Heritage, Conflict, and Peace-Building

Conflict and Peace-Building: Heritage in Transformation 

Yujie Zhu and Lucas Lixinski

PART I – Remembering Conflict for Justice

1. Remembering and Forgetting the Opium Wars: British Colonial Injustice, Education and Heritage

Andrew M Law

2. Peace without Transitional Justice: Cultural Heritage as a Means of Taming Collective Memory on the Example of Post-Trianon Hungary

Mirosław Michał Sadowski

3. Serbian Victimhood and Historical Injustice: Understanding Heritage Sites and Narratives in the former Yugoslavia.

Rebecca Damjanovic

PART II – Contestation, Negotiation, and Dialogue

4. Negotiated Encoding and Decoding of Sensitive Heritage

Hyung yu Park and Rui Su

5. Contested Heritage Perspectives and Strategies in Cyprus

Nikos Pasamitros

6. Non-Violent Confrontation Through World Heritage: A Case Study of Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority

Barry L. Stiefel

7. Participatory Heritage Development for a Positive Peace Framework

Mehdi Ghafouri

PART III – Reconciliation and Prevention

8. Cultural Heritage in the Management and Resolution of Conflicts in Indigenous Communities: A Case Study of the Bette People of Nigeria

Bekeh Ukelina and Tokie Laotan-Brown

9. The Role of UNESCO-led Reconstructions in Post-Conflict Reconciliation

Kristen Barrett-Casey

10. Reimagining the 9/11 Aftermath: Transforming Violent Extremism in a Case Study about Youth, Prevention, Heritage, and Resiliency

Sharon McIntyre and Yehuda Silverman

11 Afterword

David Harvey

Index

Biography

Lucas Lixinski is a professor at the Faculty of Law & Justice at UNSW Sydney, Australia. He comes to heritage from his background as a lawyer, and he explores international cultural heritage law and institutions from the perspective of critical heritage studies.

Yujie Zhu is an associate professor at the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies at the Australian National University, Australia. With a background in anthropology and critical heritage studies, his research explores the cultural politics of the past within heritage and tourism spaces.

"Professors Lixinski and Zhu harmonize a number of diverse voices to raise a chorus that links cultural heritage to both war and peace. Their volume tilts towards an exploration of how cultural property protections, and discourse around culture, can help sustain a durable peace. On this note, this volume also opens another door: to interrogate, and clarify, what exactly is meant by peace. Heritage, Conflict, and Peace-Building offers a dynamic array of contributions that traverse time, theme, and place. Throughout, the editors’ steady hand guides while also igniting creativity. In short, this volume is indispensable reading regarding how to preserve cultural heritage while enhancing peace."

~ Mark A. Drumbl, Class of 1975 Alumni Professor, Director, Transnational Law Institute, Washington and Lee University

 

 "While UNESCO’s stated goal is to ‘build peace in the hearts of men and women’, its reliance on heritage to achieve this minimises the contested nature of some heritage sites, objects and documents. Heritage and peace-making are not always natural allies. Contested heritage has exacerbated rather than alleviated some conflicts. This book recognises the complexities surrounding some heritage, and the fact that resolution is not a straightforward process. Its case studies offer possible pathways to resolving heritage conflicts through contestation, negotiation and dialogue that will lead to reconciliation and peace. It is recommended reading for all heritage specialists."

~ Roslyn Russell PhD, Chair, UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee