Zena Kamash, Embracing customization in post-conflict reconstruction (Digiclass 2018, 1)
Channel: Digital Classicist London Seminars
Date: 2018-06-01

Zena Kamash (Royal Holloway) *Embracing customization in post-conflict reconstruction*

Institute of Classical Studies
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Friday June 1, 2018 at 16:30 in room G21A
 
In this paper, I consider how customisable approaches to reconstruction might be able to embrace the multivocality and flexibility needed to aid recovery following conflict. I start with the debate over accuracy concerning the Institute of Digital Archaeology’s replica Palmyra arch. I argue that, instead, we need to ask why we are creating reconstructions and for whom. I then look at examples from creative practice, including Michael Rakowitz and Morehshin Allahyari, as inspiration for more participatory and flexible reconstructions.

Full abstract: http://digitalclassicist.org/wip/wip2018.html