A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan (Routledge Studies in Culture and Development)

by: Constance Wyndham (Author)

Publisher:

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2023/12/22

Language: English

Print Length: 250 pages

ISBN-10: 103256833X

ISBN-13: 9781032568331

Book Description

A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan investigates the politics of cultural heritage preservation in Afghanistan between 2008 and 2015.Based on several periods of ethnographic fieldwork and the author’s direct employment on several inteationally-sponsored heritage projects, this book studies the new and complex intersections between cultural heritage and politics in Afghanistan. Wyndham argues that a particular configuration of heritage and politics has emerged after the destruction of the Buddhas at Bamyan and demonstrates how the characteristics of this ‘post-Bamyan’ heritage paradigm are revealed through a number of case studies of inteationally sponsored heritage work. These case studies reveal how politics and heritage are currently configured across a diverse range of govements, state and non-state actors, NGOs, individuals and forms of expertise―and why such intersections matter. The book responds to a call from across the discipline of Heritage Studies to look more closely at the relationships between heritage, power and politics.A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan provides a fascinating case study on the intersection of heritage and politics that will be of interest to students and scholars of heritage, as well as to professionals working on heritage preservation - both within and outside of govement.

About the Author

A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan investigates the politics of cultural heritage preservation in Afghanistan between 2008 and 2015.Based on several periods of ethnographic fieldwork and the author’s direct employment on several inteationally-sponsored heritage projects, this book studies the new and complex intersections between cultural heritage and politics in Afghanistan. Wyndham argues that a particular configuration of heritage and politics has emerged after the destruction of the Buddhas at Bamyan and demonstrates how the characteristics of this ‘post-Bamyan’ heritage paradigm are revealed through a number of case studies of inteationally sponsored heritage work. These case studies reveal how politics and heritage are currently configured across a diverse range of govements, state and non-state actors, NGOs, individuals and forms of expertise―and why such intersections matter. The book responds to a call from across the discipline of Heritage Studies to look more closely at the relationships between heritage, power and politics.A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan provides a fascinating case study on the intersection of heritage and politics that will be of interest to students and scholars of heritage, as well as to professionals working on heritage preservation - both within and outside of govement.