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This volume analyzes forms of collective resilience through manifestations of strength-in-fragility in selected communities in Asia (Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand). Persistent resistance to communal erasure taking place through repressive policies and commercialized, multinational urban development insensitive to local communities and values often presents an uphill battle. Some of these collective efforts to survive through everyday actions, encounters, and constant struggles have successful outcomes, while others are ephemeral at best. The authors argue that persisting vernacular spaces located between resistance and co-optation are themselves a form of local cultural heritage in the rapidly urbanizing region. Recognizing these nonconformist forms of resilience as heritage acknowledges the creativity involved in challenging social and political inequalities. Supporting the cultural autonomy of local communities by acknowledging resilience as heritage contributes to social justice in the region.

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Author:   Michael Herzfeld ,  Rita Padawangi
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:  

9789463728560

ISBN 10:   9463728562
Pages:   218
Publication Date:   28 October 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Vernacular Heritage, Vernacular Resilience: Introducing Asian Experiences and Perspectives - Michael Herzfeld and Rita Padawangi Chapter 2: When Resilience Becomes Tangible: The Social and Political Challenges to Local Self-Expression in Thailand and Elsewhere - Michael Herzfeld Chapter 3: Social Resilience of the Vernacular Cosmopolitan Heritage of Melaka - Kim Nørgaard Helmersen Chapter 4: “Like the Story of the Camel and His Master!”: A Melakan Village between Vernacular Heritage and Urban Transformation - Pierpaolo De Giosa Chapter 5: Heritage and a Community of Belonging in Singapore - Steve Ferzacca Chapter 6: The Liberation of Individual Cultural Vernacularity: Emancipating Citizens’ Subjectivity through Art - Motohiro Koizumi Chapter 7: Making it Back Home: Displacement and Strategies of Resilience through Art - Tessa Maria Guazon Chapter 8: Muddied Memories as Vernacular Heritage of an Unnatural Disaster - Anton Novenanto and I Wayan Suyadnya Chapter 9: Threatened Flood-Prone Alleyway Neighbourhoods of Ho Chi Minh City: What “Tactics” for Vernacular Heritage? - Marie Gibert-Flutre

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Michael Herzfeld holds Emeritus positions at Harvard and Leiden Universities. His twelve books include Siege of the Spirits: Community and Polity in Bangkok (2016) and Subversive Archaism: Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage (2021). His current research addresses heritage politics, crypto-colonialism, and artisans’ practices of competition and cooperation. Rita Padawangi is Associate Professor (Sociology) at Singapore University of Social Sciences. Her research is on social movements, community engagement, and environmental justice. Rita coordinates the Southeast Asia Neighbourhoods Network (SEANNET), a collaborative urban research and education initiative. She recently published Urban Development in Southeast Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

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