Discourses and Practices between Traditions and World Heritage Making in Angkor after 1990

Miura, Keiko

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“…A second approach has been to link heritage recovery to global sustainable development goals (SDGs), in which principles of 'Building Back Better' integrate heritage projects in attempts to reconstruct 'inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable' cities (SDG 11). Such universalist principles require greater contextualisation, especially in settings of recurring violence (Khalaf, 2020), and may lead to the exploitative commodification of heritage sites (Miura, 2015) or 'cultural heritage predation' by political/sectarian actors (Kathem et al, 2022).…”

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Iraqi heritage restoration, grassroots interventions and post-conflict recovery: reflections from Mosul

Larkin,

Rudolf

2023

Journal of Social Archaeology

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The deliberate targeting and violent destruction of cultural heritage in Iraq’s ancient city of Mosul by the Islamic State (2014–17) has recently given way to the emergence of heritage initiatives aimed at restoring its urban character and reviving its cosmopolitan spirit. Such restoration projects invariably stir debates over timing, funding and local consultation, as well as their potential to contribute to post-war social cohesion and communal healing. This article argues that in post-conflict settings heritage restoration is always an ambivalent and contingent process, involving the selective use of emotive historic symbols to create new realities. Based on 50 in-depth interviews with a diverse section of Moslawi society and site observations from Mosul (2022–23), the article explores local perspectives and the ongoing dynamic negotiation of heritage restoration. Amidst conflicting communal perceptions of large-scale internationally funded reconstruction projects, the article highlights the potential for grassroots heritage initiatives to offer a new impetus towards communal rehabilitation. The paper focuses on three less examined but locally championed Moslawi heritage sites—the souqs, Qila’yat district and heritage homes. These civic spaces may offer greater opportunity for social recovery through economic development, cultural exchange and everyday co-existence.

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Iraqi heritage restoration, grassroots interventions and post-conflict recovery: reflections from Mosul

Larkin,

Rudolf

2023

Journal of Social Archaeology

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“… 11 Miura 2004, 2010, 2011a, 2011b, 2011c, 2011d, 2015, 2016a, 2016b, 2018; Luco 2006, 2013; Vanna 2006; Butland 2012. …”

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“… 85 Ang, Prenowitz, and Thompson (1996) 1998, 100, 192; Dagens (1989)1995, 96–99; Miura 2004, 122–27; 2010, 109; 2011b, 99; 2015, 255–56; 2018, 46; Falser 2015, 303; Gillespie 2009, 341–42; UNESCO 1993, 7, 192. …”

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A dilemma of World Heritage ideals and challenges in Southeast Asia

Miura

2022

Int J Cult Prop

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Fifty years after the ratification of the World Heritage Convention, we have come to learn that there is a huge discrepancy between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) ideals of protecting heritage sites with outstanding universal values and unmatched realities in situ. I attempt to elucidate what World Heritage ideals of heritage protection are held in iconic sites in Southeast Asia. The studied sites are ancient monumental heritage sites of national importance – namely, Borobudur of Indonesia, Sukhothai and Ayutthaya of Thailand, and Angkor of Cambodia. The authorities in these countries have converted heritage sites into parks for visitors and for capitalization, which has placed authenticity and integrity at stake as well as converting the sites for contestation between the authorities and local communities. In order to solve the dilemma of the World Heritage ideals and their unwanted realities, I explore possible effective approaches for UNESCO and its partners to take into consideration.

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World Heritage Regionalism: UNESCO from Europe to Asia

Meskell¹,

Liuzza²,

Brown³

2015

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Abstract:UNESCO World Heritage regions are historically constructed categories that do not easily map onto global geographies, yet they still continue to have important political and ethical implications in the international arena. Since their inception, regional categories have been at the heart of debates over global representation and equity in the World Heritage Committee. We include the recent controversy over uneven regional representation in elections to the Committee and the measures adopted to remedy this for the future. Specifically, the “Europe and North America” regional group has historically been the most dominant region and, as we demonstrate, continues to be so despite measures such as the Global Strategy. In the last decade, however, the “Asia and the Pacific” regional group has exhibited a growing presence in many aspects of World Heritage. We go on to examine overall trends from annual sessions of the World Heritage Committee from its start in 1977 to 2014 in terms of site inscription on the World Heritage List, membership on the Committee and size of national delegations in order to look in greater detail at the rising profile of Asia. This leads to a discussion of the different forms and understandings of regionalism, whether for Europe or Asia, and how some Asian delegations see their increased role and visibility in World Heritage.

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Discourses and Practices between Traditions and World Heritage Making in Angkor after 1990

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Iraqi heritage restoration, grassroots interventions and post-conflict recovery: reflections from Mosul

Iraqi heritage restoration, grassroots interventions and post-conflict recovery: reflections from Mosul

A dilemma of World Heritage ideals and challenges in Southeast Asia

World Heritage Regionalism: UNESCO from Europe to Asia

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