World Heritage and National Registers - Stewardship in Perspective

Historic sites celebrate defining moments in history, memorialize important events and people, and contribute to the character of the locations where they are situated. Heritage designation, both globally and nationally, is an inherently contested issue. As detailed in this volume, concerns of politics and identity, criteria for designation, impacts on communities and sites, and challenges to management planning are central to any understanding of the process by which heritage sites are created, developed, and maintained.The idea for this volume originated at a symposium hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design. Contributors address such topics as the need to revamp criteria for designation, the effect historic site recognition has on local communities, the challenges encountered in maintaining a site, and issues linked to specific political climates or actions and group identity.The contributors constitute an international cast of leading scholars, employees, and policy-makers, all of whom have had extensive experience with World Heritage and National Register site stewardship. The work will be an invaluable reference for historians, architects, and those committed to the preservation of national monuments.Table of ContentPreface Celeste Lovette GuichardIntroduction Thomas GensheimerI. New Considerations for Historic Designation Criteria1. The Psychedelic Assisi in the Southern Pines: Pasaquan, Visionary-Art Environments, and the National Register of Historic Places Keith S. Hebert2. A Methodological Framework for Assessing the "Spirit and Feeling" of World Heritage Properties Jeremy C. Wells3. Remixing Heritage: How the Sacred Grove of a Nigerian River Deity Became a UNESCO World Heritage Site Peter ProbstII. Designation and Its Effect on Communities and Sites4. World Heritage and a National Register: The Canadian Experience Harold Kalman5. World Heritage Status in America: The View from Monticello Justin A. Sarafin6. "This House Is Historic?": Everyday Workings of National Register Designation in New Orleans's New Marigny Historic District Bethany Rogers7. The Buddhist Stupa at Bauddhanath: A World Heritage Site under Pressure Jharna Joshi8. The Case of Harry S. Truman Historic District, National Historic Landmark: Catalyst for Community Preservation or Community Confrontation? Jon E. TaylorIII. Challenges to Successful Management Plans9. Conserving World Heritage Cities Ronald Lewcock10. A Preliminary Report on the Recent Excavations in the Valley of the Kings Zahi Hawass11. Documentation and Policy Making: Preserving the Built Heritage or the Life Within? Luna Kirfan12. The Role of Architectural Treatises in Enriching Information on Built Heritage Vinay Mohan Das13. Heritage and Identity: Nesting Intuitive Stewardship within the Management Strategies for World Heritage Sites Jocelyn M. Widmer14. National Historic Landmarks, World Heritage Sites, and the American University Campus in the Twenty-First Century: The Challenge of Growth Paul Hardin KappIV. Politics, Identity, and Historic Site Registration15. The Case for Savannah as a World Heritage Site Beth Reiter16. The Terrace of the Foreign Gods, Serapieion C, and the Meaning of World Heritage at the Archaeological Site of Delos Patricia A. Butz17. Czech Heritage since 1945: Sequestration and Preservation under Communism Cathleen M. Giustino18. Balancing the Ideological Pendulum in National -Heritage: Cultural Politics in the Management of Japanese Colonial Heritage in Modern Korea Jong Hyun LimIndex