Hi Shimray,

I think you can read:

MINTZ, Sidney; PRICE, Richar. The Birth of African-American Culture: An Anthropological Perspective.

And

THORTHON, John. African and Africans in the making of the Atlantic World, 1400-1800.

Best regards,

Rafael

Dear researcher

Our book.. though on Malay architecture contains the various theoretical framework on Regionalism.vernacular design and syncretics

"The Resilience of Tradition -Malay allusions in contemporary architecture's

"Modernity,Nation and Urban Architectural form"

Tq

Hi Rafael & Shireen,

Thank you so much.

Shimray

Hi Michael Uebel,

Thank you so much.

Shimray

Hi Shimray,

If you can read French I really recommend you:

Khaznadar, Chérif (éds). Le patrimoine, oui, mais quel patrimoine? Arles: Actes Sud, 2012.

This book (resulting from a colloquium) is written by multiple authors who critic and review the process of heritage making which some scholars would call "patrimonialisation" in French. Some juridic issues are discussed.

Best all round theories and conceptualizations of tradition I find in socio linguistic and ethnolinguistics writings rather than architecture.

If you're interested in the Japanese context, here are some excellent starting points:

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Agency for Cultural Affairs (2009), Protection System for Intangible Cultural Heritage in Japan. Tokyo: Asia/Pacific Cultural Center for UNESCO (ACCU).

Akagawa, Natsuko. 2016. “Intangible Heritage and Embodiment: Japan’s Influence on Global Heritage Discourse.” In Logan W., M. Nic Craith, and U. Kockel (eds.), A Companion to Heritage Studies. West Sussex: Wiley Blackwell.

Harada, Hiroshi (1982), “Japanese Traditional Crafts and the Government Administration for their Protection”. In J. Fontein (ed.), Living National Treasures of Japan, Tokyo: Committee of the Exhibition of Living National Treasures of Japan.

Pontsioen, Robert (2012), Tradition in the Making: The Life and Work of Tokyo Craftsmen. PhD dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of Aberdeen.

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My own dissertation is available on this site.

I hope this helps.

thanks Robert.. it all seem very interesting

Thank you and appreciate for the question and feedbacks, been thinking of the same question since the month of May, finally there's some light...many thanks!