Envisioning AYUSH: Historic Opportunity for Innovation and Revitalization

Developing an Integrated Conservation and Revitalization Model to Provide Criteria and Indicators to Assess the Integration of Measures in Historic Urban Areas

Authenticity Evaluation in Revitalization of the Atique Square of Isfahan

Following development and qualitative and quantitative changes in communities, that have made substantial changes in historic environments, the authenticity concept has attracted attention in order to strike a balance between conservation and development approaches. The concept of authenticity as the transmitter of values and significance of cultural heritage, is regarded as a key criterion in ...

The Innovative Materiality of Revitalization Movements: Lessons from the Pueblo Revolt of 1680

Although Wallace’s revitalization movement model has been successfully utilized in scores of ethnographic and ethnohistorical studies of societies throughout the world, revitalization is considerably less well documented in archaeological contexts. An examination of the materiality of revitalization movements affords an opportunity to redress this lack by investigating how material culture crea...

Historic Preservation in Legacy Cities: Preservation and Revitalization in Camden, New Jersey

The post-industrial cities of America are rife with significant cultural heritage that contribute to the national historic narrative. Many of these cities have experienced issues associated with disinvestment and population loss stemming from changing globalizing economic forces beginning in the latter half of the 20th century, jeopardizing their urban cultural heritage as these cities face dec...

Need for paradigm shift in Research and Development approaches

The paragraph, “Raising any questions about evidence of efficacy, theory or practice may not be tolerated. Embracing modern methods, scientific investigation and innovations to explore and enhance ancient wisdom may be seen as an insult to its prestige and exalted status. Such an uncritical approach is not likely to lead to the desired revitalization of AYUSH in the long-term, nor to meaningful...