‘Drawing in’ other worlds: Addressing fragile heritage landscapes through cosmopolitical maps

Q1 Arts and Humanities

Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage Pub Date : 2021-04-03 DOI:10.1080/20518196.2021.1894765

Zahra Hussain

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ABSTRACT This paper builds on the argument that large-scale infrastructural development in remote communities poses a threat to their local heritage landscape. This is done not only through physical intervention in landscapes (through bridges, roads, pipelines or ports) but also through imaginaries projected about development that tends to re-label local landscapes as hotspots for development. This paper explores drawing as a medium to explore fragile-heritage landscapes through the stories, folklores and experiences of local communities within their landscape. It proposes a mapping strategy that attempts to grasp the diminishing heritage landscapes of Gwadar, a coastal town in Pakistan which is being re-claimed as the hub of prosperity (port) connecting two infrastructural mammoths: the BRI land routes and maritime silk roads. Together with the community, their stories and memories, we ‘draw-in’ tangible, immaterial, invisible, human, spiritual and more-than-human entities, and their worlds that are at risk of erasure in the current wave of infrastructural development.

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“绘制”其他世界:通过世界政治地图处理脆弱的遗产景观

摘要本文基于这样一种观点，即偏远社区的大规模基础设施开发对当地的遗产景观构成了威胁。这不仅通过对景观的实际干预(通过桥梁、道路、管道或港口)来实现，而且还通过对发展的想象来实现，这种想象往往会将当地景观重新标记为发展热点。本文探讨了绘画作为一种媒介，通过当地社区在其景观中的故事、民间传说和经历来探索脆弱遗产景观。它提出了一个地图战略，试图抓住瓜达尔日益减少的遗产景观，瓜达尔是巴基斯坦的一个沿海城镇，正被重新宣称为连接两条基础设施的繁荣中心(港口):“一带一路”陆路和海上丝绸之路。与社区、他们的故事和记忆一起，我们“吸引”有形的、非物质的、无形的、人类的、精神的和超越人类的实体，以及他们的世界，这些实体在当前的基础设施发展浪潮中面临着被抹去的风险。

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Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage Arts and Humanities-Archeology (arts and humanities)

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期刊介绍： Journal of Community Archaeology & Heritage is a new journal intended for participants, volunteers, practitioners, and academics involved in the many projects and practices broadly defined as ‘community archaeology’. This is intended to include the excavation, management, stewardship or presentation of archaeological and heritage resources that include major elements of community participation, collaboration, or outreach. The journal recognises the growing interest in voluntary activism in archaeological research and interpretation, and seeks to create a platform for discussion about the efficacy and importance of such work as well as a showcase for the dissemination of community archaeology projects (which might offer models of best practice for others). By inviting papers relating to theory and practice from across the world, the journal seeks to demonstrate both the diversity of community archaeology and its commonalities in process and associated theory. We seek contributions from members of the voluntary sector as well as those involved in archaeological practice and academia.