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Routledge Research on Museums and Heritage in Asia


About the Series

This new and thought-provoking series provides researchers, students, policymakers and practitioners with the latest thinking on museums and heritage across Asia and the Asian diaspora. The mission of this series is:

(1) To nurture and promote cutting-edge research that captures and critically examines the most recent developments in museum and heritage discourse and practice in Asian countries and the Asian diaspora, and that analyses existing practices in this area from new theoretical perspectives;

(2) To provide a platform for voices from Asia and from those working on Asian heritage and museum practice beyond the region. It will be suitable for an international audience and will promote dialogue amongst Asian and international scholars;

(3) To promote theoretically informed, interdisciplinary, and critical research on heritage in Asia. Books in the series will also take a transnational perspective, reaching beyond the framework of the nation-state to attend to border crossing, transnational migration and diaspora issues as they affect museum and heritage practice.

The series is interested in, but not limited to, issues of postcolonialism, decolonisation, mobility, cultural encounters, Asian global cities, and digital technology that underpins the rapid transformation of Asia today and shapes its future. The series will fill a gap in existing museum and heritage scholarship by focusing on voices and perspectives beyond the Western experience. With contributions from international experts, titles in the series will be relevant to those working across a wide range of disciplines, including museum and heritage studies, sociology and politics, anthropology, urban studies, Asian studies, tourism studies and migration studies.

If you would like to discuss a book idea for the series, then please contact the series editors – Cangbai Wang: [email protected]; Natsuko Akagawa: [email protected]; and Denis Byrne: [email protected].

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Museums, Collections and Social Repair in Vietnam

Museums, Collections and Social Repair in Vietnam

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Graeme Were
May 27, 2024

Museums, Collections and Social Repair in Vietnam analyses the relationship between museums, collections and social repair in contemporary Vietnam. Drawing on fieldwork in a range of museums in the country, alongside interviews with museum workers and stakeholders, and analyses of museum ...

The Heritage Corridor A Transnational Approach to the Heritage of Chinese Migration

The Heritage Corridor: A Transnational Approach to the Heritage of Chinese Migration

1st Edition

By Denis Byrne
May 31, 2023

The Heritage Corridor argues for a transnational approach to investigating and recording heritage places that emerge from histories of migration. Addressing the material legacy of migration, this book also relates it to issues of contemporary importance. Presenting an image of the built ...

Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage

Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage

1st Edition

Edited By Anke Hein, Christopher J. Foster
March 15, 2023

Understanding Authenticity in Chinese Cultural Heritage explores the construction of "authenticity" and its consequences in relation to Chinese cultural heritage—those objects, texts, and intangible practices concerned with China’s past. Including contributions from scholars around the world ...

Heritage and Religion in East Asia

Heritage and Religion in East Asia

1st Edition

Edited By Shu-Li Wang, Michael Rowlands, Yujie Zhu
August 01, 2022

Heritage and Religion in East Asia examines how religious heritage, in a mobile way, plays across national boundaries in East Asia and, in doing so, the book provides new theoretical insights into the articulation of heritage and religion. Drawing on primary, comparative research carried out in ...

Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas Migration Histories and the Cultural Heritage of the Homeland

Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas: Migration Histories and the Cultural Heritage of the Homeland

1st Edition

By Cangbai Wang
August 01, 2022

Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas is the first book to analyse the recent upsurge in museums on Chinese diasporas in China. Examining heritage-making beyond the nation state, the book provides a much-needed, critical examination of China’s engagement with its diasporic communities. ...

Sacred Heritage in Japan

Sacred Heritage in Japan

1st Edition

Edited By Aike P. Rots, Mark Teeuwen
April 15, 2020

Sacred Heritage in Japan is the first volume to explicitly address the topics of Japanese religion and heritage preservation in connection with each other. The book examines what happens when places of worship and ritual practices are rebranded as national culture. It also considers the impact of...

Chinese Heritage Sites and their Audiences The Power of the Past

Chinese Heritage Sites and their Audiences: The Power of the Past

1st Edition

By Rouran Zhang
March 31, 2020

Chinese Heritage Sites and their Audiences provides a Chinese perspective on tourists’ relationship to heritage. Contributing to ongoing debates within heritage and tourism studies, the book offers insights into how and why visitors engage with such sites. Drawing on interviews with domestic ...

A Representation of Nationhood in the Museum

A Representation of Nationhood in the Museum

1st Edition

By Sang-hoon Jang
January 28, 2020

A Representation of Nationhood in the Museum examines how the National Museum of Korea, as a national repository of material culture and the state’s premier exhibition facility, has shaped and been shaped by Korean nationalism. Exploring the processes by which the museum has discovered and ...

Heritage Politics in China The Power of the Past

Heritage Politics in China: The Power of the Past

1st Edition

By Yujie Zhu, Christina Maags
January 14, 2020

Heritage Politics in China: The Power of the Past studies the impact of heritage policies and discourses on the Chinese state and Chinese society. It sheds light on the way Chinese heritage policies have transformed the narratives and cultural practices of the past to serve the interests of the ...

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