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Réf.

42782

Type

project report

Titre

Heritage, Conflict and Reconstructions: From Reconstructing Monuments to Reconstructing Societies

Langues

English

Auteurs

Aljawabra, Alkindi

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS

Date

17/09/2018

Pages

18 p.

Titre de la revue

ICOMOS University Forum

Vol. & n°

v. 1

ISSN

2616-6968

Mots-clés

reconstruction / post-disaster situation / intangible heritage / social aspects / community participation / values / memory / cultural significance / cultural identity / civil society / associations / destruction of cultural heritage / terrorism / censorship / literature / music / dance / public awareness / education / children / theory of restoration / conservation of historic monuments / economic aspects / interpretation / war

Pays mentionnés

Syrian Arab Republic / Yemen

Monuments et sites

Olive Branch

Résumé en anglais

This paper reflects on the arguments that heritage should be more about people than heritage sites and objects and that the heritage community’s efforts in conflict contexts should be less about preservation and more about embracing change and finding creative ways to adapt. The paper is focused on Syria and it is based on an ongoing PhD research project that seeks to investigate new approaches to the questions of heritage and culture in conflict contexts. Specifically, the paper maintains that what is urgently needed today is to investigate and develop creative heritage practices that can: tackle issues that matter to the conflict-affected communities; improve the quality of their life; and increase their horizons of hope and opportunities in assembling better futures. In particular, the paper reviews the role of heritage in the society and how this heritage is understood, practiced and experienced by people. Also, the paper investigates how this heritage is approached by non-state actors in Syria—such as ‘civil society’ groups (CSGs) and the newly emerged extremist religious groups (ERGs)—and suggests that their efforts are designed to reconstruct people, their societies and their heritage as an undivided whole. The paper argues that the utilization of heritage by grassroots ‘civil society’ groups in Syria offer examples of people-centered, socially innovative and future oriented heritage practices that are truly concerned about future generations and can positively contribute to the re-building of the society by participating in managing the transformation process from a pre-conflict society to post-conflict society.

Document joint

180825_Aljawabra_ICOMOS Article_with images.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)