2021 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
From 'creative destruction' to 'creative development' in the popular living heritage sites in Asia
| Project/Area Number |
21K17972
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
Choshen Sabine 京都大学, 東南アジア地域研究研究所, 連携研究員 (00896920)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | Living heritage sites / Traditional villages / Old Towns / Tourism development / Covid-19th impact / Heritage preservation / Creative destrucion |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
1. During 2021 academic year I have invested most of my research on collecting materials about heritage preservation and tourism development in the living heritage sites in various countries in Asia, mostly in Vietnam, China and Japan. I have also searched for the data on the impact of Covid-19th pandemic on the popular with tourists Old Towns in Vietnam and China, which suffered the most during 2020, and had domestic tourism revival during 2021.
2. I have presented my research findings at ICAS-12, the international conference on Asian studies, and my article titled "Heritage Commoditization in the Living Heritage Sites: A Case of 'Creative Destruction' in Lijiang’s Old Town in China" (submitted on February 13th, 2022) was accepted for publication in the journal of the conference proceedings, which will be published online by Leiden University at the end of May 2022.
3. During August 2021 - February 2022 I've organized Kyoto University's first virtual international interdisciplinary workshop on Living Heritage Sites, which brought together on 22.2.22 researchers from Asia, Europe and USA, to discuss, over the course of 9 hours, the challenges of heritage preservation and the conflicts between tourism and indigenous livelihoods in sites which had received heritage designation. The workshop was very productive for my own research in Hoi An's and Lijiang's Old Towns, and has expanded my academic network in the fields of tourism and heritage studies. This project is ongoing and a full recording of the conference will be posted on CSEAS website.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
I evaluate my research progress as slightly delayed because I have gathered the required information on the popular living heritage sites in Vietnam and China, however, due to the pandemic could not conduct fieldwork there in 2021.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
During 2022 I am planning to continue data collection from various living heritage sites in Japan, Vietnam and China, and hope to conduct fieldwork in Hoi An in Vietnam later in 2022, when Israeli citizens will be allowed to enter Vietnam. In the meantime, I would like to summarize the data from the first-year research and publish two more articles on my findings.
I am also planning to organize second international workshop on the living heritage sites.
Moreover, I need to continue acquiring videography skills in order to make short films during my fieldwork in various heritage sites.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Due to the pandemic's travel restrictions in 2021, I could not travel to Vietnam to conduct my fieldwork in Hoi An's Old Town. Therefore I would like to use this amount when this research trip will be available during 2022.
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Research Products
(2 results)
