World heritage and urban politics in Melaka, Malaysia: a cityscape below the winds / Pierpaolo De Giosa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Giosa, Pierpaolo, author.

Series:

Asian heritages (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Asian Heritages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asia--Historiography.

Asia.

Historiography.

Physical Description:

306 pages : illustrations (black & white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This book presents a tale of heritage politics in the Malaysian historical city par excellence. Already celebrated as the first Malay sultanate and an important colonial trading port, Melaka has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 2008, on the strength of its multi-ethnic and multi-religious urban fabric. Yet, contrary to the expectations of heritage experts and aficionados, the global mission of safeguarding cultural heritage has become a tumultuous issue on the ground in Melaka. 'World Heritage and Urban Politics in Malaysia' analyses how the World Heritage 'label' is being used by different actors - such as international organizations, nation states, and society at large - to generate new economic revenues and to attract investment for large-scale real estate development projects. In doing so, it reveals the complex and often contradictory stories behind heritage designations in urban milieus.

Contents:

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1. A Cityscape below the Winds

World Heritage on the Ground

On Melaka

Fieldwork in and beyond Melaka

Outline of the Chapters

2. Heritage Affairs: Mouse-Deer, White Elephants, and Watchdogs

Antiquities: The Beginning

Museumification and Replication

Projects of a Developmentalist State

`Where There Is Sugar, There Are Ants'

Restructuring National Heritage

Society and Heritage Affairs

A Multilayered Heritage Haze

3. UNESCO and the City

Tentative Steps: World Heritage Ambitions

The Hybrid State of Nomination

The State Party of Inscription

The Negeri of Conservation

Learning in the World Heritage Arena

4. Melakan Row Houses from the Ground Up

Row Houses of Old Melaka: A Background

Forsaken Buildings: The Post-war Period

Revaluation: From RUMAHKedai to Rumah KEDAI

Housing Heritage: Some Approaches to Conservation

Modellers of Conservation

Mr. Chwee: A Lifelong Resident

Mr. Billy: A Returnee

Facadomy of Private World Heritage Properties

The Malleability of Conservation Rules

What Is the State of Conservation for the Row Houses?

5. Divide and Brand: Public Space, Politics, and Tourism

`To Visit Historic Melaka Means to Visit Malaysia'

Branding Streets in the Consociational Way

From Jonker Street to Jonker Walk

A Walk for Cari Makan

`We Do Not Need a "Harmony Street" - We Are the City of Harmony!'

A Political Tsunami in Jonker Street

Politicized Heritage

6. A Melakan Ancestral Village beyond World Heritage

The Chetti Community: A Background

The Properties of the Ancestors

The Making of a Kampung Warisan

`We Are Sitting on a Gold Mine!'

The Kampungscape and the High-rise

`See You on the Thirteenth Floor!'

What World Heritage Thresholds Do

7. Epilogue of a Blessing and a Curse

Ethnographies of World Heritage Cities

A Transnational Mis(s-)understanding

World Heritage Topographies of Exclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789463725026

9463725024

OCLC:

1240773241

Publisher Number:

99988334023