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LAUSANNE SUMMER SCHOOL<br />

CACS <strong>EPFL</strong><br />

Compulsory reading<br />

Chua, Beng Huat. (2010). “Disrupting hegemonic liberalism in East Asia”, Boundary 2, vol. 37, n° 2, pp. 199 - 216.<br />

Chatterjee, P. (2007). “Democracy and the Violence of the State: A Political Negotiation of Death”.<br />

In Kuan-Hsing Chen and Chua Beng-Huat (eds), Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Reader, chapter 6, London:<br />

Routledge, pp. 163-177.<br />

Optional reading<br />

Wang, Hui. (2011). “The Politics of Imagining Asia”. In Wang Hui, The Politics of Imagining Asia, Chapter 1.<br />

Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, pp. 10-62.<br />

Fealy, G. and McGregor K. (2010). “Nahdlatul Ulama and the Killings of 1965-66: Religion, Politics, and<br />

Remembrance”, Indonesia, no. 89, pp. 37-60.<br />

Wednesday 17 July<br />

Heritage, Conservation and Civil Society<br />

09:00 >12:30 Cultural heritage discourses and contestations in China<br />

Florence Graezer Bideau<br />

What is at stake in the conservation of the past in Asia? Urban heritage will be<br />

considered to discuss different strategies in the conservation contests between<br />

state authorities and civil society. Focusing on case studies in China, Malaysia and<br />

Singapore, this session is designed to highlight the empowerment of social groups<br />

engaged in processes of tangible and intangible cultural heritage taking place in<br />

different historical and political contexts. By comparing the local practices and discourses<br />

of these mobilized communities, we will explore how and why civic actions<br />

challenge national heritage policies not only as a competition for space and identity,<br />

but also as a result of desire for the global.<br />

12.30 >14:00 Lunch<br />

14:00 >16:30 Heritage politics in Singapore, Penang and Hong Kong<br />

Daniel Goh<br />

16:30 >17:00 Discussion<br />

18:00 >19:30 Optional movie Flowers of Shanghai / Hai shang hua<br />

(movie by Hou Hsiao Hsien, Taiwan, 1998, 70 min.)<br />

Compulsory reading<br />

Nagata, J. (2010). “’Elasticity’ of Heritage from Conservation to Human Rights: A Saga of Development<br />

and Resistance in Penang, Malaysia”. In Langfield M. et al (eds), Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human<br />

Rights: Intersections in Theory and Practice, chapter 7, London: Routledge, pp. 101-116.<br />

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