Heritage in (the) Ruins
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8968007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nathalie Peutz (0000-0003-3595-0164, New York University Abu Dhabi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 721-728 |
| Publication date | 2017-10-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743817000678 |
| OpenAlex | W2767167891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 18 |
First-time European and American visitors to the United Arab Emirates, where I live, are often surprised by the prevalence of heritage villages, festivals, and sports in hypermodern Abu Dhabi and Dubai. “Heritage” in the Arab Gulf, as elsewhere in the Middle East, is a central and growing industry, attracting the attention of scholars as well as investors and tourists. At the same time, much of the region's—and the world's—invaluable cultural heritage has been and continues to be obliterated by insurgents and governments alike. Spectacular assaults on historical sites, cultural institutions, and symbols of cultural-religious diversity in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Mali, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Yemen demonstrate that the “new wars” of the 21st century are being fought on the terrain of cultural heritage as much as they are over other precious resources. And yet, the interconnections between this heritage construction and destruction remain underexplored. In much of the scholarship produced in the burgeoning field of critical heritage studies, the duplexity of these processes is ignored. Instead, most edited volumes and “global” analyses of the field look to the Middle East and other Muslim-majority nations only in so far as they present case studies of heritage destruction—the bombing of the Bamyan Buddhas in Afghanistan and the looting of the National Museum of Iraq being iconic examples
Abu dhabi · Ancient history · Archaeology · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Geography · Looting · Middle East · Political science · Scholarship · Archaeological Research and Protection · Conservation Techniques and Studies · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · History · Law
Possessors and Possessed
Conflicted Antiquities
Uses of Heritage
Heritage
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Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula
An Enchanted Modern
Rule of Experts
Whose Pharaohs
Trajectories of Development
The Rational Authentication of Turāth in Contemporary Arab Thought
Towards a History of Preservation Practices
Trends and Issues in Contemporary Arab Thought
Unwitting Actors
The emergence of cultural heritage in Jordan
The New Jordanian Hospitality
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |