Heritage Sites as the Negotiation between Tradition and Modernity Case Studies of Chinese Diasporic Heritage Sites in Thailand

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Thanya Lunchaprasith

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This paper studies how the existence of cultural heritage sites can be read as outcomes of the negotiation between the past and the present. When cultural heritage sites travel through time, many of them are changed or modified in line to the need of the current society. To establish their existence in the current society, traditional functions and values are made to compromise with the modern society. To illustrate this point, Chinese diasporic heritage sites is used as case studies. Based on the findings, the past-present negotiation results in the classification of the Chinese diasporic heritage sites into working heritage sites, documentary heritage sites, representative historical sites, and heritage sites under adaptive re-use. Also, it is possible to witness the process of the localization of diasporic culture, which occurs as the result of the cultural exchange between the Chinese and the Thai. Modifications of historic sites, both in terms of physical characteristics and functions, do not always signify the deterioration of tradition but rather a concomitant phenomenon of culture. It can be concluded that heritage sites can establish its existence not only due to its original and modified activities, but also the representative of the site. Heritage sites are witnesses of the past legacy that have been passed down to the present and the future generation.

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