23rd November 2008, 01:23 PM
Culture Wars: Heritage and Armed Conflict in the 21st century
Thursday, 11 December to Saturday, 13 December
Location: The Fitzwilliam Museum/Gonville & Caius, Stephen Hawking Building
Closing date for registration is 5 December 2008. Fees range from £20 - £60.
http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/166/
⢠How does the nature of 21st-century conflict bear on immoveable heritage?
⢠Are international conventions appropriate to recent scenarios?
⢠Why are sites destroyed and to what ends?
⢠Is intervention ethically justifiable?
⢠What are the appropriate uses of expertise?
⢠Does the intensity of the contest over heritage open paths to reconciliation?
⢠What new approaches to knowledge sharing can help bridge divides?
⢠What is involved in stewarding culture in a post-ownership world?
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers
Thursday, 11 December to Saturday, 13 December
Location: The Fitzwilliam Museum/Gonville & Caius, Stephen Hawking Building
Closing date for registration is 5 December 2008. Fees range from £20 - £60.
http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/166/
⢠How does the nature of 21st-century conflict bear on immoveable heritage?
⢠Are international conventions appropriate to recent scenarios?
⢠Why are sites destroyed and to what ends?
⢠Is intervention ethically justifiable?
⢠What are the appropriate uses of expertise?
⢠Does the intensity of the contest over heritage open paths to reconciliation?
⢠What new approaches to knowledge sharing can help bridge divides?
⢠What is involved in stewarding culture in a post-ownership world?
"I don't have an archaeological imagination.."
Borekickers
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Thomas Rainborough 1647
Thomas Rainborough 1647