A Careful Balance: Materialist Concern Meets Spiritual Function in Balkh, Afghanistan

This article outlines the Aga Khan Trust for Culture's heritage preservation practices at the shrine of Khwaja Parsa in Balkh, Afghanistan. It explores how this organization's approach to the preservation of authenticity supports both classic preservation principles whilst also showing all...

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Main Author: Wyndham, Constance (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2019]
In: Material religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 15, Issue: 2, Pages: 164-183
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mausoleum des Sufiheiligen Abu Nasr Parsa (Balkh) / Preservation of / Materiality / Spirituality
Further subjects:B Afghanistan
B Islam
B critical heritage
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)