War and cultural heritage
Subtitle: biographies of place
By: edited by Marie Louise Sørensen and Dacia Viejo-Rose
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781107059337
Subjects: Cultural property; Protection; Postwar reconstruction; Memorialization; War and society; Architecture and war; Historic preservation; Historic sites; Conservation and restoration; Monuments; Landscape protection; Antiquities
Description: "The reconstruction of society after conflict is complex and multifaceted. This book investigates this theme as it relates to cultural heritage through a number of case studies relating to European wars since 1864. The case studies show in detail how buildings, landscapes, and monuments become important agents in postconflict reconstruction, as well as how their meanings change and how they become sites of competition over historical narratives and claims. Looking at iconic and lesser-known sites, this book connects broad theoretical discussions of reconstruction and memorialization to specific physical places, and in the process it traces shifts in their meanings over time. This book identifies common threads and investigates their wider implications. It explores the relationship between cultural heritage and international conflict, paying close attention to the long aftermaths of acts of destruction and reconstruction and making important contributions through the use of new empirical evidence and critical theory. Marie Louise Stig Sorensen is a Reader in Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Professor of Bronze Age Studies at Leiden University. She coordinates the University of Cambridge's postgraduate degree program in archaeological heritage and museums, one of the first degree courses in this field"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The impact of conflict on cultural heritage : a biographical lens / M.L.S. Sorensen and D. Viejo-Rose; title: Dybbol : the construction and reconstruction of a memorial landscape / M.L.S. Sorensen and I. Adriansen; title: "The cemetery of France" : reconstruction and memorialization on the battlefield of Verdun (France) / J-P. Amat, P. Filippucci and E. Savouret; title: Something old, something new : the materiality of tradition and power in the post-war reconstruction of Gernika's Foru Plaza / D. Viejo-Rose; title: The Dresden Frauenkirche as a contested symbol : the architecture of the remembrance after war / K-S. Rehberg and M. Neutzner; title: The Prison of Carabanchel (Madrid, Spain) : a life story / A. Gonzalez-Ruibal and C. Ortiz; title: "A heritage of resistance" : changing readings of Belgrade's Generalstab / B. Davenport; title: Grand ruins : the case of Ledra Palace Hotel and the rendering of "conflict" as heritage in Cyprus / O. Demetriou; title: Changing meaning of Second World War monuments in post-Dayton Bosnia Herzegovina : a case; title: Study of the Kozara Monument and Memorial Complex / D. Sahovic and D. Zulumovic; title: Imagining community in Bosnia : constructing and reconstructing the Slana Banja Memorial Complex in tuzla / I. Armakolas; title: Postscript 1: The time of place / D. Uzzell; title: Postscript 2: When memory takes place / C. Paludan-Muller.