UNESCO, cultural heritage and conflict in Yemen, Syria and Iraq / Joanne Dingwall McCafferty.
McCafferty, Joanne Dingwall, author.
2023
K3791 .M33 2023
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Title UNESCO, cultural heritage and conflict in Yemen, Syria and Iraq / Joanne Dingwall McCafferty.
Author McCafferty, Joanne Dingwall, author.
ISBN 3031196759 electronic book
9783031196751 (electronic bk.)
3031196740
9783031196744
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19675-1
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-19675-1 doi
Call Number K3791 .M33 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 344.567094
Summary This book aims to determine UNESCO's capability to facilitate heritage protection measures pre-conflict, emergency response measures during conflict and reconstruction efforts post-conflict. The book employs document analysis to ascertain UNESCO's legal obligations when it comes to facilitating cultural heritage protection in its Member States' territories in the condition of armed conflict, while drawing comparisons with the reality of the organisation's presence and involvement in Yemen, Syria and Iraq. This study maps shifts in UNESCO's level of communication with each country's respective government and civil authorities; allocation of financial, human and material resources; and implementation of heritage safeguarding and reconstruction initiatives. Both quantitative and qualitative data shows UNESCO to exhibit great inequity in engagement, at times, closing communications entirely with Syria, due to the political standpoints of other UNESCO Member States. This political gridlock is often shown to result in the organisation overstating its ability to safeguard or restore heritage, with promises not being followed up with action. Since 2015, UNESCO has expressed a stronger intent to be a key player in heritage protection during armed conflict, however as long as cultural heritage protection is not considered a humanitarian concern, UNESCO will not be able to circumvent much of the political and bureaucratic barriers facing intergovernmental organisations during conflict, which prevent emergency action from being implemented. In order to ensure heritage safeguarding is permitted during periods of significant unrest, regardless of political discord, it is crucial that UNESCO promote a people-centred approach to its cultural heritage protection initiatives. This book evidences that focusing on livelihoods and meaningful and practical connections between populations and their local heritage to be UNESCO's optimal methodological approach for justifying cultural heritage protection as a humanitarian necessity. The book's readership includes academics, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of political science, law and heritage studies.
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Source of Description Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed March 1st, 2023).
Series Studies in art, heritage, law and the market ; v. 8.
Available in Other Form UNESCO, CULTURAL HERITAGE AND CONFLICT IN YEMEN, SYRIA AND IRAQ.
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Chapter 1: Where Conflict and Culture Connect
Chapter 2: UNESCOs Legal Obligation and Capability to Protect Cultural Heritage during Armed Conflict
Chapter 3: The State Heritage Institutions of Yemen, Syria and Iraq
Chapter 4: The Impact of Conflict on UNESCOs Engagement with Yemen, Syria and Iraq
Chapter 5: UNESCOs Emergency Response "First-Aid" to Cultural Heritage Sites
Chapter 6: UNESCOs Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage Sites
Chapter 7: Conclusions
References
Appendices.

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