This book explores living heritage through nomadic heritage in Inner Mongolia, China. Using a critical heritage approach, it examines how heritage is understood and enacted within changing communities and shifting lifestyles, revealing the dynamic nature of nomadic cultural heritage.
The book critically re-examines nomadic heritage, capturing socio-cultural transformations and engaging in an ontological inquiry into living heritage. By bridging theory and practice, as well as tangible and intangible heritage, it redefines heritages intrinsic logic in a changing world. Focusing on the ger, a dwelling central to Mongolian nomadic life, it analyses the continuity and transformation of ger practices. Using ethnographic research, it highlights the human-material-environment dynamic and the agency of multiple stakeholders in shaping heritage.
This work is a key contribution to living heritage and nomadic heritage studies, offering valuable insights for scholars, professionals, and those interested in nomadic culture.
This book explores living heritage through nomadic heritage in Inner Mongolia, China. Using a critical heritage approach, it examines how heritage is understood and enacted within changing communities and shifting lifestyles, revealing the dynamic nature of nomadic cultural heritage.
Introduction;
1. Living Heritage Debates;
2. Contexts of Post-Nomadism
and Ger Study;
3. Heritagisation of Ger: The Senses of New and Old;
4. Shifts
through Contextual Flows;
5. Ger Industry: Inheritance and Marketising the
Past;
6. The Last-Surviving Nomadic Site: Maintaining Cultural Landscape;
7.
Heritage in Post-Nomadism;
8. Changing Communities and The Integrated Living
Heritage Approach; Conclusion
Xuanlin Liu is a researcher at Fudan University, China, specializing in nomadic heritage and the dynamics of heritage. She obtained her PhD in Heritage Studies from the University of York and holds an MPhil in Archaeological Heritage and Museums from the University of Cambridge, as well as an MSc in Sustainable Heritage from University College London. In addition to her academic endeavors, Xuanlin has contributed to numerous heritage and museum projects with organizations such as Heritage Malta, the Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, and various governmental initiatives in China. In 2018, she worked at the Cultural Unit of UNESCO Bangkok, where she was responsible for the Asia-Pacific Heritage Conservation Awards and the World Heritage Youth Camp. Xuanlin is also an active member of ICOMOS China and the Association of Critical Heritage Studies.
