Conveners: Mr. Divay Gupta, Ms. Deepti Sharma, Ms. Nimmy Nimrata

TOPIC

The People’s List & Beyond: A Participatory Approach to Heritage Conservation in Asia-Pacific Region

The convention has been hugely impacted due to the incomprehensive nature of the World Heritage list, thereby also barring creation of holistic framework policies. This creates a dire need to relook at the listing process and identify the lacunae in order to create a lens of equity for all sites of significance, which otherwise stay neglected. This webinar is an initiative to start such discussion and bring forth experts from the Eastern part of the world to share experiences in creating a balance between the identified and the un-identified heritage sites. The webinar is focused on discussing the roles and incentives for the civil society in identification, protection and management of heritage through a dynamic listing process (WH List+ Tentative List+ the Inventory). This is a 2-hour webinar divided into 3 sub-themes:

Listing as a Protection Tool: The talk will explore INTACH’s integrated approach to list the built, natural and intangible heritage of India and how INTACH is using listing as a tool for protection of heritage.

Diverse Conservation Approaches: Based on traditional practices, variations can be seen in conservation approaches adopted in different parts of the globe. The concept of Authenticity also varies. Therefore, the discussion will be focused on exploring these variations, in the case of Nepal.

Looking Within & Beyond the List: Within the nomination process, there is a comparative analysis process in which several national or regional sites are identified to present the statement of significance. Such sites can form a ready list and the possibilities will be explored in this talk.

The above talks will be followed by panel discussion amongst the panelists and the participants.

PROGRAM

Welcome Note by Michael Turner

Introduction by K.T. Ravindran

MODERATOR: Divay Gupta

PANELISTS

Mrs Vijaya Amujure, INTACH (India) – conservation architect
Topic: Listing as a Protection Tool (incl. Danger list)

Neel Kamal Chapagain (Nepal) – Associate Professor and the Director of Centre for Heritage Management at Ahmedabad University in India.
Topic: Diverse Conservation Approaches

Sharif Shams Imon (Bangladesh/Macao)
Topic: Looking Within and Beyond the List

Hyeseung Shim (Korea) – Digital Heritage Lab and is a PhD candidate in KAIST.