UCL INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
ARCLG275: Archaeological Heritage Management in Asia
15 credits (2015-2016)
Co-ordinator: Rui Pang
Room B10
Email: rui.pang@ucl.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7679 1092
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Contents
Overview ............................................................................................................................... 3
Aims, objectives and outcomes of the course .......................................................................... 3
Aims .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 3
Learning outcomes ....................................................................................................................... 3
Programme structure ............................................................................................................. 3
Teaching schedule & methods ...................................................................................................... 3
Workload ...................................................................................................................................... 4
Prerequisites ................................................................................................................................. 4
Timetable: week-by-week summary ....................................................................................... 4
Coursework ........................................................................................................................... 5
Methods of assessment ................................................................................................................ 5
Word Counts ................................................................................................................................. 5
Presentation.................................................................................................................................. 5
CITING OF SOURCES and AVOIDING PLAGIARISM: ....................................................................... 6
Submission (including Turnitin) .................................................................................................... 6
UCL wide penalties for late submission of coursework ................................................................ 6
Grading ......................................................................................................................................... 7
Keeping copies .............................................................................................................................. 7
Timescale for return of marked coursework to students ............................................................. 7
Re-submission of coursework ....................................................................................................... 7
Return of coursework ................................................................................................................... 7
General information & Resources ........................................................................................... 7
Detailed syllabus.................................................................................................................... 9
Session 1 (Lecture): Introduction: values & authenticity – impacts on theory and approaches in
Asia (Rui Pang) .............................................................................................................................. 9
Session 2 (lecture): Approaches to ‘living heritage sites’ conservation (Dean Sully) ................. 12
Session 3 (lecture): Top-down vs Bottom-up: National legislation & archaeology in the
development process, case studies from China- Mainland and Taiwan (Pang Rui and Yu-tz
Tung) ........................................................................................................................................... 13
Session 4 (lecture): Whose heritage and protecting for whom: Roles of Indigenous Peoples in
Managing Indigenous Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia and China (Yunci, Cai and Liu Jia) ........ 16
Session 5 (Fieldtrip): Digital Preservation: the International Dunhuang Project (IDP, British
Library) ........................................................................................................................................ 17
Session 6 (lecture): Post-colonial heritage and nationalism: ASI and archaeological heritage
management in India (Robert Harding) ...................................................................................... 18
Session 7 (seminar): The Silk Road of Pop (Film) ........................................................................ 19
Session 8 (lecture): Archaeological heritage management in Central Asia (Gaygysyz Jorayev) . 20
Session 9 (seminar): Student case studies: the impact of visitors at archaeological sites (Classled) .............................................................................................................................................. 21
Session 10 (lecture): Archaeology and Conflict: destruction and reconstruction in post-war
Beirut (Dominic Perring) ............................................................................................................. 22
Session 11 (seminar): Student presentation ............................................................................... 23
Session 12 (lecture): Sustainable (?) tourism – potential and problems (Rui Pang)................... 24
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Session 13 (seminar): Student presentation ............................................................................... 26
Session 14 (lecture): Approaches to managing historic urban centres in Asia, including case
studies from Korea, China, and South-east Asia (Juhyun Lee and Pang Rui).............................. 26
Assessment tasks ................................................................................................................. 28
Assignment One .......................................................................................................................... 28
Assignment Two.......................................................................................................................... 29
Additional information......................................................................................................... 30
Libraries and other resources ..................................................................................................... 30
Information for intercollegiate and interdepartmental students .............................................. 30
Health and Safety........................................................................................................................ 30
Institute of Archaeology Coursework Procedures ...................................................................... 30
GRANTING OF EXTENSIONS: ....................................................................................................... 31
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Overview
This course explores the development of archaeological resource management and its
contemporary significance using comparative Asian perspectives. Western paradigms dominated
conservation ethics and attitudes towards reconstruction and authenticity, but these have been
strongly challenged in the last two decades by Asian approaches to these issues. Concepts of
authenticity and value have been reformed, the use of traditional materials rethought, and the
role of ‘living communities’ reconsidered. The course will explore these issues across Asia,
specifically examining developing approaches to issues such as historic towns, World Heritage
nomination, sustainable tourism, earthen architecture, maritime archaeological resources, public
engagement and interpretation, and the role of international agencies (such as UNESCO,
ICOMOS and the World Monuments Fund).
Aims, objectives and outcomes of the course
Aims
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To explore the development of archaeological resource management and its contemporary
significance, using comparative Asian perspectives.
To provide participants with training in research methods and practices relevant to the
documentation, analysis and contemporary use of archaeological resources in the region.
Objectives
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To facilitate debate on the theory and methodology of value-based management planning
processes in Asia
Understanding and critical awareness of a range of issues across Asian archaeological
resource management.
Written and oral skills in analysis and presentation.
Appreciation of, and ability to apply, methods and theories of archaeological resource
management.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to demonstrate:
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Appreciate the importance of critical approaches to the contemporary role of archaeology in
Asian societies.
And more generally, develop:
 Observation and critical reflection
 Application of acquired knowledge
 Written, graphic and oral presentation skills.
Programme structure
Teaching schedule & methods
This course is timetabled in Term II.
The course is taught through lectures, seminars, and fieldtrips.
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Lectures and seminars have weekly recommended reading, which students will be expected to
have completed in advance to be able to fully follow and actively contribute to discussion.
Lecture sessions will be held on Tuesdays (11:00-13:00) in Room 612. Additional seminars will be
held on Fridays (10:00-12:00) in Room B13 after the reading week for student oral presentations.
Fieldtrip, taking place on 09/02/2016, will be subject to finalisation of arrangements with the
class.
Except in the case of illness, the 70% minimum attendance requirement applies to lectures and
seminars on the course.
An important aspect of this course is its extensive use of information technologies. Registered
students are given access to a virtual learning environment through Moodle, where they can
download PowerPoint presentations, publications relevant to the course, and access to
discussion groups, other online resources and learning activities.
Workload
There will be 30 hours of seminars, practicals and lectures. Students will be expected to
undertake background reading for the course, plus preparing for and producing assessed work.
Prerequisites
This course does not have any prerequisites.
Timetable: week-by-week summary
Students should check their e-mail frequently as any changes to arrangements and other
messages will be communicated by this means.
DATE
12/01/16
19/01/16
26/01/16
02/02/16
9/02/16
23/02/16
26/02/16
01/03/16
04/03/16
TOPIC
Session 1 (lecture): Introduction: values & authenticity –
impacts on theory and approaches in Asia
Session 2 (lecture): Living heritage conservation
approaches
Session 3 (lecture): Top-down vs Bottom-up:
Archaeological Heritage Management in China-Mainland
and Taiwan
Session 4 (lecture): Heritage Protection, Indigenous
people and Local Communities
Session 5 (fieldtrip): Digital Preservation: The
International Dunhuang Project (IDP)
Reading week
Session 6 (lecture): Post-colonial Heritage and
Nationalism: Archaeological Heritage Management in
India
Session 7 (seminar): The Silk Road of Pop – film and
discussion
Session 8 (lecture): Archaeology and conflict:
destruction and reconstruction in post-war Beirut
Session 9 (seminar): student presentation
LECTURER
Rui Pang
Location
612
Dean Sully
612
Yu-tz Tung
Rui Pang
612
Yunci Cai
Jia Liu
Rui Pang
Rui Pang
612
Robert
Harding
612
Rui Pang
B13
Dominic
Perring
612
Student-led
B13
British
Library
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08/03/16
11/03/16
15/03/16
18/03/16
22/03/16
Session 10 (lecture): Archaeological Heritage
Management in Central Asia
Session 11 (seminar): student presentation
Session 12(lecture): Sustainable (?) Tourism – Potential
and Problems
Session 13 (seminar): student presentation
Session 14 (lecture): Cultural Landscape and urban
planning in Asia, followed by an “end of term”
discussion with class (with invited guests)
Gaygysyz
Jorayev
Student-led
Rui Pang
612
Student-led
Rui Pang
Juhyun Lee
B13
612
B13
612
Coursework
Methods of assessment
The course is assessed by means of an oral presentation accompanied by a supporting notes
document of ca. 1000 words (counting 25% towards your final mark) and an academic essay of
ca. 3000 words (counting 75% towards your final mark).
The topics and deadlines for each assessment, as well as further notes, are specified at the end
of this handbook. If students are unclear about the nature of an assignment, they should contact
the Course Co-ordinator. The Course Co-ordinator will be willing to discuss an outline of their
approach to the assessment, provided this is planned suitably in advance of the submission date.
Students are welcome to suggest their own topics, but these should be agreed with the Course
Co-ordinator in advance.
The course comprises 15 credits towards your total degree.
Word Counts
The following should not be included in the word-count: title page, contents pages, lists of figure
and tables, abstract, preface, acknowledgements, bibliography, lists of references, captions and
contents of tables and figures, appendices.
Please convert the previous single figure word count limit as indicated in column 2 below.
Penalties will only be imposed if you exceed the upper
figure in the range. There is no penalty for using fewer
words than the lower figure in the range: the lower
figure is simply for your guidance to indicate the sort
of length that is expected.
Presentation
Essays and other assessed work must be wordprocessed (unless otherwise specified) and should be
printed on both sides of the paper, using 1.5-line
spacing. Bibliographies may be in single line spacing.
Adequate margins should be left for written comments
by the examiner. Students are encouraged to use
diagrams and/or tables where appropriate. These
should be clearly referred to at the appropriate point
in the text, and if derived from another source, this
must be clearly acknowledged.
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5,000
4,750-5,250
4,500
4,275-4,725
4,000
3,800-4,200
3,500
3,325-3,675
3,000
2,850-3,150
2,500
2,375-2,625
2,000
1,900-2,100
1,500
1,425-1,575
1,000
950-1,050
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CITING OF SOURCES and AVOIDING PLAGIARISM:
Coursework must be expressed in your own words, citing the exact source (author, date and
page number; website address if applicable) of any ideas, information, diagrams, etc., that are
taken from the work of others. This applies to all media (books, articles, websites, images,
figures, etc.). Any direct quotations from the work of others must be indicated as such by being
placed between quotation marks. Plagiarism is a very serious irregularity, which can carry heavy
penalties. It is your responsibility to abide by requirements for presentation, referencing and
avoidance of plagiarism. Make sure you understand definitions of plagiarism and the procedures
and penalties as detailed in UCL regulations: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/currentstudents/guidelines/plagiarism.
Submission (including Turnitin)
Students are required to submit hard copy of coursework to the course co-ordinator’s pigeon
hole via the Red Essay Box at Reception by the appropriate deadline. The coursework must be
stapled to a completed blue coversheet (available from the web, from outside Room 411A or
from the IoA library).
Students should put their Candidate Number on all coursework. This is a 5 digit alphanumeric
code and can be found on Portico: it is different from the Student Number/ID. Please also put
the Candidate Number and course code on each page of the work.
It is also essential that students put their Candidate Number at the start of the title line on
Turnitin, followed by the short title of the coursework: e.g. YBPR6 Asian Heritage Management.
Please note the stringent UCL-wide penalties for late submission (given below). Late submission
will be penalized in accordance with these regulations unless permission has been granted and
an Extension Request Form (ERF) completed.
Date-stamping is via ‘Turnitin’ (see below), so in addition to submitting hard copy, students must
also submit their work to Turnitin by midnight on the day of the deadline.
It is essential that students upload all parts of their coursework to Turnitin (e.g. including the
bibliography and images). This ensures that a complete electronic copy of all work is available in
case an essay goes astray. Please be assured that markers will not include these additional
elements when checking word counts.
The Turnitin 'Class ID' for this course is 2971210 and the 'Class Enrolment Password' is IoA1516
(N.B. the middle 'o' is lower case). Further information is given on the IoA website
(http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/administration/students/handbook/turnitin). Turnitin
advisers will be available to help you via email: ioa-turnitin@ucl.ac.uk if needed.
Students who encounter technical problems submitting their work to Turnitin should email the
nature of the problem to ioa-turnitin@ucl.ac.uk in advance of the deadline in order that the
Turnitin Advisers can notify the Course Co-ordinator that it may be appropriate to waive the late
submission penalty.
If there is any other unexpected crisis on the submission day, students should telephone or
(preferably) e-mail the Course Co-ordinator, and follow this up with a completed ERF.
UCL wide penalties for late submission of coursework
Late submission is penalized in accordance with UCL regulations, unless permission for late
submission has been granted. The penalties are as follows: i) A penalty of 5 percentage marks
should be applied to coursework submitted the calendar day after the deadline (calendar day 1);
ii) A penalty of 15 percentage marks should be applied to coursework submitted on calendar day
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2 after the deadline through to calendar day 7; iii) A mark of zero should be recorded for
coursework submitted on calendar day 8 after the deadline through to the end of the second week
of third term. Nevertheless, the assessment will be considered to be complete provided the
coursework contains material than can be assessed; iv) Coursework submitted after the end of the
second week of third term will not be marked and the assessment will be incomplete.
Grading
The grading system for coursework is set out in the MA/MSc Handbook. The mark given by the
initial examiner (prior to return) is a provisional assessment for the student's guidance, and may
be modified after assessment by the second internal examiner or by the External Examiner.
Keeping copies
Please note that it is an Institute requirement that you retain a copy (this can be electronic) of all
coursework submitted. When your marked essay is returned to you, you should return it to the
marker within two weeks.
Timescale for return of marked coursework to students
You can expect to receive your marked work within four calendar weeks of the official
submission deadline. If you do not receive your work within this period, or a written explanation
from the marker, you should notify the IoA’s Academic Administrator, Judy Medrington.
Re-submission of coursework
Students are not normally permitted to re-write and re-submit essays in order to try to improve
their marks. However, in exceptional circumstances and with the approval of their Course Coordinator, they may if they wish, submit an additional piece of coursework (on a new topic) to
substitute for the first piece of written coursework submitted for their course.
Return of coursework
All marked coursework must be returned to the Course Co-ordinator within two weeks of its
return to students, so that it can be second-marked, and is available to the Board of Examiners.
Because assessed work forms part of the student's permanent academic record, it needs to be
retained until well after the completion of the degree. If work is not returned to the Course Coordinator, the student will be deemed not to have completed the course. Students are strongly
advised always to keep a copy of all work, and to make a copy for retention of all work after it
has been assessed and commented upon by the first examiner, if they wish to make future
reference to the comments on the work.
General information & Resources
All books in this general list are in UCL holdings: some in the main library (usually under History
and Ancient History), some in Science (under anthropology), and some in the Bartlett, most in the
Institute of Archaeology. Whilst most works cited in the detailed syllabus are also in UCL
holdings, some listed under further reading may still be on order for the library (and/or are
available on-line).
Please note that the bibliographies have been heavily weighted towards English language texts.
Additional readings can be recommended for those students interested in pursuing the foreign
language literature on the subject.
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Asian heritage – introductory reading
Daly, P. T. and Winter, T. (eds) 2010. Routledge handbook of heritage in Asia. (2012 electronic)
London: Routledge. Available Online via UCL library
Miksic, J. N., Goh, G. Y., and O'Connor, S. (eds) 2011. Rethinking cultural resource management
in Southeast Asia: preservation, development, and neglect. London & New York: Anthem
Press. INST ARCH AG MIK
Silva, K. D. & Chapagain, N. K. 2013. Asian heritage management: contexts, concerns, and
prospects. London: Routledge. INST ARCH AG SIL, also available Online via UCL library
Broad reading on international heritage management
Agnew, N. and Bridgland, J. (eds) 2006. Of the Past, for the Future: Integrating Archaeology and
Conservation. Proceedings of the Conservation Theme at the 5th World Archaeological
Congress, Washington, D.C., 22-26 June 2003. Los Angles: Getty Conservation Institute.
INST ARCH LA AGN
Aplin, G. 2002. Heritage: identification, conservation, and management. South Melbourne:
Oxford University Press. INST ARCH AG APL (3 copies)
De la Torre, M. (ed) 2002. Assessing the Values of Cultural Heritage. Los Angeles: The Getty
Conservation Institute. INST ARCH AG DEL Download as pdf from
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/resources/reports.html
Fairclough, G, Jameson, J H, Schofield, J, and Harrison, R (eds) 2007. The Heritage Reader.
London: Routledge. INST ARCH AG FAI
Leask, A. and Fyall, A. (eds) 2006. Managing World Heritage Sites. Oxford: ButterworthHeinemann. INST ARCH AG LEA
McManamon, F. P., Stout, A., and Barnes, J. A. (eds.) 2008. Managing Archaeological Resources:
Global Context, National Programs, Local Actions. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.
INST ARCH AG MCM
Skeates, R. 2000. Debating the Archaeological Heritage, Debates in Archaeology series, London:
Duckworth. INST ARCH AG SKE
Sørensen, M. L. S. & Carman, J. (eds) 2009. Heritage studies: methods and approaches. London:
Routledge. INST ARCH AG SOR
The Burra charter
http://australia.icomos.org/publications/charters/
This sets out approaches to site management that are gaining acceptance amongst professionals
worldwide. This charter has been revised: see Truscott, M & Young, C (2000) Revising the Burra
Charter: Australia ICOMOS updates its guidelines for conservation practice, in Conservation and
Management of Archaeological Sites, 4(2).
Useful websites:
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The Getty Conservation Institute http://www.getty.edu/conservation/, including their
downloadable publications at:
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/pdf_publications/
ICOMOS http://www.icomos.org
ICCROM http://www.iccrom.org
UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/
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UNESCO World Heritage Centre http://whc.unesco.org/
UNESCO Bangkok http://www.unescobkk.org/
Moodle
Access via http://moodle.ucl.ac.uk/
The Moodle pages provide the PowerPoints of the course presentations, after each class, and
details of fieldtrip, oral presentation and poster launch event, etc.
UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage
The Institute runs a series of public lectures (all are welcome). See the guest lecture programme
at: http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/heritage
UCL Centre for Museums, Heritage & Material Culture Studies
Website at: http://www.mhm.ucl.ac.uk/index.php
Detailed syllabus
The following is an outline for the course as a whole, and identifies essential and supplementary
readings relevant to each session. Information is provided as to where in the UCL library system
individual readings are available (Institute of Archaeology library unless otherwise stated); their
location and Teaching Collection (TC) number, and status (whether out on loan) can also be
accessed on the eUCLid computer catalogue system.
Supplementary reading is intended as wider guidance on the topic, if you become interested in
it, use it for essays or dissertations, or after you leave the Institute. You are not expected to read
all of this, but personal initiative is expected to supplement the essential reading.
Session 1 (Lecture): Introduction: values & authenticity – impacts on
theory and approaches in Asia (Rui Pang)
Synopsis
Throughout the course we will examine current approaches to heritage management in Asia,
compare the different styles taken across the region (and the colonial, post-colonial and national
factors that may have shaped these), and their place within international practise.
The first session will explore the international context and practise of heritage management.
International Charters can help to define important notions of significance, embracing both the
tangible and the intangible. Critical to this, and reflected in many of the more recent charters
and conventions, are the processes of establishing and assessing values, and using values to
shape and inform management systems and decision-making. We will explore how these
international practices have led of a number of management planning models, and the roles and
impacts these have had on Asian resource management.
A number of countries in the Asia region now have charters or principles to underpin approaches
to conserving and managing cultural heritage resources. The integrity of heritage places and their
continuing authenticity are fundamental concerns, particularly as the notion of heritage
embraces traditions and everyday places.
Key reading: international approaches
Aplin, G. 2002. Heritage: identification, conservation, and management. South Melbourne:
Oxford University Press. INST ARCH AG APL
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De la Torre, M. (ed) 2002. Assessing the Values of Cultural Heritage. Los Angeles: The Getty
Conservation Institute. INST ARCH AG DEL
Stubbs, J. 2009. Time Honored - A Global View on Architectural Conservation. Hoboken, N.J.: John
Wiley & Sons. INST ARCH L STU
FEILDEN & JOKILEHTO, 1993; Feilden M. -J. Jokilehto, Management Guidelines for World Cultural
Heritage Sites, ICCROM, 1993
ICOMOS AUSTRAlIA, 1999; ICOMOS Australia, Burra Charter, 1999
UNESCO, 2001; UNESCO, Hoi An Protocol for Best Preservation in Asia, 2001
UNESCO et Al., 2012; UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS, IUCN Managing Natural World Heritage, 2012
UNESCO et Al., 2013; UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS, IUCN, Managing Cultural World Heritage, 2013
Key reading: regional responses
Agnew, N. and Demas, M. (eds) 2002. Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China.
ICOMOS China and The Getty Conservation Institute. INST ARCH AG AGN
INTACH 2004. Charter for the Conservation of Unprotected Architectural Heritage and Sites in
India. New Delhi: INTACH. Available at: http://www.intach.org/aboutcharter.asp?links=about3
Silva, K. D. & Chapagain, N. K. 2013. Asian heritage management: contexts, concerns, and
prospects. London: Routledge. INST ARCH AG SIL, also available Online via UCL library
Qian, F. 2007. China's Burra Charter: The Formation and Implementation of the China Principles,
International Journal of Heritage Studies 13(3): 255-264
Wei, C. & Aass, A. 1989. Heritage conservation: east and west, ICOMOS Information 3: 3-8
Further reading
Agnew, N. (ed) 1997. Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road: Proceedings of an
International Conference on the Conservation of Grotto Sites, Magao Grottoes at
Dunhuang. Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute. INST ARCH L Qto AGN
Agnew, N. (ed) 2010. Ancient Sites on the Silk Road: Proceedings of the Second International
Conference on the Conservation of Grotto Sites, Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang, People's
Republic of China. Los Angeles: Getty Publications. INST ARCH LA AGN
Agnew, N. and Bridgland, J. (eds) 2006. Of the Past, for the Future: Integrating Archaeology and
Conservation. Proceedings of the Conservation Theme at the 5th World Archaeological
Congress, Washington, D.C., 22-26 June 2003. Los Angles: Getty Conservation Institute.
INST ARCH LA AGN
du Cros, H. and Lee, Y. S. F. (eds) 2007. Cultural Heritage Management in China: Preserving the
Pearl River Delta Cities. London: Routledge. INST ARCH DBL CRO
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Francioni, F. & Lenzerini, F. 2008. The future of the World Heritage Convention: problems and
prospects, in Francioni, F. (ed) The 1972 World Heritage Convention: a commentary.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 401-410. INST ARCH AG 20 FRA
Gillman, D. 2010. The idea of cultural heritage. (2nd ed) New York: Cambridge University Press.
INST ARCH AG GIL
Jigyasu, R., Long, J., & Wisner, B. 2008. Putting Heritage on the Map: A Discussion about Disaster
Management and Cultural Heritage, Conservation. The Getty Conservation Institute
Newsletter 23(1): 10-15
Layton, R., Stone, P., and Thomas, J. (eds) 2001. Destruction and Conservation of Cultural
Property. Routledge. INST ARCH AG LAY
Leask, A. and Fyall, A. (eds) 2006. Managing World Heritage Sites. Oxford: ButterworthHeinemann. INST ARCH AG LEA
Logan, W. and Reeves, K. (eds) 2009. Places of Pain and Shame: Dealing with 'Difficult' Heritage.
London: Routledge. INST ARCH AG LOG
McManamon, F. P. and Hatton, A. (eds) 2000. Cultural resource management in contemporary
society: perspectives on managing and presenting the past. London: Routledge. INST
ARCH AG MCM
McManamon, F. P., Stout, A., and Barnes, J. A. (eds) 2008. Managing Archaeological Resources:
Global Context, National Programs, Local Actions. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.
INST ARCH AG MCM
Pomeroy-Kellinger, M. and Scott, I. (eds) 2007. Recent Developments in the Research and
Management at World Heritage Sites. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology Occasional Paper 14,
Oxford Archaeology. INST ARCH AG Qto POM
Sharma, R. S. 2009. Rethinking India's past. New Delhi: Oxford University Press. INST ARCH
DBMA 100 SHA
Sillitoe, P., Bicker, A., and Pottier, J. (eds) 2002. Participating in development: approaches to
indigenous knowledge. London: Routledge. ANTHROPOLOGY D 65 SIL
Silverman, H. 2011. Border wars: the ongoing temple dispute between Thailand and Cambodia
and UNESCO's World Heritage List, International Journal of Heritage Studies 17(1): 1-21
Sørensen, M. L. S. and Carman, J. (eds) 2009. Heritage studies: methods and approaches. London:
Routledge. INST ARCH AG SOR
Taylor, K. 2004. Cultural heritage management: a possible role for charters and principles in Asia,
International Journal of Heritage Studies 10(5): 417-433
UNESCO 2012. Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention
(WHC 12/01 ). Paris: UNESCO. Available at: http://whc.unesco.org/archive/opguide12en.pdf
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Williams, T. 2011. The Curious Tale of Preah Vihear: The Process and Value of World Heritage
Nomination, Conservation and management of archaeological sites 13(1): 1-7
Yu, Y. 2012. Industrial Heritage in Shanghai - Past, Current Status and Future Direction, Industrial
Patrimony: 49-55
Session 2 (lecture): Approaches to ‘living heritage sites’ conservation
(Dean Sully)
Synopsis
Conservation in developing countries is challenged by conflicting demands of preservation,
economic development and social priorities. Managing these demands requires establishing a
beneficial balance in the dynamic interactions between cultural heritage, natural environment
and contemporary society. Collaboration between research, management and governance is
therefore necessary if we are to reconcile the competing demands of living with heritage.
The nature of many built landscapes found throughout Asia suggests that a universal definition
of authenticity is not appropriate. Since the Nara Document (see reading) international
perceptions of authenticity have radically changed from the primacy of notions of material
authenticity to a broader and more contextual understanding. But this still leaves issues
regarding the limits of acceptable change and appropriate levels of restoration.
Key reading
Ko, J. 2008. Regional Authenticity: An Argument for Reconstruction in Oceania, APT Bulletin
39(2/3): 55-61
Larsen, K. E (ed) 1995. Proceedings of the Nara Conference on Authenticity. Paris: UNESCO World
Heritage Centre. INST ARCH AG LAR
Especially: Cleere, H. 1995. The Evaluation of Authenticity in the Context of the World
Heritage Convention, Larsen, K. E (ed) Proceedings of the Nara Conference on
Authenticity. Paris: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 57-66. INST ARCH AG LAR
The Kathmandu Statement 2013: Revisiting the debate on safeguarding living urban heritage –
see
http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/FIELD/Kathmandu/pdf/RevisitingK
athmanduLeaflet9.pdf
Silva, K. D. & Chapagain, N. K. 2013. Asian heritage management: contexts, concerns, and
prospects. London: Routledge.
ICCROM website: Promoting people-centred approaches to conservation: living heritage
http://www.iccrom.org/eng/prog_en/4people-centered-appr_en.shtml
Chheang, V. 2010. Tourism and Local Community Development in Siem Reap, Ritsumeikan
Journal of Asia Pacific Studies 27. Available at:
http://www.apu.ac.jp/rcaps/uploads/fckeditor/publications/journal/RJAPS_V27_Vannar
ith.pdf
Fletcher, R., Johnson, I., Bruce, E., & Khun-Neay, K. 2007. Living with heritage: site monitoring
and heritage values in Greater Angkor and the Angkor World Heritage Site, Cambodia,
World Archaeology 39(3): 385-405
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Gillespie, J. 2009. Protecting World Heritage: Regulating Ownership and Land Use at Angkor
Archaeological Park, Cambodia, International Journal of Heritage Studies 15(4): 338-354
Miura, K. 2006. Conservation of a 'living heritage site'. A contradiction in terms? A case study of
Angkor Wat World Heritage Site, Conservation and management of archaeological sites
7(1): 3-18
Parcak, S. 2009. Satellite remote sensing for archaeology. London: Routledge. INST ARCH AL 12
PAR
Soubert, S. & Hay, S. 1995. Case study on the effects of tourism on culture and the environment,
Cambodia. Bangkok: UNESCO. Available at:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001226/122618eo.pdf
Further reading
Aygen, Z. 2013. International heritage and historic building conservation: saving the world's past.
London: Routledge. ARCHITECTURE B 20 AYG
Marchand, T. 2005. Endorsing indigenous knowledge: the role of masons & apprenticeship in
sustaining vernacular architecture, in Asquith, L. & Vellinga, M. (eds) Vernacular
Architecture in the 21st Century: essays in honour of Paul Oliver. London: Taylor &
Francis, 46-62. ARCHITECTURE B 10 ASQ
Van Balen, K. 2008. The Nara Grid: An Evaluation Scheme Based on the Nara Document on
Authenticity, APT Bulletin 39(2/3): 39-45
UNESCO 2004. Linking Universal and Local Values: Managing a Sustainable Future for World
Heritage. UNESCO.
UNESCO-ICOMOS Documentation Centre 2010. Authenticity: a bibliography. Paris: ICOMOS.
Available at:
http://www.international.icomos.org/centre_documentation/bib/Biblio_authenticity_2
010.pdf
Session 3 (lecture): Top-down vs Bottom-up: National legislation &
archaeology in the development process, case studies from ChinaMainland and Taiwan (Rui Pang and Yu-tz Tung)
Synopsis
A major challenge is that embedded in international practice are assumptions of the primacy of
community-sponsored action and democratic models for civil action in heritage decision-making,
all based on Western-derived ideals. Do these work in diverse Asian contexts, with differing and
complex social practices and norms? This session explores the approach to regulatory
management and decision-making for heritage in the planning/development process. How have
these developed and to what extent do they reflect top-down or bottom-up processes?
Comparative case studies are offer from China, Taiwan, Korea and Central Asia.
China: we will explore the development of heritage legislation, including a brief history of the
development of Chinese archaeology and cultural Heritage Management; Legislation and
guidance regarding archaeology and heritage management; Current management systems (topdown mechanism, and the role of Cultural Heritage bureau, archaeological institutions and
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universities); Current challenges and conflicts (research vs rescue, development vs preservation);
and future strategies.
Taiwan: official cultural heritage preservation works have been carried out in Taiwan for 30
years. These were partly inspired by a social need to return to a ‘native culture’, which led to
more academic and private efforts in conservation. A Cultural Act laid down management
frameworks and principles for future preservation works, including training expertise, creating
databases/inventories, and raising public awareness in participation by integrating culture into
community projects. In recent years, the Act has been amended several times to adapt to a
changing social environment as well as to reflect international trends. As economic growth has
brought more development, more attention has been placed on avoid irreversible destruction of
cultural heritage. In terms of archaeological sites, professionals have made great efforts to
ensure environment assessments are adequately conducted, and attempted to influence
authorities and the public about the significant of these resources for understanding Taiwan’s
past. Yet problems in implementing the legislation, developing a comprehensive heritage
database, and communications between stakeholders, still persist and impede the progress of
these endeavours.
Key reading
Aplin, G. 2002. Heritage: identification, conservation, and management. South Melbourne:
Oxford University Press. INST ARCH AG APL – reviews general approaches and
specifically regulatory frameworks in a number of countries, including Thailand and
China
Silva, K. D. & Chapagain, N. K. 2013. Asian heritage management: contexts, concerns, and
prospects. London: Routledge.
Amae, Yoshihisa., 2011, Pro-colonial or Postcolonial? Appropriation of Japanese Colonial
Heritage in Present-day Taiwan, in: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 40, 1, 19-62.
Chen, K., 2008. Museums in Taiwan and the development of cultural awareness. Museum
International 60, 123-131.
Cheng, C.-f. and Hsieh, E., 2013. The archaeological study of the military dependents villages of
Taiwan. In: Beaudry, M.C., Parno, T.G. (eds.). Archaeologies of mobility and movement,
83-99.
Cultural Heritage Preservation Act.
Available at: http://www.boch.gov.tw/boch/frontsite/expservice/expServiceDetailAction
.do?method=doViewNewsDetail&contentId=4656&isAddHitRate=true&relationPk=4656
&tableName=content&iscancel=true&menuId=3803
Taylor, J. E., 2009, Discovering a nationalist heritage in present-day Taiwan. China Heritage
Quarterly， 2009 March No.17
Wang, C., 2013. Heritage formation and cultural governance: the production of Bopiliao Historic
District, Taipei. International Journal of Heritage Studies 19, 676-691.
Chen, K.-T. 2011. The protection of archaeological sites in Taiwan. Conservation and
management of archaeological sites 13(1), 58-75.
Law of the People's Republic of China on Protection of Cultural Relics, 2002. Available at:
http://english.gov.cn/laws/2005-10/09/content_75322.htm
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Min, Z. 2000. The administration of China's archaeological heritage, in Cleere, H. (ed)
Archaeological heritage management in the modern world. London: Routledge, 102-108.
INST ARCH AG CLE
Pai, H. I. 2000. Constructing "Korean" Origins: A Critical Review of Archaeology, Historiography,
and Racial Myth in Korean State-formation Theories. Cambridge: Harvard University
Press. INST ARCH DBLC PAI
Pai, H. I. 2014. Heritage Management in Korea and Japan: The Politics of Antiquity and Identity.
Washington: University of Washington Press.
Pang, R. 2014. Rethinking Stakeholders’ Involvement and Archaeological Heritage Management:
a Case Study of the Han City of Chang’an, Xi’an China, in Stone, P. & Zhao, H. (eds.)
Sharing Archaeology New York: Routledge
Qian, F. 2007. China’s Burra Charter: the formation and implementation of the China principles.
International Journal of Heritage Studies 13/(3), 255–264.
Wai-Yin, C. & Shu-Yun, M. 2004. Heritage preservation and sustainability of China's development,
Sustainable Development 12(1): 15-31
Zhuang, M. 1986. The Administration of China’s Archaeological Heritage, in Cleere, C. (ed)
Archaeological Heritage Management in the Modern World. London: Routledge, 102108. INST ARCH AG CLE
Zan, L. & Bonini Baraldi, S. 2012. Managing Cultural Heritage in China: A View from the Outside.
The China Quarterly 210, 456-481
ICOMOS 2005. Xi’an Declaration on the Conservation of the Setting of Heritage Structures, Sites
and Areas, Adopted in Xi’an China by the 15th General Assembly of ICOMOS on 21
October 2005. Available at: http://www.international.icomos.org/charters/xiandeclaration.pdf
Liu, L. and Chen, X. 2012. The Archaeology of China: From the Late Palaeolithic to the Early
Bronze Age. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Chapter 1 (1-21). INST ARCH DEL
LIU
Ruan, Y. 1993. The Conservation of Chinese Historic Cities. Antiquity 67, 850-56
Shepherd, R. J. & Yu, L. 2013. Heritage management, tourism, and governance in China
managing the past to serve the present. New York: Springer.
Suzhou Declaration on International Co-operation for the Safeguarding and Development of
Historic Cities 1998. Available at: http://whc.unesco.org/archive/suzhou.htm
Darvill, T., Saunders, A. and Startin, B. 1987. A question of national importance: approaches to
the evaluation of ancient monuments for the Monuments Protection Programme in
England. Antiquity 61(233), 393-408.
Mason, R. 2002. Assessing values in conservation planning: methodological issues and choices.
In: M. de la Torre (ed) Assessing the values of cultural heritage. Los Angeles: Getty
Conservation Institute, 5-30. INST ARCH AG Qto TEU
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Mason, R. & Avrami, E. 2002. Heritage values and challenges of conservation planning, in
Teutonico, J. M. & Palumbo, G. (eds) Management planning for archaeological sites: an
international workshop organized by the Getty Conservation. Los Angeles: Getty
Conservation Institute, 13-26. INST ARCH AG Qto TEU
Session 4 (lecture): Whose heritage and protecting for whom: Roles
of Indigenous Peoples in Managing Indigenous Heritage Sites in
Southeast Asia and China (Yunci, Cai and Liu Jia)
Synopsis
In this session, we will look at the management of indigenous heritage sites in Southeast Asia,
focusing on the roles of indigenous peoples in the representation of their cultural heritage and
the management of their heritage sites, through a selection of case studies in Southeast Asia.
We will first problematize the concepts of ‘indigeneity’, ‘communities’ and ‘cultural heritage’,
proposing that these are broad and nebulous terms, defined and shaped by power relations, and
subjected to mobilisation by powerful groups. We will then explore how these complex dynamics
of power relations are played out in the context of indigenous cultural villages and indigenous
cultural landscapes that seek to represent the cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples, and
consider the implications of these power dynamics on the management of these indigenous
heritage sites. We conclude by suggesting that the inclusive management of indigenous heritage
sites requires an active and critical engagement with the complex poetics and politics of
indigeneity, communities and cultural heritage.
In Liu Jia’s case study of Chinese unlisted historic villages, the issues such as local community’s
engagement will be examined. China has over 2.7million ‘villages’ (the smallest administrative
unit, which has no strict definition in terms of size or population). Of these, thousands have
significant historic elements, and strategies to preserve and pass these on to future generations,
while dealing with the pressures of modern urban living, are necessarily complex. Since late 1990s,
the Chinese Government and heritage authorities have modified their cultural heritage
management strategies, moving away from simple preservation or economically driven
approaches, to sustainable use and multi-value-based management. These trends suggest that the
Chinese authorities are endeavouring to implement international heritage management and
conservation practices, to ensure the sustainable use of these national resources. However,
approaches to village management have raised a number of controversial issues in the recent 15
years, including authenticity and integrity debates, excessive tourism development, community
conflicts and the loss of intangible heritage and local identity.
Key Reading
Dellios, P. 2002. The museumification of the village: cultural subversion in the 21st century. Culture
Mandala: The Bulletin of the Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies 5.
http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1082&context=cm
Vaz, Justine and Agama, Agnes Lee. 2013. Seeking synergy between community and state-based
governance for biodiversity conservation: The role of indigenous and communityconserved areas in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Asia Pacific Viewpoint 54(2): 141 – 157.
Further Reading
Corazon Catibog-Sinha. 2011. Sustainable forest management: heritage tourism, biodiversity,
and upland communities in the Philippines. Journal of Heritage Tourism 6(4): 341-352.
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Engelhardt, Richard A. 2005. Culturally and ecologically sustainable tourism development
through local community management. In: Culture and Sustainable Development in the
Pacific. A. Hooper, A. ed. pp. 174 – 186. Canberra: ANU E Press.
Guimbatan, Rachel and Baguilat, Teddy. 2006. Misunderstanding the notion of conservation in
the Philippine rice terraces – cultural landscapes. International Social Science Journal
58(187): 59-67.
Gomes, Alberto. 2013. Anthropology and the Politics of Indigeneity. Anthropological Forum 23(1):
5-15.
Hampton, Mark P. 2005. Heritage, local community and economic development. Annals of Tourism
Research 32(3): 735 – 759.
He, Baogang 2011. The contested politics of Asian responses to indigenous rights. International
Journal on Minority and Group Rights 18: 461 – 478.
Kuper, Adam 2003. Return of the Native. Current Anthropology 44(3): 389-402.
Latrell, C.T. 2008. Exotic dancing: performing tribal and regional identities in East Malaysia’s
cultural villages. TDR: The Drama Review 52, 41–63.
Li, Tania M. 2000. Articulating indigenous identity in Indonesia: resource politics and the tribal slot.
Comparative Studies in Society and History 42(1): 149-179.
Samuels, K. L. 2015. Introduction: heritage as persuasion. In: Heritage keywords: rhetoric and
redescription in cultural heritage. K. F. Samuels and T. Rico eds. pp. 3 – 28. Boulder:
University Press of Colorado.
Van Schyndel Kasper, D. 2008. Redefining Community in the Ecovillage. Human Ecology Review
15(1), 12-24
Agnew, N. and Demas, M. (ed.) 2002 Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China
(Zhong Guo Wen Wu Bao Hu Zhun Ze), The Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles.
Henkel, H. & Stirrat, R. 2001 Participation as spiritual duty: empowerment as secular subjection.
In Cooke, B. & Kothari, U. (eds) Participation: The New Tyranny? London/New York: Zed
Books
Merriman, N. 2004 Involving the Public in Museum Archaeology. In his (ed.) Public Archaeology
London: Routledge
Smith, L. 2006 Use of Heritage London: Routledge
Thomas, S. and Lea, J. 2014 Public participation in archaeology
Little, B. 2002, Public Benefit of Archaeology
Session 5 (Fieldtrip): Digital Preservation: the International
Dunhuang Project (IDP, British Library)
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A visit on the 09/02/2016 to the International Dunhuang Project (The Silk Road Online
http://idp.bl.uk/) at the British Library.
Visit to see the British Library Silk Roads collection, the research, conservation and dissemination
work. Time and meeting place to be agreed in class. Readings will be provided before the visit.
Session 6 (lecture): Post-colonial heritage and nationalism: ASI and
archaeological heritage management in India (Robert Harding)
Synopsis
The lecture will look at Alexander Cunningham and the founding of the Archaeological Survey of
India. It will focus on the 19th century as a time of discovery rather than management, with
examples of large-scale destruction of major sites. It will then look at the move to conservation
by Viceroy Curzon and his ASI Director-General John Marshall. It will show the context of Indian
developments within British debates and the question of imperial responsibilities. Finally, it will
discuss the twentieth century - archaeology and nationalism; the significance of World Heritage
listing; the role of the ASI as a major landowner; and the significance of local engagement.
Key reading
Marshall, J. 1923, Conservation Manual; Calcutta: Govt. of India
INTACH 2004. Charter for the Conservation of Unprotected Architectural Heritage and Sites in
India. New Delhi: INTACH. Available at: http://www.intach.org/aboutcharter.asp?links=about3
Neogi, T, 2011, Special article: the concept of community archaeology and heritage management
in India, Chitrolekha international magazine on art and design
Neogi Year: 2011 Volume: 1 Page: 30 -33
Pachauri, S. 2014, Illicit Trafficking in Antiques and Sharing Archaeology to Combat the Trade: An
Example from India, in Stone, P. & Zhao, H. (eds.) Sharing Archaeology New York:
Routledge INST ARCH AG STO
Chakrabarti, D.K., 2003, Archaeology in the Third World: A History of Indian Archaeology Since
1947; in the chapter on Archaeological Heritage Management, Education and
Nationalism.
Ray, H.P., 2008, Colonial Archaeology in India: the Legacy of Sir Mortimer Wheeler; New Delhi:
Oxford University Press
Sengupta, I., 2013, A Conservation Code for the Colony: John Marshall's Conservation Manual
and Monument Preservation Between India and Europe, in Michael Falser and Monica
Juneja (eds.) Archaeologizing Heritage: Transcultural Entanglements between Local
Social Practices and Global Virtual Realities; Berlin: Springer, 2013, pp. 21-37.
Curzon, Indian Archaeology (1899-1905), available in the British Library.
Feilden, B.M., 1993, Is Conservation of Cultural Heritage Relevant to South Asia? In South Asian
Studies: Vol. 9 (1993), pp. 1-10;
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Krishna Menon, A.G., 1994, Rethinking the Venice Charter: the Indian Experience, in South Asian
Studies: Vol. 10 (1994), pp. 37-48.
Neogi, T., 2011, the Concept of Community Archaeology and Heritage Management in
India"; Chitrolekha International Magazine on Art and Design: Vol. 1 (2011), pp. 30-33
Mitter, P. 1977, Much Maligned Monsters: Oxford: Oxford University Press or Chicago: Chicago
University Press (1992)
Etter, A-J. 2011, Antiquarian Knowledge and Preservation of Indian Monuments at the Beginning
of the Nineteenth Century, in Indra Sengupta and Daud Ali eds: Knowledge Production,
Pedagogy, and Institutions in Colonial India; New York; Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
Shimada, A., 2013, Early Buddhist Architecture in Context: the Stupa at Amaravati ca. 300 BCE 300 CE; Leiden: Brill, 2013
Lahiri, N., 1997, John Marshall's Appointment as Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of
India: A Survey of the Papers Pertaining to his Selection in South Asian Studies: Vol. 13
(1997), pp. 127-139
Lahiri, N., 1998, Coming to Grips with the Indian Past: John Marshall’s Early Years as Lord
Curzon's Director-General of Archaeology in India-Part I, in South Asian Studies Vol. 14
(1998), pp. 1-23
Lahiri, N., 2000, Coming to Grips with India's Past and her 'Living Present': John Marshall's Early
Years (1902-06) - Part II in South Asian Studies: Vol. 16 (2000), pp. 89-107
Sudeshna Guha 2010 ed. The Marshall Albums: Photography and Archaeology, New Delhi: Mapin
Mukherjee, S. 2013, Configuring Sacred Spaces: Archaeology, Temples, and Monument-Making
in Colonial Orissa"; South Asian Studies: Vol. 29 (2013), pp. 15-29
Sutton, D., 2013, Devotion, Antiquity, and Colonial Custody of the Hindu Temple in British
India"; Modern Asian Studies: Vol. 47 (2013), pp. 135-166
Useful Website:
The ASI: http://asi.nic.in/ and a pdf of its Draft National Policy is available from:
http://asi.nic.in/national_consrv_policy.asp
INTACH: http://www.intach.org/
Young INTACH: http://www.youngintach.org/
The Mehrauli Zone as an example of INTACH's approach to heritage is
at http://architexturez.net/doc/az-cf-21192
Session 7 (seminar): The Silk Road of Pop (Film and discussion)
Synopsis
The film session will encourage students to understand sense of place, sense of individual’s
identity, and the relation between place and people, in a globalisation context.
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One of the very few documentaries to come out of Xinjiang, The Silk Road of Pop captures the
challenges of a minority group in China and the explosive music scene which results. The Silk
Road of Pop tells the story of Ay, a young music fan. Apprehensive about her own life choices as
a young Uyghur woman in China and curious about the outside world, she turns to music for
answers and is drawn to musicians who mirror her struggles in their songs. The film follows the
trails left by Ay’s interest in music, documenting her influences and portraying her musical idols.
A breathtaking journey unfolds, leading to traditional musicians uncovering the age-old roots of
the Uyghur music culture in Kashgar, metal bands combining local folk music & Western hard
rock in their wild performances, and hip-hop crews honing their skills in the smoky basements of
communist block towers.
General Reading
Schofield, J., and Szymanski, R. (eds) 2011, Local heritage, global context: cultural perspectives on
sense of place Farnham: Ashgate INST ARCH AG SCH
Thomas, J. 1996, Time, Culture and Identity: An Interpretative Archaeology New York & London:
Routledge
Session 8 (lecture): Archaeological heritage management in Central
Asia (Gaygysyz Jorayev)
Synopsis
This lecture will look at the heritage management structures of the five Central Asian countries
(Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) and highlight the differences
and similarities in their approaches to researching, preserving and promoting their heritage.
These five countries were part of former USSR until 1991 and they inherited similar approaches
to preservation and research of archaeological heritage. The talk will highlight the changes since
the countries became independent and the use of heritage in creating nation-building ideologies
of the newly independent states. . It will also discuss current international collaboration efforts
of these countries, through work on the Silk Roads World Heritage nomination
Key reading
Shao, Z., & Gong, T. 2011. Newsletter on Serial Transnational Nomination for World Heritage of
Silk Roads. Available at: http://openarchive.icomos.org/975/
UNESCO. 2015. Almaty Agreement adopted in the Fourth meeting of the Coordinating
Committee on the World Heritage Serial Nomination of the Silk Roads. World Heritage
Centre. Available at: http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1415
Dolukhanov, P.M. 1993. Archaeology in the ex USSR : post-perestroyka problems. ANTIQUITY
67,(254): p.150–156
Frederick Starr, S. 2009. Rediscovering Central Asia. The Wilson Quarterly Summer 2009(Thrift:
The Double-Edged Virtue): p.33–43
Adams, L.L. 2008. Globalization, Universalism, and Cultural Form. Comparative Studies in Society
and History 50(03).
Marat, E. 2008. Imagined past, uncertain future: The creation of national ideologies in Kyrgyzstan
and Tajikistan. Problems of Post-Communism 55(1): p.12 –24.
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Session 9 (seminar): Student case studies: the impact of visitors at
archaeological sites (Class-led)
Synopsis
Presentation by students on the impact of visitors at archaeological sites, using case studies,
from the Asian region and exploring one of these themes:
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The role of shelters at an archaeological site
Visitor management at an archaeological site
Education as a tool of engagement at an archaeological site
For details: see Assignment One.
Shelter reading
CMAS, 2002, Special issue on protective shelters. Conservation and management of
archaeological sites, Volume 5, Issue 1-2 (01 January 2002)
Especially: Agnew, N. 2001 Methodology, conservation criteria and performance
evaluation for archaeological site shelters. 7-18
Bai, L. & Zhou, S. L. 2012. Issues of In Situ Conservation at Jinsha, Peoples Republic of China,
Conservation and management of archaeological sites 14(1-4): 263-272
Gregory, D. & Matthiesen, H. (eds.) 2012. Preserving Archaeological Remains in Situ: Proceedings
of the 4th International Conference, Conservation and management of archaeological
sites 14(1-4)
Palumbo, G. 2001. Sheltering an archaeological structure in Petra: a case-study of criteria,
concepts and implementation, Conservation and management of archaeological sites 5,
35-44
Stewart, J. and Tringham, S. 2008 Protective shelters over archaeological sites: a review of
assessment initiatives. In: Abed, A.B., Demas, M. and Roby, T. (eds.) Lessons learned:
reflecting on the theory and practice of mosaic conservation: proceedings of the 9th
ICCM Conference, Hammamet, Tunisia, November 29-December 3, 2005. Los Angeles:
Getty Conservation Institute, 204-214. INST ARCH KN 6 Qto ABE
Woolfit, C. 2007. Preventative conservation of ruins: reconstruction, reburial and enclosure. In:
Ashurst, J. (ed.) Conservation of ruins. London: Butterworth-Heinemann, 147-193. INST
ARCH LA ASH
Williams, T. 2007. Niuheliang, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China: strategies for the
management of a complex cultural landscape, in Pomeroy-Kellinger, M. & Scott, I. (eds)
Recent developments in research and management at World Heritage Sites. Oxford:
Oxford Archaeology, 55-64. INST ARCH AG Qto POM
Visitor management reading
Association for Heritage Interpretation: numerous articles available to download from:
http://www.heritageinterpretation.org.uk
Fyall, A, Garrod, B, & Leask, A (eds) 2003. Managing visitor attractions: new directions. Oxford:
Butterworth-Heinemann. INST ARCH MF 7 FYA
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Shackley, M (ed) 2000. Visitor Management. Case Studies from World Heritage Sites. Oxford:
Butterworth-Heineman. INST ARCH AG SHA
Shackley, M. 2006. Visitor management at World Heritage Sites. In Leask, A. and Fyall, A. (eds)
Managing World Heritage Sites. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann; 83-94. INST ARCH AG
LEA
Education reading
Corbishley, M. 2011. Pinning down the past: archaeology, heritage, and education today.
Woodbridge: Boydell Press. INST ARCH AG COR
Cracknell, S. and Corbishley, M. (eds) 1986. Presenting Archaeology to Young People. London:
Council for British Archaeology. INST ARCH AQ CRA
Henson, D., Stone, P. and Corbishley, M. (eds) 2004. Education and the historic environment.
London: Routledge. INST ARCH AQ HEN
McManamon, F. P. 2000. Archaeological messages and messengers. Public Archaeology, 1, 5-20
Moyer, T. S. 2007. Learning through visitors: exhibits as tool for encouraging civic engagement
through archaeology, in Little, B. J. & Shackel, P. A. (eds) Archaeology as a tool of civic
engagement. Lanham, Md.: AltaMira Press, 263-278. INST ARCH DED 100 LIT
Stone, P. and Molyneaux, B. (eds) 1994. The presented past: Heritage, Museums and Education.
London: Routledge. INST ARCH M 6 STO
Session 10 (lecture): Archaeology and Conflict: destruction and
reconstruction in post-war Beirut (Dominic Perring)
Synopsis
This case study looks to the experience of post-war reconstruction in Beirut to explore ways in
which the historic environment provides a setting for both conflict and reconciliation. Although
now overshadowed by more recent wars in Iraq and Syria, the Lebanon was utterly devastated
by civil war and foreign invasion. Archaeological sites were damaged and destroyed, and
Beirut’s historic town centre was left in ruin. During the post-war reconstruction of Beirut
arguments over differing visions of Lebanese history and cultural identity fuelled further conflict,
but work on the archaeological sites also contributed to the rebuilding exercise. Dominic
Perring lead the largest archaeological team engaged in the reconstruction effort in Beirut from
1993-2006, and worked closely with NGOs, government agencies, and other actors involved in
post-conflict work in Lebanon. He has also worked in the Palestinian Occupied Territories and,
very briefly, in Syria. Whilst the lecture will focus closely on the lessons that can be learnt from
post-war Beirut, the intention is to use this to then inform a wider discussion of archaeology and
conflict in the Middle East.
Key Reading:
Barakat, S (2007) ‘Postwar reconstruction and the recovery of cultural heritage: critical lessons
from the last fifteen years’, in N Stanley-Price (ed) Cultural Heritage in Postwar Recovery.
ICCROM: Rome, 26-39 [INST ARCH AG STA]
Barber, I (2006) ‘Is the truth down there? Cultural Heritage Conflict and the Politics of
Archaeological Authority’, Public History Review 13, 143-154
Perring D and van der Linde, S (2010) ‘The Politics and Practice of Archaeology in Conflict’
Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, 11. 3–4, 197–213
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General reading on archaeology and conflict in the Middle East
Chamberlain, K, 2004, War and Cultural Heritage: An analysis of the Hague Convention for the
Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, Inst. of Art & Law:
Leicester
Hamilakis Y and Duke, P (eds) (2007) Archaeology and Capitalism. Left Coast Press: Walnut Creek,
California [INST ARCH AG HAM]
Meskell L (ed) (1998) Archaeology Under Fire: Nationalism, politics and heritage in the Eastern
Mediterranean and Middle East. Routledge: London [INST ARCH AG MES & ISSUE DESK
IOA MES 2]
Smith, L (2004) Archaeological Theory and the Politics of Cultural Heritage. Routledge: London &
New York [INST ARCH AG SMI]
Stone, P and Farchakh Bajjaly (2008) The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq, Boydell Press
Tunbridge, J E and Ashworth, G J (1996) Dissonant Heritage: The Management of the Past as a
Resource in Conflict. Wiley & Sons: London [INST ARCH ISSUE DESK IoA TUN]
Beirut as a case study
Khalaf, S (2006) The heart of Beirut: Reclaiming the Bourj. London: Saqi Books [Bartlett TOWN
PLANNING C 62 BEI]
Nasr, J & Verdeil, E (2008) ‘The Reconstructions of Beirut’, in S K Jayyusi, R Holod, A Petruccioli &
A Raymond (eds) The City in the Islamic World. Brill: Leiden, 1116-1141[Bartlett TOWN
PLANNING B 161 CIT]
Perring D (2010) ‘Archaeology and the Post-war Reconstruction of Beirut’ Conservation and
Management of Archaeological Sites, 11. 3–4, 296–314
Rowe, P and Sarkis, H (eds) (1998) Projecting Beirut: Episodes in the Construction and
Reconstruction of a Modern City. Prestel: Munich [Bartlett TOWN PLANNING C 62 LEB]
Schmid, H (2006) ‘Privatized urbanity or a politicized society? Reconstruction in Beirut after the
civil war’, European Planning Studies 14.3, 365-381
Seeden, H (1999) Lebanon’s archaeological heritage on trial in Beirut: what future for Beirut’s
past? In A Hatton & F Mcmanamon (eds) Cultural Resource Management in
Contemporary Society: Perspectives on Managing and Presenting the Past. London:
Routledge, 168-187 [INST ARCH AG MCM]
Stewart, D J (1996) ‘Economic Recovery and Reconstruction in Postwar Beirut’, The Geographical
Review 86, 487-504
Further reading
ICCROM 2010, ‘First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict’ (Course Information document
with an on-line bibliography
http://www.iccrom.org/ifrcdn/eng/prog_en/01coll_en/archiveconflict_en/2010_09FACo
nflict_biblio_en.pdf
Session 11 (seminar): Student presentation
Details see Session 9 and Assignment One
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Session 12 (lecture): Sustainable (?) tourism – potential and
problems (Rui Pang)
Synopsis
The Asian region has an enormous diversity of living cultures and heritage sites, which has a
major appeal to tourists. This offers considerable potential for developing economies and local
communities. However, tourism is recognised as an agent of social and cultural change,
especially for indigenous communities. In many areas tourism has grown so rapidly that issues
associated with the incorporation of cultural and heritage experiences into tourist itineraries
have not been adequately addressed. Issues such as authenticity verses commodification, the
devaluing of cultures, the detrimental impacts on local communities, and potentially damaging
impact on fragile heritage resources all need to be debated.
This session will reflect on some of these issues, and explore how communities have faced and
overcome these challenges. Can society as a whole can strike a balance between the need for
economic development and conservation of historic sites? Models and case studies will be
discussed to illustrate the issues, and to evaluate management tools.
Key reading
Park, H.Y., 2014, Heritage Tourism, London and New York: Routledge
Carter, R. W. & Beeton, R. J. S. 2004. A model of cultural change and tourism, Asia Pacific Journal
of Tourism Research 9(4): 423-442
Hitchcock, M., King, V. T., & Parnwell, M. (eds) 2010. Heritage tourism in Southeast Asia.
Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.
Jamal, T. & Hill, S. 2004. Developing a framework for indicators of authenticity: the place and
space of cultural and heritage tourism, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 9(4):
353-372
Li, L. H. & Lang, G. 2013. Conserving the heritage in Chongqing by market forces, Journal of
Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 3(1): 18-34
Marcotte, P. & Bourdeau, L. 2012. Is the World Heritage label used as a promotional argument
for sustainable tourism? Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable
Development 2(1): 80-91
Prideaux, B., Timothy, D. J., and Chon, K. S. (eds) 2008. Cultural and heritage tourism in Asia and
the Pacific. London: Routledge
Timothy, D. J., and Prideaux, B., Issues in heritage and culture in the Asia Pacific region, in Asia
Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 2004, Vol.9 (3), p. 213-223
Further reading
Daly, P. T. and Winter, T. (eds) 2010. Routledge handbook of heritage in Asia. (2012 electronic)
London: Routledge. Online via UCL library
Harrison, D. (ed) 2001. Tourism and the less developed world: issues and case studies. Oxford:
CABI Publishing. ANTHROPOLOGY E 40 HAR
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Labadi, S. 2012. UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding Universal Value: Value-based
Analyses of the World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage Conventions. Lanham,
Md.: AltaMira Press. ARCHITECTURE B 20 LAB
Pandey, R., Chettri, P., Kunwar, R., & Ghimire, G. 1995. Case study on the effects of tourism on
culture and the environment Nepal. Bangkok: UNESCO. Available at:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001226/122619eo.pdf
Shepherd, R. J. & Yu, L. 2013. Heritage management, tourism, and governance in China
managing the past to serve the present. New York: Springer.
Timothy, D. J. & Prideaux, B. 2004. Issues in heritage and culture in the Asia Pacific region, Asia
Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 9(3): 213-223
Timothy, D. J. & Nyaupane, G. 2009. Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Developing World: A
Regional Perspective. London: Routledge. INST ARCH AG TIM
Reading for Case studies
Hong Kong
Ho, P. S. Y. & McKercher, B. 2004. Managing heritage resources as tourism products, Asia Pacific
Journal of Tourism Research 9(3): 255-266
Ho, P. S. Y., McKercher, B. & du Cros, H. 2005. Relationship between tourism and cultural
heritage management: evidence from Hong Kong, Tourism Management 26(4): 539-549
Indonesia (World Heritage)
Hawkins, D. E. 2004. Sustainable tourism competitiveness clusters: application to World Heritage
sites network development in Indonesia, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 9(3):
293-307
Liangzhu, China
Dredge, D. 2004. Development, economy and culture: cultural heritage tourism planning,
Liangzhu, China, Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research 9(4): 405-422
Luang Prabang, Laos
Aas, C., Ladkin, A., & Flectcher, J. 2005. Stakeholder collaboration and heritage management,
Annals of Tourism Research 32(1): 28-48
Silva, K. D. & Chapagain, N. K. 2013. Asian heritage management: contexts, concerns, and
prospects. London: Routledge. On order (and British Library General Reference
Collection YK.2013.a.10279)
UNESCO (ed) 2004. Tourism and heritage site management in the World Heritage town of Luang
Prabang, Lao PDR. Bangkok: UNESCO. Available at:
http://www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/IMPACT_LuangPrabang/impact.pdf
Macau (World Heritage)
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Huang, C.-H., Tsaur, J.-R., & Yang, C.-H. 2012. Does World Heritage list really induce more
tourists? Evidence from Macau, Tourism Management 33(6): 1450-1457
Silk Roads
Thorsten, M. 2005. Silk Road nostalgia and imagined global community, Comparative American
Studies 3(3): 301-317
Picard, M. and Wood, R. E. (eds) 1997. Tourism, ethnicity, and the state in Asian and Pacific
societies. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press
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Session 13 (seminar): Student presentation
Details see Session 9 and Assignment One
Session 14 (lecture): Approaches to managing historic urban centres
in Asia (Rui Pang)
Synopsis
Much of the current debate on how we should preserve our cultural heritage revolves around
urban sites - historic monuments in urban settings, historic districts, or complete historic towns.
The growing complexity of urban heritage conservation makes reaching a consensus on how to
manage urban heritage difficult. Additionally, the sharp increase in the world’s population now
living in urban areas, combined with a lack of policies to facilitate a sustainable use of heritage
assets means the pressure on historic sites is set to rise. Unless new and innovative ways of
managing these sites can be agreed on, there is a real danger that historic cities as we know
them today will not survive the first decades of the 21st century.
The steady erosion of what many Asian and Western commentators have regarded as the quite
essential 'Asian' qualities of cities, particularly in terms of their built form under the impact of
current processes of rapid economic and cultural globalization, is a major concern. This session
examines the way in which the classical approach has been challenged by the evolution of the
conceptual and operational context of urban management - with associated debates and
decisions - to inform the development of local urban conservation policies and practices.
Key reading
Birabi, A. K. 2007. International urban conservation charters: catalytic or passive tools of urban
conservation practices among developing countries? City & Time 3(2): 39-53
Logan, W. 2002. The disappearing Asian city: protecting Asia's heritage in a globalizing world.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. GEOGRAPHY R 58 LOG
van Oers, R. and Haraguchi, S. (eds) 2010. Managing Historic Cities. Paris: UNESCO. World
Heritage Papers 27. Available at: http://whc.unesco.org/en/series/27/
Bandarin, F. and van Oers, R. (eds) 2012. The historic urban landscape: managing heritage in an
urban century. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell. ARCHITECTURE B 20 BAN
Agnew, N. and Demas, M. (eds) 2002. Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China.
ICOMOS China and The Getty Conservation Institute. INST ARCH AG AGN
du Cros, H. and Lee, Y. S. F. (eds) 2007. Cultural Heritage Management in China: Preserving the
Pearl River Delta Cities. London: Routledge. INST ARCH DBL CRO
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Further general reading
Araoz, G. F. 2008. World-Heritage Historic Urban Landscapes: Defining and Protecting
Authenticity, APT Bulletin 39(2/3): 33-37
Ch'ng, K. S., Khoo, S. L., & Yoke, M. L. 2013. Preference information and experimental heritage
conservation auctions, Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable
Development 3(1): 82-94
Fletcher, R., Johnson, I., Bruce, E., & Khun-Neay, K. 2007. Living with heritage: site monitoring
and heritage values in Greater Angkor and the Angkor World Heritage Site, Cambodia,
World Archaeology 39(3): 385-405
Li, L. H. & Lang, G. 2013. Conserving the heritage in Chongqing by market forces, Journal of
Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 3(1): 18-34
Marsh, E. A. 2012. The effects of cruise ship tourism in coastal heritage cities, Journal of Cultural
Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 2(2): 190-199
Sepe, M. 2013. Planning the city: mapping place identity. London: Routledge. TOWN PLANNING
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Sinha, A. 2004. Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park: A Design Approach, International
Journal of Heritage Studies 10(2): 117-128
Sinha, A. & Sharma, Y. 2009. Urban Design as a Frame for Site Readings of Heritage Landscapes: A
Case Study of Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India, Journal of Urban Design 14(2): 20322
Teutonico, J. M. and Matero, F. (eds) 2003. Managing change: Sustainable approaches to the
conservation of the built environment. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute.
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UNESCO (ed) 2004. Tourism and heritage site management in the World Heritage town of Luang
Prabang, Lao PDR. Bangkok: UNESCO. Available at:
http://www2.unescobkk.org/elib/publications/IMPACT_LuangPrabang/impact.pdf
van Oers, R. & Roders, A. P. 2012. Historic cities as model of sustainability, Journal of Cultural
Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 2(1): 4-14
van Oers, R. & Roders, A. P. 2013. Road map for application of the HUL approach in China,
Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 3(1): 4-17
Williams, T. 2010. Melaka and World Heritage Status, Conservation and management of
archaeological sites 12(3): 197-208
Zancheti, S. M. & Hidaka, L. T. F. 2011. Measuring urban heritage conservation: theory and
structure (part 1), Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable
Development 1(2): 96-108
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Pandey, R., Chettri, P., Kunwar, R., & Ghimire, G. 1995. Case study on the effects of tourism on
culture and the environment Nepal. Bangkok: UNESCO. Available at:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001226/122619eo.pdf
Silva, K. D. & Chapagain, N. K. 2013. Asian heritage management: contexts, concerns, and
prospects. London: Routledge.
Chin, L. H. & Jorge, F. 2005. Malacca: voices from the street. Malaysia: Lim Huck Chin
British Library Asia, Pacific & Africa YD.2007.b.1998
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Williams, T. 2010. Melaka and World Heritage Status, Conservation and management of
archaeological sites 12(3): 197-208
Assessment tasks
Like most academic writing, your work should present an argument supported by analysis.
Typically your analysis will include a critical evaluation (not simply description) of concepts in
some subset of archaeology’s theoretical literature. Remember, you must draw upon readings
from multiple class sessions, examine some of the primary literature in addition to secondary
literature, and use references to support your assertions. The course co-ordinator will be willing
to discuss an outline of your approach to the assessment, provided this is planned suitably in
advance of the submission date.
The topics are set out below, but students are also invited to identify an original topic in
consultation with the course coordinator. The topic should be clearly related to at least one of
the themes covered in the classes. Students wishing to write on topics that have not yet been
covered in lectures are invited to seek additional guidance from the coordinators.
If students are unclear about the nature of an assignment, they should discuss this with the
Course Co-ordinator.
Assignment One
This assignment will take the form of an oral presentation in front of your classmates, based on
an archaeological sites of your choice. The topic should explore the impact of visitors at
archaeological sites. Select a single site/landscape, well known to you, from the Asian region.
Pick one of the following themes:
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The role of shelters at an archaeological site
Visitor management at an archaeological site
Education as a tool of engagement at an archaeological site
Check with the Course Co-ordinator in advance if you are interested in other topics
Construct a PowerPoint presentation that:
a) A introduces the site/landscape to the audience
b) Sets out the problems or issues that you will explore – this should explicitly make use of
background literature, including works of wider theoretical and practical significance
c) Explores the issues – discussing the approaches adopted at the site/landscape and your
critique of its success
d) Concludes by posing questions to the audience – perhaps involving potential future
strategies or alternative approaches
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You will prepare and give the 20 minutes long PowerPoint Presentation at Session 9, 11and 13.
The deadlines for submission vary, and a sign-up sheet will be provided during Session 3.
Deadline for Session 9: 04/03/2016
Deadline for Session 11: 11/03/2016
Deadline for Session 13: 18/03/2016
On the Monday prior to your presentation, you should email me a half-page outline of your
presentation. I will print it out and distribute it as a handout for your classmates on the date of
your presentation.
On the day of your presentation, you should submit a printout of your PowerPoint slides (at 4
slides per page) and a hard copy of a supporting notes document (ca. 1000 words), stapled to a
standard essay coversheet, as well as the normal submission on Turnitin.
The supporting notes should be able to well support your research and argument, rather than
the bullet points from your PowerPoint. It should be up to an academic essay’s standard. It
should be used to provide supporting bibliographic references – in the standard IoA format – to
background literature, theoretical frameworks and source information on images, etc.
Training in PowerPoint is available from the Graduate School – see
http://courses.grad.ucl.ac.uk/course-details.pht?course_ID=2423 and specific support will be
provided by the course co-ordinator. However, this is not about presentation skills, this is about
content, academic argument and clarity of message.
Marking: 90% of the mark standard academic marking criteria – structure of argument, critical
thinking, use of sources, etc. 10% will be for the design and presentation of the PowerPoint. The
oral presentation itself is not marked, but feedback will be provided.
Assignment Two
The second assignment will be an essay of ca. 3000 words. The submission deadline for this is
the 28th April, 2016. Essay topics are negotiable, and students are encouraged to suggest their
own.
Suggested Topics:
1. Write a critique paper on Nara Document of Authenticity, and its impact on Asian
archaeological heritage management. You can examine the issues such as:
1). How to understand the concept of diversity and authenticity, is it unique to Asia?
2). To what extent is scientific accuracy needed? What exactly is this scientific accuracy?
3). How do the public really engage with the reconstructed archaeological sites?
2. Write a review of the film “The Silk Road of Pop”. You can explore issues such as the following,
taking broader intangible heritage concept and the relevance to tangible heritage management
into account:
1). Consider the tension between youth and tradition in the use of cultural heritage:
How and why is traditional cultural transmitted between generations? What loss is
entailed? What can or should we do to mitigate loss?
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2). Discuss the impact of globalisation at a local level: How does this contribute to
people’s changing cultural values? Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
3). Discuss the different contributions that intangible heritage makes to peoples sense of
self and place: in what ways is intangible heritage central to people’s cultural identity?
3. Heritage documentation and conservation in digital era. You should use the International
Dunhuang Project as a case study to explore the pros and cons of digital conservation of
archaeological heritage.
4. Choose from the following international charters and declarations, review the adaptation,
implantation and effectiveness of the chosen charter (or an aspect of it), in an Asian reginal
context:
1). Venice Charter: International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of
Monuments and Sites (1964)
2). Burra Charter: the Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places pf
Cultural Significance (1979, revised in 1981, 1988, and 1999)
3). Faro Convention: the Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for
Society (Faro Convention, 2005)
4). The Paris Declaration on Heritage as a driver of development (2011)
5). Valletta Principles for the Safeguarding and Management of Historic Cities, Towns
and Urban Areas (2011)
Please remember to agree with me the exact title of your essay before you start work on the
exercise, and then make sure that this is the essay question used on the submitted work.
Additional information
Libraries and other resources
In addition to the Library of the Institute of Archaeology, other libraries in UCL with holdings of
particular relevance to this course are the Anthropology and Bartlett libraries.
Information for intercollegiate and interdepartmental students
Students enrolled in Departments outside the Institute should obtain the Institute’s coursework
guidelines from Judy Medrington (email j.medrington@ucl.ac.uk), which will also be available on
the IoA website.
Health and Safety
The Institute has a Health and Safety policy and code of practice which provides guidance on
laboratory work, etc. This is revised annually and the new edition will be issued in due course.
All work undertaken in the Institute is governed by these guidelines and students have a duty to
be aware of them and to adhere to them at all times. This is particularly important in the context
of the laboratory/field/placement work which will be undertaken as part of your degree.
Institute of Archaeology Coursework Procedures
General policies and procedures concerning courses and coursework, including submission
procedures, assessment criteria, and general resources, are available in your Degree Handbook
and on the following website: http://wiki.ucl.ac.uk/display/archadmin. It is essential that you
read and comply with these. Note that some of the policies and procedures will be different
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depending on your status (e.g. undergraduate, postgraduate taught, affiliate, graduate diploma,
intercollegiate, interdepartmental). If in doubt, please consult your course co-ordinator.
GRANTING OF EXTENSIONS:
New UCL-wide regulations with regard to the granting of extensions for coursework have been
introduced with effect from the 2015-16 session. Full details are available here
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/srs/academic-manual/c4/extenuating-circumstances/
Note that Course Coordinators are no longer permitted to grant extensions. All requests for
extensions must be submitted on a new UCL form, together with supporting documentation,
via Judy Medrington’s office and will then be referred on for consideration. Please be aware
that the grounds that are now acceptable are limited. Those with long-term difficulties should
contact UCL Student Disability Services to make special arrangements.
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