Culture and heritage in development: Ha Long Ecomuseum, a case study from Vietnam

Abstract

Asia is currently witnessing the gradual
\ntransformation of heritage institutions
\nsuch as museums, historic places and World
\nHeritage Areas into postcolonial sites of cultural
\npreservation and representation. They
\nare increasingly becoming visitor-centred,
\nexploring their relevance to neighbouring
\ncommunity stakeholders and confronting
\nissues of sense of place and identity in an
\nincreasingly globalising environment.(2)