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Conserving Fortified Heritage

The Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Fortifications and World Heritage, New Delhi, 2015

Edited By: Rima Hooja, Shikha Jain

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Bringing together papers from a heritage conference, this title examines solutions to the problems faced in site management and interpretation of fortifications. Areas covered include conservation and management challenges and interpretation and tourism challenges in forts.

This book is a compilation of papers presented at the first international conference on ‘Challenges Faced in Interpretation and Site Management in Fortifications and World…

This book is a compilation of papers presented at the first international conference on ‘Challenges Faced in Interpretation and Site Management in Fortifications and World Heritage’, organised jointly by ICOFORT India, the National Scientific Committee on Fortifications and Military Heritage of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) India, ICOFORT International Scientific Committee, the World Monuments Fund, the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, UNESCO, and the DRONAH Foundation held in February 2015. It brought together a team of international and national experts, architects and scholars who shared their experiences and opinions, and looked at possible solutions to the problems faced in site management and interpretation of fortifications.

Structured as per conference sessions, the book provides a preface based on the ICOFORT Charter, and is divided into three sections: namely, Classifying Fortified Heritage; Conservation and Management Challenges in Forts; and Interpretation and Tourism Challenges in Forts.

The book will appeal to both a national and international audience, composed primarily of heritage experts, architects, archivists, students of architecture, ICOMOS members, and scholars with a focus on fortifications and world heritage.

Shikha Jain graduated as an architect with a Masters in Preservation and Community Design and Doctorate in Architectural History, and has wide experience in cultural heritage, ranging from representations at UNESCO World Heritage Committee meetings to conservation planning and implementation of more than 40 conservation and museum projects across India. As Member Secretary to the Advisory Committee on World Heritage from 2012 to 2015 for the Indian Ministry of Culture, she steered the revisions for the Tentative List of India, and reviewed world heritage documents, nomination dossiers and state of conservation reports from various countries for India’s response as a World Heritage Committee member. She is currently the Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator for ICOFORT, and has headed several conservation projects funded by the Getty Foundation and the World Monuments Fund. Jain has contributed several papers and articles on the cultural heritage of India to national and international journals and conferences. Her publications include Havelis: A Living Tradition of Rajasthan (2004), Princely Terrain: Amber, Jaipur and Shekhawati (2004), Stone Crafts of Rajasthan (2010) and Haryana: Cultural Heritage (2012). She is Visiting Faculty for Urban Conservation in the Department of Urban Planning at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, and Adjunct Faculty at Centre for Heritage Management of Ahmedabad University, India.

An archaeologist, historian and writer, Dr Rima Hooja is currently Consultant Director at MSMS II Museum, Jaipur, and Managing Trustee of Jaipur Virasat Foundation. She is also Visiting Faculty at St Lawrence University, USA, and Editor of the Journal of Heritage Management, having formerly been a member of the National Monuments Authority Government of India. She received an MA in History from Rajasthan University, India, and a Post-graduate Certificate in Archaeology and a PhD in Archaeology from Cambridge University, UK. Hooja is also a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, and has been Associate Editor of the Indian Book Chronicle since 1987. Her publications include Ahar Culture and Beyond (1998), Environment Degradation (1992), A History of Rajasthan (2006), and Constructing Rajpootana-Rajasthan (2009).