The fate of sacred places in Nagorny Karabakh as a symbol of unsuccessful conflict transformation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21188261 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Slavomír Horák (0000-0002-6721-2505, Charles University), Tomáš Hoch (0000-0002-2244-4724, University of Ostrava) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Issue | 59 |
| Pages | 25-40 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1732-4254 • E-ISSN: 2083-8298 |
| Publisher | Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika/Nicolaus Copernicus University (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.12775/bgss-2023-0002 |
| OpenAlex | W4382313226 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
The 2020 war in Nagorny Karabakh brought not merely a shift in the actual borders in the southern Caucasus; it also led to a change in control over several religious buildings or places that had become sacralized as symbols for one or the other side. Using selected examples of sacred places associated with Armenian or Azerbaijani historical memory, this article seeks to cast light on the fate of cultural monuments in war and its aftermath. In connection with the long-lasting conflict, these monuments are forced to undergo a cycle of sacralization, desacralization and reinterpretation of their origins and functions, depending on the approach taken by the winning side. Churches, monasteries and mosques in Nagorny Karabakh thus serve as sad examples of unsuccessful conflict transformation
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Armenian · Art · Linguistics · Reinterpretation · Sociology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · History and Cultural Heritage · Philosophy
Voices of Collective Remembering
Building peace
Conflict Transformation
Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands
The road to the Second Karabakh War
Land for Peace in Nagorny Karabakh? Political Geographies and Public Attitudes Inside a Contested De Facto State
Client De Facto States and Quasi-Patrons
The Invention of History
The Roots of Ethno-Political Mobilization in Nagorno-Karabakh
Global shifts, theoretical shifts
From “frozen conflict” to enduring rivalry
Place-name wars in Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh
Grounded theologies
Religion, Space, and Place
Collective Memory and Narrative Templates
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |