ABSTRACT
Heritage Conservation in Postcolonial India seeks to position the conservation profession within historical, theoretical, and methodological frames to demonstrate how the field has evolved in the postcolonial decades and follow its various trajectories in research, education, advocacy, and practice.
Split into four sections, this book covers important themes of institutional and programmatic developments in the field of conservation; critical and contemporary challenges facing the profession; emerging trends in practice that seek to address contemporary challenges; and sustainable solutions to conservation issues.
The cases featured within the book elucidate the evolution of the heritage conservation profession, clarifying the role of key players at the central, state, and local level, and considering intangible, minority, colonial, modern, and vernacular heritages among others.
This book also showcases unique strands of conservation practice in the postcolonial decades to demonstrate the range, scope, and multiple avenues of development in the last seven decades. An ideal read for those interested in architecture, planning, historic preservation, urban studies, and South Asian studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |22 pages
Introduction: Untangling heritage conservation in postcolonial India
part I|72 pages
Developments in heritage conservation: Institutions and programs
chapter 1|16 pages
The evolving role of India’s foremost heritage custodian
chapter 3|18 pages
Heritage management and conservation planning for historic cities in India
chapter 4|16 pages
Tools for heritage advocacy in Lucknow
part II|60 pages
Critical challenges in heritage conservation
chapter 6|13 pages
History, memory, and contestation
chapter 7|16 pages
Loss of cultural artefacts
chapter 9|16 pages
Heritage conservation and seismic mitigation in small-town India
part III|64 pages
Emerging trends in heritage conservation
chapter 10|14 pages
Making heritage accessible to all
chapter 11|16 pages
Reclaiming neighbourhood, rebonding community
part IV|82 pages
Sustainable approaches to heritage conservation