Anthropology 4400E Chapter Notes - Chapter online reading : Microbiological Culture
28 Jan 2018
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Anthro 4400 jan 29 2018 notes on reading multiple. Nostalgias: the fabric of heritage in luang prabang (lao pdr) . This article explores the workings of nostalgia as a driving force in heritage-making. Based on eldwork done in luang prabang, laos. Nostalgia is important for anthropologists examining what things from the past are yearned for. Many people have looked at how experiences of tourist consumption involve nostalgia. Heritage recognition creates aesthetic forms, historical narratives, politics of transmission and more generally new social con gurations. Luan prabang is a unesco site and known for its 34 buddhist monasteries and orange-robed monks and colonial architecture. Preserving the town represents a romantic quest for tradition and sincerity with a certain fear of modernity and global forces. Its become a location for growing tourism. There are big differences between experts that author met in paris and bangkok of ces vs luang prabang.
