Book Chapter: ‘Site-Based Pedagogies: Connecting Heritage Education and Critical Heritage Practice’
Jayashree Bardhan’s (Program Lead – Assessment and Training at Center for Heritage Conservation) chapter on ‘Site-Based Pedagogies: Connecting Heritage Education and Critical Heritage Practice’ has been published in the book ‘The Routledge Handbook on Urban Cultural Planning’. The book has been curated and edited by Rana Amirtahmasebi (founder of Eparque Urban Strategies and formerly at the World Bank) and Jason Schupbach (Dean of the Westphal College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University and former Director of Design and Creative Placemaking for the National Endowment for the Arts).
The book features 40 original contributions from thinkers and practitioners from across the world. Jayashree’s chapter is within the section ‘How the Past Informs Our Future: Heritage Planning’. In her chapter, Jayashree presents her experiences of two pedagogical models of heritage education in the domain of urban cultural planning, utilised in the Master’s Program in Conservation and Regeneration at CEPT University and the educational initiatives of the Center for Heritage Conservation, CEPT Research and Development Foundation (CHC, CRDF) in India.
Through analyzing the inter-relationship between both models, the chapter investigates the potential of the pedagogic model of CHC’s ‘Conservation Site School’ to act as a link between critical heritage education and practice. The reflections presented in this chapter are based on Jayashree’s personal experiences of teaching the ‘Urban Regeneration’ studio from 2021 to 2023, with a specific focus on the studio of Monsoon 2021, and of leading the initiatives for training and capacity building at CHC. The chapter utilises insights from content development, conducting the programs, students’ work, and site experiences.
Chapter on Taylor & Francis website for e-book.