, in collaboration with TICCIH, the International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage (ISC20C), the relevant States Parties, and heritage experts, thereby combining regional and international expertise. The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework, applied where relevant, provided an important methodological tool for identifying and assessing heritage places.
Overall, the study aimed to identify significant sites across the region and to document national perspectives and narratives related to industrial heritage. It also provided a preliminary assessment of conservation conditions, as well as of relevant national policy frameworks and statutory protection measures. Lastly, given the novelty of such a study in the context of a relative paucity of relevant research and existing scholarship on the subject, it sought to explore how industrial heritage is expressed by South-East Asia as a distinctive heritage category and to better understand its significance.
In particular, this initiative directly responds to the Third Cycle of Periodic Reporting in Asia and the Pacific and to its Regional Framework Action Plan (2023– 2030), adopted at the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2023). It addresses the identified need for thematic studies to support the identification of cultural and natural heritage within each State Party and the development of comprehensive national inventories. In this context, industrial heritage was identified as a key underrepresented category during the ‘Tentative List Updating and Harmonisation for South-East Asia’ capacity building workshop organised by the UNESCO Regional Office in Bangkok in August 2024. States Parties highlighted several industries such as tin mining, railway infrastructure, tea production, cement manufacturing, forest industries, and sugar production as warranting significantly greater attention.
In response, UNESCO decided to undertake a thematic study focusing
on industrial heritage in South-East Asia, in collaboration with TICCIH, the International Scientific Committee on 20th Century Heritage (ISC20C), the relevant States Parties, and heritage experts, thereby combining regional and international expertise. The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework, applied where relevant, provided an important methodological tool for identifying and assessing heritage places.
Overall, the study aimed to identify significant sites across the region and to document national perspectives and narratives related to industrial heritage. It also provided a preliminary assessment of conservation conditions, as well as of relevant national policy frameworks and statutory protection measures. Lastly, given the novelty of such a study in the context of a relative paucity of relevant research and existing scholarship on the subject, it sought to explore how industrial heritage is expressed by South-East Asia as a distinctive heritage category and to better understand its significance.
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