Stones standing : archaeology, colonialism, and ecotourism in northern Laos / Anna Källén.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Källén, Anna, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage ; v. 11.

Publications of the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Critical perspectives on cultural heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Megalithic monuments--Laos--Houaphan (Province).

Megalithic monuments.

Antiquities, Prehistoric--Laos--Houaphan (Province).

Antiquities, Prehistoric.

Excavations (Archaeology)--Laos--Houaphan (Province).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Ecotourism--Laos--Houaphan (Province).

Ecotourism.

Cultural property--Protection--Laos--Houaphan (Province).

Cultural property.

Archaeology and history--Laos--Houaphan (Province).

Archaeology and history.

Cultural property--Protection.

Houaphan (Laos : Province)--Colonization--History.

Houaphan (Laos : Province).

Hinthāng ʻUtthayān Bōrānnakhadī (Laos).

Laos--Houaphan (Province).

Physical Description:

245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, Inc., [2015]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Saykham

Standing stones, stones standing

"Nous n'avions plus qu'à faire des recherches méthodiques"

An early morning in July 1968

A one-day tour around the world

Time travellers

Mlle. Colani, Dr. Jones, and me

Hat Ang : spirit and tale

Hintang travel ironies

Hintang (imperfect).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-231) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

1629580988

9781629580982

OCLC:

904755596

Publisher Number:

99964655899