Responding to Syria's Cultural Heritage in Crisis: A Case Study
Reacting to conflict in the Middle East, an international community of experts has focused on three types of response to the damage of cultural heritage: site documentation projects; public-awareness-raising projects; and emergency training and mitigation projects. Not all of the resulting initiativ...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
[2019]
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| In: |
Ancient Near Eastern studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 56, Pages: 267-288 |
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| Summary: | Reacting to conflict in the Middle East, an international community of experts has focused on three types of response to the damage of cultural heritage: site documentation projects; public-awareness-raising projects; and emergency training and mitigation projects. Not all of the resulting initiatives have achieved their goals, and there has been some criticism of a failure to significantly address the relevant problems. This paper examines two organisations concerned with Syria: 1) Shirin International and 2) Shirin Australia. It provides an overview of their activities, then considers the challenges and shortcomings of coordinating large-scale transnational responses to heritage in crisis, while at the same time highlighting the opportunities presented by locally driven, small-scale initiatives. |
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| ISSN: | 0065-0382 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ancient Near Eastern studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/ANES.56.0.3286818 |