Cultural emergency in conflict and disaster
"All that we're wrecking is stones" was Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar's dismissal of the Taliban's destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan, the largest standing statues of Buddha in the world. The intention of the fighters was not only the destruction of foreign idols, bu...
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NAI Publishers, Prince Claus Fund
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword: Cultural Emergency Response / H.R.H. Prince Constantin of the Netherlands. – Introduction / Georg Frerks, Berma Klein Goldewijk and Els van der Plas.
- Wisdom, Devotion and Modesty: Culture in Humanitarian Emergency Response / Jan Pronk.
- Dilemmas of Heritage Protection / David Lowenthal.
- Photo Essay The Gingerbread Houses of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2010.
- The Destruction of Culture: Why Beauty Must be Saved / Els van der Plas.
- Rock Art Preservation, Vandalism and Looting of Ancient Rock Art in Morocco and the Air Mountains, Niger / Terry Little .
- War and Archaeological Heritage: Lessons from Lebanon, Kuwait and Iraq / McGuire Gibson.
- Thieves of Bagdad: The Global Traffic in Stolen Iraqi Antiquities / Matthew F. Bogdanos.
- Looting and Recovery of Afghanistan's Heritage: The History of the National Museum / Omara Khan Massoudi .
- The Impact of Civil War and Complex Emergencies on Contemporary African Populations and Cultural Heritage / Boureima T. Diamitani.
- Contents note continued: Photo Essay The Stabilization of the Hafezji Mosque and the Yu Aw Synagogue in Herat, Afghanistan, 2007.
- Identity, Cultural Heritage and Ethnoreligious Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir / Aparna Tandon.
- pt. THREE Cultural Emergency in International Law.
- Protection of Cultural Heritage in Emergencies: Responses of International Law / Jiri Toman.
- Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and the Role of Unesco / Jan Hladik.
- Photo Essay Cultural Emergency Relief for Stricken Heritage in Daw'an, Yemen, 2008.
- The Centrality of Culture in Post-Disaster Reconstruction / Anthony Oliver-Smith.
- Heritage Emergency Response in Indonesia: Recovery and Sustainability after Disaster / Catrini Pratihari Kubontubuh.
- Underwater Archeology in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami / H.D.F. Hettipathirana.
- Contents note continued: Photo Essay Rehabilitation of Monastic and Theatrical Heritage in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis, 2008.
- Building Maintenance and Disaster Response Strategies: The Philippine Architectural Heritage / Arnulfo Fajardo Dado.
- The Restoration of the University of Baghdad's Central Library / Wishyar Muhammed.
- Photo Essay The Manasir Heritage Rescue Survey, Sudan, 2009.
- Listing Lasting Legacies: A Cultural Heritage Inventory of Earthquake-Devastated Areas in Pakistan / Tanya Aydelott.
- Urbicide in Nablus: Social Resilience and the Remaking of Space in the Post-Disaster Environment / Nurhan Abujidi.
- Cultural Emergency Response: At the Crossroads of Cultural Heritage and Humanitarianism / Eleonore de Merode.
- Photo Essay Disaster Relief for Cultural Heritage.
- Positioning Culture in Humanitarian Emergency Relief / Georg Frerks.