Stones standing
Subtitle: archaeology, colonialism, and ecotourism in northern Laos
By: Anna Källén
Series: Critical cultural heritage series -- volume 11
Publisher: Left Coast Press, Inc.; Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Walnut Creek, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781629580982; 9781629581002; 9781629581019
Subjects: Megalithic monuments; Prehistoric Antiquities; Excavations (Archaeology); Ecotourism
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231) and index.
Table of contents: title: Saykham; title: Standing stones, stones standing; title: Nous n'avions plus qu'à faire des recherches méthodiques; title: An early morning in July 1968; title: A one day tour around the world; title: Time travellers; title: Dr. Jones, Mlle. Colani, and I; title: Hat Ang : spirit and tale; title: Hintang travel ironies; title: Hintang [imperfect].