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Archaeological places: Negotiations between local communities, archaeologists and the state in India:
Jaya Menon,Supriya Varma +1 more
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In South Asia, local communities most often live near or amidst archaeological places as discussed by the authors, and their lives are in many ways framed and structured by these places. At the same time, these places too are imp...Abstract:
In South Asia, local communities most often live near or amidst archaeological places. Their lives are in many ways framed and structured by these places. At the same time, these places too are imp...read more
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Toilets first, temples second: adopting heritage in neoliberal India
TL;DR: In 2014, India's BJP government headed by Hindutva icon Narendra Modi came to power with a campaign slogan: ‘Toilets first, temples second.’ Drawing on Gandhi's philosophy and legacy some 150 years...
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A tale of two cities: The fate of Delhi as UNESCO World Heritage
TL;DR: The authors examines the trajectory and fate of Delhi's Imperial Capital Cities nomination, submitted to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2015 for inscription on the World Heritage List.
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6Chai and Conversation: Crafting Field Identities and Archaeological Practice in South Asia
Teresa P. Raczek,Namita Sugandhi +1 more
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Overtourism in Indian cities: a case study of Nainital
TL;DR: In this paper, a strategy based on a theoretical overtourism matrix is proposed for sustainable tourism development in Nainital city in India, which can be applied at the policy level in small and mid-sized cities that are on hills or near the waterbody-side and experience mostly day and budget travellers.
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The Affectual-Social Ecology of Cultural Artefacts: Illegal Markets and Religious Vandalism in Swat Valley, Pakistan
TL;DR: In this paper , an ethnographic approach to the complex synergy of the value registers of religion and economy and their role in the illegal antiquities market is presented. But the authors focus on the rich social and affectual geography of heritage sites in Swat Valley, Pakistan and focus on how these conflicting value registers shape the structures of feelings that shape and inform the preservation and destruction of heritage.
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What is community archaeology
TL;DR: Community archaeology as mentioned in this paper is a relatively new development in the wider discipline of archaeology, whose most important distinguishing characteristic is the relinquishing of at least partial control of a project to the local community.
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Transforming archaeology through practice: Strategies for collaborative archaeology and the Community Archaeology Project at Quseir, Egypt
Stephanie Moser,Darren Glazier,James E. Phillips,Lamya Nasser el Nemr,Mohammed Saleh Mousa,Rascha Nasr Aiesh,Susan Richardson,Andrew Conner,Michael Seymour +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a general methodology for facilitating effective community involvement in the study of the archaeological resource is proposed, including communication and collaboration, employment and training, public presentation, interviews and oral history, educational resources, a photographic and video archive, and community controlled merchandising.
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Introduction: New Perspectives in Global Public Archaeology
Akira Matsuda,K Okamura +1 more
TL;DR: Schadla-Hall et al. as discussed by the authors argued that the relationship between archaeology and the broader community should be the subject of debate and scrutiny in its own right, and pointed out the importance of the public archaeology community in the understanding of the past.