Decolonising Babylon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5700457 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mehiyar Kathem (0000-0002-2070-4772, Nahrein Network, History Department, University College London, London, UK, corresponding author), Dhiaa Kareem Ali (0000-0002-5506-295X, University of Kufa) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 831-845 |
| Publication date | 2021-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13527258.2020.1858140 |
| OpenAlex | W4248618348 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 14 |
The popular imagination and the intellectual study of Babylon generally exclude any notion or understanding of the people who live most closely to it. Inscribed in 2019 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, little is known about the ways in which Babylon, located in Iraq’s Babil province, is viewed by the Iraqi people, most notably by the residents of al Hillah, the provincial capital. Institutional legacies and political structures brought about by the quest to capture and appropriate Babylon by US-European Empires, the rule of dictatorships and more recently the US Occupation as well as the outcomes of post-2003 sectarian-promoted politics, have constituted heritage trajectories that have been dispossessive and exclusionary of people from negotiating sustainable connections to Iraq’s ancient history. In this context, this paper examines Iraqi perspectives of those living and working in close proximity to Babylon and the ways in which connections to the historical site are negotiated in everyday life
Ancient history · Archaeology · Capital city · Dictatorship · Everyday life · Geography · Inscribed figure · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Archaeological Research and Protection · Archaeology and Historical Studies · History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
Counter-archives as heritage justice
The oilfields of Mesopotamia
The Later Phases of Southern Mesopotamian Urbanism
Plaster Casts and Reproductions of West Asian Art in the United States National Museum and Washington, DC
A Marad Cylinder in the Finnish Heritage Agency
Decolonisation
Illicit trafficking in cultural property as a human rights issue
Uses of Heritage
The Invention of Tradition
Global Heritage
The New Imperialism
Prejudice, military intelligence, and neoliberalism
The “War on Terror” and the Military–Archaeology Complex
Mesopotamian identity in Ba'thi Iraq
Nationalism and Archaeology
Memories of State
Cultural Imperialism and Heritage Politics in the Event of Armed Conflict
Cultural (dis)continuity, political trajectories and the state in post - 2003 Iraq
Restorative justice? Questions arising out of the Hobby Lobby return of cuneiform tablets to Iraq
The Return of Mess O'Potamia
| Citations per year | 1.75 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |