The Routledge Handbook of Heritage Destruction

1. A path well worn? Approaches for the old problem of heritage destruction 　　

Part 1 Understanding Destruction　

2. Heritage Destruction in Conflict　　

3. Talking about Heritage Destruction in Market Countries　　

4. Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Peacetime and International Law　

5. Development of the Law of Armed Conflict as Applied to Cultural Heritage　　

6. Heritage Destruction and Human Rights　　

7. Heritage Destruction and Genocide: Legal Resistance, Conceptual Resiliency　　

8. Methods, Motivations, and Actors: A Risk-based Approach to Heritage Destruction and Protection　　

Part 2 Interpretations of Destruction　

9. Heritage Destruction, Natural Disasters, and the Environment: Geological Disasters　

10. Heritage Destruction, Natural Disasters, and the Environment: Atmospheric Disasters　　

11. Flooded Heritage: The Impact of Dams on Archaeological Sites　　

12. On Destruction in Art and Film　

13. Between Heritage and the Readymade—the Imminent Aesthetic of Ai Weiwei　

14. Heritage Predation and the Pursuit of Politics　

15. Post-conflict Recovery Challenges: Affect and Heritage in Post-conflict Cyprus and Italy　

16. Media Narratives, Heritage Destruction, and Universal Heritage: A Case Study of Palmyra　

17. Collateral Damage: The Negative Side Effects of Protecting Cultural Heritage in Conflict Related Situations　　

18. Turning Destruction into an Opportunity: Understanding the Construction of Timbuktu’s ‘success story’ by UNESCO　　

19. Heritage Destruction from a Humanitarian Perspective　

Part 3 Expressions of Destruction　　

20. Cultural Property Destruction and Damage in Two World Wars　

21. Heritage Destruction and its Impact in Scandinavia and the Baltic Region during the Second World War　

22. Case Study: The Wars of Yugoslav Succession　　

23. Cambodia: Gods Threatened by the Art Market and Warfare　

24. Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict: The Case of Syria　

25. Iraq: Creative Destruction and Cultural Heritage in the Warscape　　

26. Iraqi and Syrian Responses to Heritage Destruction under the Islamic State: Genocide, Displacement, Reconstruction, and Return　

27. Heritage Destruction in the Caucasus with a Specific Focus on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict　

28. Weaponised Heritage: Urbicide by Construction and Destruction in Nablus, Palestine　

29. What is Happening to Egyptian Heritage? The Case of Privately-owned Buildings　

30. Destruction, Development, and Heritage in Melbourne: SX Towers, Southern Cross Hotel, Eastern Market　

31. Case Study: The destruction of Australian Aboriginal Heritage and its Implications for Indigenous Peoples Globally　　

32. Destruction of Heritage in Latin America　　

Part 4 Transformations　

33. Reconsidering Heritage Destruction and Sustainable Development in a Long-Term Perspective　

Biography

José Antonio González Zarandona holds a PhD in Art History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies from the University of Melbourne. He has held fellowships from the British Academy and Columbia University. His latest book is Murujuga: Rock Art, Heritage and Landscape Iconoclasm (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020). Antonio researches the intersections between heritage, art, and media. He has published widely on heritage destruction and iconoclasm in Australia, Iraq, Syria, Myanmar, Mexico, videogames, and Google.

Emma Cunliffe holds a PhD in Archaeology from Durham University, where she studied site damage in Syria. She is a Senior Research Associate in the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Protection and Peace at Newcastle University (UK), most recently co-editing Safeguarding Cultural Property in the 1954 Hague Convention. All Possible Steps? (Boydell Press, 2022). She is also part of the Secretariat for Blue Shield International, an NGO dedicated to heritage protection in conflict and disaster and the Secretary for the UK National Committee. She teaches cultural property protection for students, heritage professionals, and armed forces, and provides expertise on military exercises.

Melathi Saldin is a Lecturer in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University, Australia. She has a PhD in Heritage Studies (Deakin University), a BA (Hons), and an MPhil in Archaeology (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka). Melathi’s research looks at the politicisation of heritage and archaeology across Asia and the potential of heritage for resilience building in communities recovering from war and other forms of social upheaval. She is Co-Chair of the Sri Lanka ICOMOS National Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage.