Taking mainly Japanese and other Asian case studies as examples,
Ogino examines the motivations behind the preservation of objects
and sites considered to be of cultural significance. Using mainly
the perspectives of Japanese approaches to cultural heritage, the
book critiques the European logic of cultural heritage enshrined by
UNESCO. It contrasts a Western emphasis on monuments and sites,
with an Asian emphasis on more intangible forms of heritage, which
place less emphasis on a linear view of time. More practically, the
authors also analyse the positive and negative impacts that
UNESCO-listed status has had on sites in Asia, including Angkor
Wat, Nagasaki, and Lijiang. Finally, they address fundamental
questions about who gets to decide what counts as cultural
heritage, and what the underlying rationale is for actively
preserving heritage in the first place. This books is a thoughtful
and provocative analysis of issues that will be of interest to
sociologists, as well as scholars and students of cultural
heritage.
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