Authenticity in Architectural Heritage Conservation - Discourses, Opinions, Experiences in Europe, South and East Asia (Paperback, 1st ed. 2017)

The book contributes to a recontextualization of authenticity by investigating how this value is created, reenacted, and assigned. Over the course of the last century, authenticity figured as the major parameter for the evaluation of cultural heritage. It was adopted in local and international charters and guidelines on architectural conservation in Europe, South and East Asia. Throughout this period, the concept of authenticity was constantly redefined and transformed to suit new cultural contexts and local concerns. This volume presents colonial and postcolonial discourses, opinions, and experiences in the field of architectural heritage conservation and the use of site-specific practices based on representative case studies presented by art historians, architects, anthropologists, and conservationists from Germany, Nepal, India, China, and Japan. With more than 180 illustrations and a collection of terminologies in German, English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Nevari and Nepali, classical Chinese and standard Mandarin, and Japanese, these cross-cultural investigations document the processual re-configuration of the notion of authenticity. They also show that approaches to authenticity can be specified with key analytical categories from transcultural studies: appropriation, transformation, and, in some cases, refusal.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context
Release date:	July 2016
First published:	2017
Editors:	Katharina Weiler • Niels Gutschow
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	345
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-30522-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > General Books > Professional & Technical > Civil engineering, surveying & building > Building construction & materials > Conservation of buildings & building materials
LSN:	3-319-30522-0
Barcode:	9783319305226

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