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SEAARC Symposium Abstract 21: “Heritage in Asian Cities Undergoing Rapid Transformation”

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Chang Jiat Hwee

by Keynote speaker Prof. William Logan, Deakin University In this paper Professor Logan comments on some of the theoretical, methodological and ethical challenges met during his 30 years of heritage work in Asia, mostly Southeast Asia, as researcher and teacher, … Continue reading →

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SEAARC Symposium Abstract 4: “Tagore as a Celebrity Tourist?: Urban Planning, Tourism, and Architecture in Colonial Saigon”

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Chang Jiat Hwee

by Assoc. Prof. H. Hazel Hahn, Seattle University In 1929 the Bengali poet and Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore visited Saigon for three days, where he was enthusiastically welcomed. I place this little-known visit onto intertwined developments in urban planning and tourism in … Continue reading →

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