E-raamat: Authenticity in Architectural Heritage Conservation: Discourses, Opinions, Experiences in Europe, South and East Asia

The book contributes to a recontextualizationof authenticity by investigating how this value is created, reenacted, andassigned. Over the course of the last century, authenticity figured as themajor parameter for the evaluation of cultural heritage. It was adopted inlocal and international charters and guidelines on architectural conservationin Europe, South and East Asia. Throughout this period, the concept of authenticity was constantlyredefined andtransformed to suit new cultural contexts and local concerns. This volumepresents colonial and postcolonial discourses, opinions, and experiences in thefield of architectural heritage conservation and the use of site-specificpractices based on representative case studies presented by art historians,architects, anthropologists, and conservationists from Germany, Nepal, India,China, and Japan. With more than 180 illustrations and a collection ofterminologies in German, English, Sanskrit, Hindi, Nevari and Nepali, classical

Chinese and standard Mandarin, and Japanese, these cross-culturalinvestigations document the processual re-configuration of the notion ofauthenticity. They also show that approaches to authenticity can be specifiedwith key analytical categories from transcultural studies: appropriation,transformation, and, in some cases, refusal.

Introduction.- ArchitecturalHeritage Conservation in South and East Asia and Europe. Contemporary Practices.-TheImpulse to Remember: Thoughts on the Conservation of World War II Ruins inGermany.- Part I: Case Studies from South Asia.- The Idea of Place in the Practice of Restoration andReplication in India.- Humayun"s Tomb: Conservation andRestoration.- Sompura:Traditional Master Builders of Western India.- ContestedEvaluations: Authenticity and the "Living Traditions" of Master Builders andStone Masons in India.- Material Authenticity and Conservation Traditions inNepal.- Part II: Case Studies from East Asia.- Authenticity and Heritage Conservation in China: Translation, Interpretation,Practices.- Restoration andConservation of the Yisu Society Theater in Xi"an.- Aspectsof Architectural Authenticity in Chinese Heritage Theme Parks.- "Repair byDisassembly" (Jap. kaitai shuri) in Japan.- Authenticity in Japan.- Part III: Interviews.- Changes in Basic Attitudes to Monu

mentPreservation in Germany: A Conversation with Architectural ConservationistGottfried Kiesow.- EssentialArchitectural Values: A Conversation with the Architect Raj Rewal.- TheConservation of Humayun"s Tomb in Delhi: A Debate On-Site.- Conclusion.