Stones Standing : Archaeology, Colonialism, and Ecotourism in Northern Laos
by
Anna K?ll?n
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1629580988
ISBN-13
9781629580982
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc
Imprint
Left Coast Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 15th, 2015
Print length
246 Pages
Weight
521 grams
Product Classification:
Archaeology by period / region
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This book is an inquiry into the relationships between archaeology, colonialism, and ecotourism at the famous standing stones of Hintang, Laos and what it shows about the power dynamics of heritage and ecotourism.
This book is an inquiry into the relationships between archaeology, colonialism and ecotourism at the famous standing stones of Hintang, Laos. It investigates the conditions under which archaeological knowledge has been produced, appropriated, contested, commodified, and consumed by colonialism from the 1930s until today and what it shows about the power dynamics of heritage and ecotourism. The volume
-explores how the discourses of colonialism and ecotourism affect tourists, archaeologists, heritage managers, and the local community;
-is written as a set of overlapping creative essays, each giving an overlapping perspective on Hintang;
-is a multidisciplinary research project based on ethnographic fieldwork, archival research, interviews with community members, biography, material culture studies, and text analysis.
-explores how the discourses of colonialism and ecotourism affect tourists, archaeologists, heritage managers, and the local community;
-is written as a set of overlapping creative essays, each giving an overlapping perspective on Hintang;
-is a multidisciplinary research project based on ethnographic fieldwork, archival research, interviews with community members, biography, material culture studies, and text analysis.
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