ISSN:
0268-540X
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Anthropology today : AT
Publ. der Quelle:
Oxford : Wiley
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 33, No. 4 (2017), p. 18-22
DDC:
390
Abstract:
Since the rise of the Islamic State in the Middle East, anthropological research has focused on the many deliberate destructions of cultural heritage in the region. Whilst such analyses can offer important insights into the multidimensionality of contemporary warfare and the important role of culture in perpetuating physical violence, heritage ethnographers should also spotlight the post‐conflict futures of Syria and Iraq's war‐torn heritage. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research on (world) heritage politics in the Russian Federation, this article highlights the strategic manipulation of Palmyra by the Russian Federation and investigates how conservation and reconstruction are also important political episodes in a heritage object's cultural biography.
Note:
Copyright: © RAI 2017
DOI:
10.1111/1467-8322.12362
URL:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8322.12362/abstract
URL:
https://search.proquest.com/docview/1925086073