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The Newsletter 57 Summer 2011
Cultural Heritage
“Cultural heritage projects mediate what we behold, and what we are told, of the past,” states guest editor Imran bin Tajudeen. “They involve representations and narrations of, and interventions on, aspects of the histories of specifically-defined communities within contemporary frames of reference and signification.”
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4 - 6 Postcolonial global cities: The Indian experience |
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7 - 9 Designing colonial cities: the making of modern town planning in the Dutch East Indies and Indonesia (1905-1950) |
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10 - 11 Engaging China on Africa's agriculture |
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12 - 13 Nagtsang Boy’s Joys and Sorrows, or How China liberated the Tibetan grasslands |
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14 - 15 Gadulia Lohar: Nomads in India |
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16 Betel chewing in Laos |
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17 - 18 The politics of cultural heritage |
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19 European lessons for Asian heritage studies |
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20 - 21 Authenticity and hybridity: Scrutinising heritage |
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22 - 23 Architectural conservation of the mosque |
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24 - 25 From loot to trophy |
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26 - 27 The colonial bungalow in India |
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28 - 29 Framing and representation of cultural heritage |
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30 - 31 Constructing cultural heritage |
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32 Relics, replicas, and the generals in the 'fairyland' of Myanmar |
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35 Remaking area studies |
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36 Dangdut, the sound of Indonesia |
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37 Seesawing between poverty and ignorance, prejudice and self-righteousness |
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38 Mao Zedong and China |
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39 The problem with art history |
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41 Opinion: On academia and sea elephants |
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44 ICAS News |
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| 47.......... | IIAS Fellows / Colophons |
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48 The David Collection in Copenhagen |
