Authors :
Vasanta Sobha Turaga
Volume/Issue :
Volume 6 - 2021, Issue 10 - October
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Abstract :
Listing and Mapping of historic sites are the
very first steps in any heritage conservation process,
especially for policy-making and grading at city and arealevels of intervention. Listing and mapping of historic
Samsthan and Zamindari (aristocratic) Towns and
Villages located in the two Indian states of Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh has been taken up by the author as part
of Doctoral research work in Architecture Department of
Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University,
Hyderabad, India, for which digital technologies were
extensively used. This paper discusses the useful
application of digital technologies in heritage
conservation, the research methods adopted and
elaborating on the challenges faced and opportunities
provided by the digital, internet technologies in mapping
and interpretation of archival data. Digital, internet-based
technologies and social media networks are indeed the
new research and computational tools for completing
historical research in faster and more precise ways.
Keywords :
Heritage Conservation; Historic Settlements; Listing; Mapping; Zamindar; Samstans; Telangana; Andhra Pradesh; Pre-Independence India; Historical Studies; Colonial Period
Listing and Mapping of historic sites are the
very first steps in any heritage conservation process,
especially for policy-making and grading at city and arealevels of intervention. Listing and mapping of historic
Samsthan and Zamindari (aristocratic) Towns and
Villages located in the two Indian states of Telangana and
Andhra Pradesh has been taken up by the author as part
of Doctoral research work in Architecture Department of
Jawaharlal Nehru Architecture and Fine Arts University,
Hyderabad, India, for which digital technologies were
extensively used. This paper discusses the useful
application of digital technologies in heritage
conservation, the research methods adopted and
elaborating on the challenges faced and opportunities
provided by the digital, internet technologies in mapping
and interpretation of archival data. Digital, internet-based
technologies and social media networks are indeed the
new research and computational tools for completing
historical research in faster and more precise ways.
Keywords :
Heritage Conservation; Historic Settlements; Listing; Mapping; Zamindar; Samstans; Telangana; Andhra Pradesh; Pre-Independence India; Historical Studies; Colonial Period