Cultural heritage and social movements in the Pacific

2013 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-267
Author(s):  
John McKinnon
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The Pacific

Made in Oceania: social movements, cultural heritage and the state in the Pacific

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-95
Author(s):  
Maggie Cummings
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The State ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Made In

Landscapes of Memories: A Study of Representation for Translocal Chinese Cultural Heritage in Kaiping, Guangdong, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-37
Author(s):  
Bo-wei Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Overseas Chinese ◽  
Collective Memories ◽  
Local Society ◽  
Migration History ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The 1960S

Abstract Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, many young people emigrated from Guangdong to the American West in search of a better living, mainly through building the Pacific Railroad and panning for gold in California. Some of these overseas Chinese who eventually accumulated wealth sent remittances back to their hometowns to provide their families with a better life, or they built mansions for their own retirement. They also used their wealth to renovate ancestral halls, establish schools, get involved in local politics and issues of local public security, public hygiene, etc. The overseas Chinese were one of the important new rising social strata in modern China before the 1960s. This paper will focus on translocal Chinese cultural heritage in Guangdong and try to discuss how people memorize, narrate, preserve, and represent their migration history in these hometowns. Meanwhile, the meaning of the tangible cultural heritage as a landscape of memories in local society in China will also be discussed. Firstly, I think that there are three types of overseas Chinese memories: the memory of suffering, the memory of making fortunes, and the memory of a philanthropic image; secondly, I will deal with the narrative and representation of the collective memories since the 1990s and check how the collective memory became the cultural heritage beneath the state’s discourse; and finally, I will analyze how the overseas Chinese cultural heritage became resources for cultural tourism and local economic development, and show a process of commercialization of those landscapes.

Resources for the conservation of Southeast Asian art

1993 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Susan G. Swartzburg
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
National Archives ◽  
Political Unrest ◽  
Effects Of War ◽  
And Training ◽  
Regional Conservation

There is a desperate and urgent need to conserve works of art and documentary materials in Southeast Asia, where the rigours of the climate and the effects of war and political unrest have ravaged the cultural heritage. An initiative launched by Cornell University in Cambodia, with the intention of preserving documentary materials and training Cambodian librarians in conservation techniques, may result in the development of a badly-needed regional centre which would complement the National Archives of the Philippines, and the Regional Conservation Centres established by IFLA on the Pacific rim, in Australia and Japan. Information and expertise are available from UNESCO, ICOMOS, ICCROM, ICOM, the Getty Conservation Institute, IIC, IADA, IPC, IFLA, ICA, and other international and US organisations.

The Demise of Community and Ecology in the Pacific Northwest: Historical Roots of the Ancient Forest Conflict

1996 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clayton W. Dumont
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Ancient Forest ◽  
The Future ◽  
Political Economic

The Pacific Northwest has become the site of a bitterly fought struggle over the future of the remaining 10% of the region's ancient, or “old growth,” forests. The remaining stands of these forests are important components of the local economy and of the region's ecology. The article begins with a brief description of the economic and ecological crises which are now coming to fruition as a result of the loss of 90% of these forests. It then provides a description of the cultural heritage and sense of community which is being lost in the small, timber-dependent communities of the region—a social crisis resulting from the economic and ecological crises. In conclusion, the article argues that all of these crises should be understood as resulting from the political, economic, and historical circumstances which facilitated the emergence of the largest and wealthiest timber ownership.

scholarly journals Hearstův hrad. Kalifornský sen v záři evropské umělecké tradice

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37
Author(s):  
Markéta Jarošová
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Pacific Coast ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Living History ◽  
Architectural Form ◽  
Central California ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
History Approach ◽  
Mediterranean Architecture ◽  
Public Museums

Hearst Castle is one of the world‘s most famous public museums. Its architect Julia Morgan built the magnificent building near San Simeon on the Pacific Coast in Central California for William Randolph Hearst between 1919–1947. Its architectural form is mostly based on the examples of the Mediterranean architecture of Spain and southern Italy. The private residence where Hearst had hosted the famous Hollywood Society became a public cultural heritage in 1957. Since then, visitors have been allowed to admire Casa Grande and other suites, furnished with an unusually rich collection of European works of art, mostly of Medieval and Renaissance origins. The interiors are preserved in the original state in order for the visitors to enjoy the atmosphere of the 1930s. The installation of the artworks is one of the prime examples of the living history approach in a museum.

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