The paper introduces seven essays from China,Europe,India,Japan,South Africa and South America included in issue No.3 of Built Heritage.It focuses on the necessity of a critical review of Western principles and method...The paper introduces seven essays from China,Europe,India,Japan,South Africa and South America included in issue No.3 of Built Heritage.It focuses on the necessity of a critical review of Western principles and methods of heritage conservation and suggests an approach open to different cultural models and practices.Concepts of history,memory,authenticity are analysed and some new issues originated by massive migrations and urbanisation processes examined.Heritage conservation is seen as an opportunity for developing post-Western/non-Western theoretical models,methodologies and practices.展开更多
The construction of the concept of Latin America has been through different processes regarding its structure and acceptance,from the colonial period to the automatic realignment to the United States,with rare excepti...The construction of the concept of Latin America has been through different processes regarding its structure and acceptance,from the colonial period to the automatic realignment to the United States,with rare exceptions,and a reorganization with the emergence of multilateralism and the multipolar world.The abstraction,hitherto almost an axiom in the subcontinent,that it is a western region,leads us to the elaboration of this article,which seeks to present Latin America's post-western and de-westernized character in an environment of restructuration of its political economy,its actors,scenarios and,finally,theories.Thus,we present here a review of the state of the art political economy of Latin America and its perspectives in this shifting world,especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.展开更多
文摘The paper introduces seven essays from China,Europe,India,Japan,South Africa and South America included in issue No.3 of Built Heritage.It focuses on the necessity of a critical review of Western principles and methods of heritage conservation and suggests an approach open to different cultural models and practices.Concepts of history,memory,authenticity are analysed and some new issues originated by massive migrations and urbanisation processes examined.Heritage conservation is seen as an opportunity for developing post-Western/non-Western theoretical models,methodologies and practices.
文摘The construction of the concept of Latin America has been through different processes regarding its structure and acceptance,from the colonial period to the automatic realignment to the United States,with rare exceptions,and a reorganization with the emergence of multilateralism and the multipolar world.The abstraction,hitherto almost an axiom in the subcontinent,that it is a western region,leads us to the elaboration of this article,which seeks to present Latin America's post-western and de-westernized character in an environment of restructuration of its political economy,its actors,scenarios and,finally,theories.Thus,we present here a review of the state of the art political economy of Latin America and its perspectives in this shifting world,especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
