Review of UNESCO in Southeast Asia: World Heritage Sites in Comparative Perspectives

<p>‘UNESCO in Southeast Asia: World Heritage Sites in Comparative Perspectives’ is a much-</p><p>welcomed edited volume, which offers a broad overview of the management of UNESCO World</p><p>Heritage Sites (WHS) in Southeast Asia. It presents a comparative approach to understanding the</p><p>implications of UNESCO’s designation of WHS in Southeast Asia by exploring not only the</p><p>transformations of the physical sites and their local communities, but also the wider local,</p><p>national, and global eco-systems in which the sites are embedded. Based on in-depth analysis of</p><p>a selection of WHS in seven Southeast Asian countries, the book offers a comparative approach</p><p>to understand the variegated aspects of heritage representation, contestation, and management,</p><p>bringing into questions issues of authenticity, nationalism, and identity, as well as heritage’s role</p><p>in economic, social and community development, in Southeast Asia’s context.</p>