Code: WH_OH_019_AUD_S2(C3)
Role of public and private sector to support heritage and conservation efforts, and more
Summary:Continuing the discussion on how NGOs and private sector organisations approach heritage studies and on-site projects, Nalini reiterates the importance of having a foundational understanding of heritage and conservation practices, no matter the approach. The discussion then tilts towards the role and impact of organisations like the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), and how they choose to manage monumental heritage in the country. At this point, Nalini talks about the corrupt practices that are ongoing in the conservation projects and further talks about the responsibility to support and grow these projects, which lies with both public and private sector organisations and groups. She also notes how there is a need for stringent laws concerning this field, and the parallels that exist and should be catered to between conservation/heritage work and engineering and town planning studies. She mentions the ways in which she is trying to inculcate these changes in the system, noting the administrative flaws in functioning and the way she has adapted to challenge them. She also remarks how education within all these fields has mainly turned into commercial negotiations on numbers, and that the same is the state of architectural education in India. She shares her opinions and observations on the role and work of bodies like UNESCO at the national and global level, and the drawbacks in their approach. Concluding the session, she briefly mentions her efforts towards working on a conservation policy for India, and how it developed in York.
Nalini Thakur
Nalini Thakur
Ishita Shah
00.28.24
Online
15/04/2022
English
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