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SUMMARY:UNESCO Constructs in Context: Official Cultural Heritage in Southeast Asian States and Communities
LOCATION:Room 3.03
DESCRIPTION:The near-universal acceptance of UNESCO’s world heritage and in
 tangible heritage conventions have recontextualised state-sponsored preserv
 ations of the past. Antiquities, archaeological resources, and living tradi
 tions become “cultural heritage” whose preservation symbolises not only the
  commitment to sanctifying the national identity, but also the assertion of
  sovereignty through international pageantry that is expected to boost dome
 stic tourism. In their attempt to do so, states regularly come into conflic
 t with local communities whose grassroots aspirations and concerns are ofte
 n far removed from the nation building and cultural Disneyfication conseque
 nt from the implementation of these UNESCO constructs on the ground. How ha
 s this story, welltold elsewhere, played out in under-studied Southeast Asi
 a? \n\nThis panel invites scholars on either side of this dynamic. We welco
 me papers that, on the one hand, explore how Southeast Asian states absorb 
 and contextualise the heritage conventions into their respective laws and p
 olicies. What are the meanings instilled into cultural heritage as a domest
 ic legal construct in Southeast Asian states? What are the uses envisioned 
 from the preservation of official heritage and to what extent have they bee
 n achieved? On the other hand, we also seek to spotlight papers that delve 
 into the various ways through which Southeast Asian communities, defined  b
 roadly, respond to the state’s heritage ambitions or otherwise engage with 
 these UNESCO constructs. How are Southeast Asian artists, businesses, and, 
 more importantly, marginalised communities such as the indigenous peoples, 
 affected by  top-down heritage projects? What types of tension have emerged
  in the implementation of heritage laws and policies on the ground—and how 
 does the state navigate this fraught relationship with the people in the pr
 eservation of the(ir) past?
URL:https://euroseas2022.org/panels/unesco-constructs-in-context-official-cultural-heritage-in-southeast-asian-states-and-communities
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