Nationalism, Empires, Colonialism, Ethnic Cleansing, Culticide, Reconciliation, Post-conflict (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Carsten Paludan-Müller.

During recent years cultural heritage has moved into public awareness as part of contemporary conflicts. Destructions of sites and monuments in The Middle East and North Africa, and in the former Yugoslavia have given us blatant examples also of targeted destruction. However this is nothing new. Throughout history monuments and heritage have played their part in conflict between people. A recent conflict in the United States over monuments relating to the Civil War and its aftermath has further...