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Author:   Adèle Esposito
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
Edition:   0
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.668kg
ISBN:  

9789462983687

ISBN 10:   9462983682
Pages:   340
Publication Date:   25 May 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of figures Abbreviations Glossary of Khmer terms Acknowledgements Author's Preface Introduction Ordinary diversity? A secondary tourist city in Southeast Asia Building the city after conflict Understanding the politics of heritage from the margins Designing a research trajectory The content and structure of the book Chapter 1 'Before you build a wall, think of what you are leaving outside it': The construction of core and marginal spaces in the Angkor region 1.1 The triad of heritage conservation 1.2 Angkor, an international icon 1.3 Shaping the legal and institutional heritage system for Angkor 1.4 Zoning a region shaped by Angkor's legacy 1.5 Expanding the heritage system: From the monument to the landscape 1.6 Contracting the heritage system: From the landscape to the archaeological park 1.7 Fragile and malleable Siem Reap Chapter 2 The arena of urban planning and the idea of the city 2.1 Everyone wants a slice of the pie 2.2 Planners as cultural brokers 2.3 Spatial layouts and ideas of the city 2.4 The buttresses of planning 2.5 Projects 2.6 The power of action and the power of ideas Chapter 3 The city as the playground of developers 3.1 Our potential field is tourism 3.2 Reconnecting the disenfranchised links of the economic chain 3.3 An irrational property market 3.4 Negotiating the land laws 3.5 Invisible investment 3.6 A dismal attempt at beautification 3.7 Material effects: Processes and impacts of urban development 3.8 Urban transformation by the local people 3.9 The trajectory of Siem Reap's urban transition Chapter 4 The architectural space: How contemporary design shapes urban identities and ideas of modernity 4.1 Angkor: From discovery to commodity 4.2 Emotional authenticity 4.3 Taming exoticism 4.4 Representing and planning the tourist space 4.5 All hotels want to be 'Grand' 4.6 The quest for the local 4.7 Spectacular heritage: The museums of Siem Reap 4.8 Thematizing urban heritage for consumption 4.9 Models and imitative trends: Towards a contemporary Cambodian architecture? Conclusion Heritage space and non-heritage space: A heuristic model The trajectories of the 'coloniality of power' The town, forgotten and yet central Notes Bibliography

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Esposito's book offers a meaningful entry to empirically grounded conceptual work on peripheral planning of heritage sites, particularly in Southeast Asia, and therefore makes a useful contribution to the scholarship of regional and area studies. - Achala Gupta, Asian Journal of Social Science Winter 2019

Esposito's book offers a meaningful entry to empirically grounded conceptual work on peripheral planning of heritage sites, particularly in Southeast Asia, and therefore makes a useful contribution to the scholarship of regional and area studies. - Achala Gupta, Asian Journal of Social Science Winter 2019

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Dr. Adèle Esposito was trained as an architect and urban planner. She is a researcher at the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (CNRS-IRASEC), Bangkok, Thailand. Her research deals with the uses of cultural heritage in the contemporary development of Southeast Asian cities.

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