Cultural Destruction By Isis

Author : Bridey Heing
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766095830

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Cultural Destruction by ISIS by Bridey Heing Pdf

When Muhammed swept victorious into the city of Mecca in 630 C.E., one of his first acts was to destroy all of the idols at the Kabbah, one of the holiest sites in the Islamic world. ISIS is taking the prophet's idea to the extreme, attempting to raze art and architecture they deem un-Islamic from their domain. Ancient cities have fallen beneath bulldozers and clouds of dust, while priceless artifacts have been looted from museums and destroyed. Students will be challenged to ask why ISIS is so bent on destroying artifacts of the past and what power the preservation of these objects gives those fighting against the Islamic State.

Author : Helga Turku
Publisher : Springer
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319572826

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The Destruction of Cultural Property as a Weapon of War by Helga Turku Pdf

This book aims to advance the understanding of cultural property in armed conflict, and its significance for anti-terrorism and peace-building strategies. As the author argues, ISIS’ orchestrated theft and destruction of cultural property has become a tactic of war. Through a historical, political, and legal analysis, this book explains the pathology of radical groups’ behavior toward cultural objects as part of their terror campaign. Using constructivist ideas, it explains the importance of cultural property in the context of short-term and long-term security and analyzes the evolution of laws and policies to protect it.

Author : Noah Charney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137407573

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Art Crime by Noah Charney Pdf

Since the Second World War, art crime has shifted from a relatively innocuous, often ideological crime, into a major international problem, considered by some to be the third-highest grossing criminal trade worldwide. This rich volume features essays on art crime by the most respected and knowledgeable experts in this interdisciplinary subject.

Author : Noelle Higgins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781000059311

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The Protection of Cultural Heritage During Armed Conflict by Noelle Higgins Pdf

This book analyses the current legal framework seeking to protect cultural heritage during armed conflict and discusses proposed and emerging paradigms for its better protection. Cultural heritage has always been a victim of conflict, with monuments and artefacts frequently destroyed as collateral damage in wars throughout history. In addition, works of art have been viewed as booty by victors and stolen in the aftermath of conflict. However, deliberate destruction of cultural sites and items has also occurred, and the Intentional destruction of cultural heritage has been a hallmark of recent conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, where we have witnessed unprecedented, systematic attacks on culture as a weapon of war. In Iraq, Syria, Libya, Yemen, and Mali, extremist groups such as ISIS and Ansar Dine have committed numerous acts of iconoclasm, deliberately destroying heritage sites, and looting valuable artefacts symbolic of minority cultures. This study explores how the international law framework can be fully utilised in order to tackle the destruction of cultural heritage, and analyses various paradigms which have recently been suggested for its better protection, including the Responsibility to Protect paradigm and the peace and security paradigm. This volume will be an essential resource for scholars and practitioners in the areas of public international law, especially international humanitarian law and cultural heritage law.

Author : Thomas Melito
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 145786360X

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Cultural Property by Thomas Melito Pdf

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other groups have seized upon the conflicts in Iraq and Syria to destroy, loot, and traffic cultural property, including antiquities. According to the UN, this destruction and looting has reached unprecedented levels. Further, since the civil war in Syria began in 2011, ISIS has used the sale of looted Iraqi and Syrian cultural property to generate income to strengthen its capabilities to carry out attacks. Under the 1983 Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act, and other laws, the U.S. has restricted the importation of certain, but not all, Iraqi and Syrian cultural property. This report describes (1) activities undertaken by U.S. agencies and the Smithsonian Institution to protect Iraqi and Syrian cultural property since 2011; and (2) art market experts' suggestions for improving U.S. government activities. Tables and figures. This is a print on demand report.

Author : Lynn Meskell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190648343

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A Future in Ruins by Lynn Meskell Pdf

Utopia -- Internationalism -- Technocracy -- Conservation -- Inscription -- Conflict -- Danger -- Dystopia

Author : Helen Walasek,contributions by Richard Carlton,Amra Hadžimuhamedović,Valery Perry,Tina Wik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317172994

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Bosnia and the Destruction of Cultural Heritage by Helen Walasek,contributions by Richard Carlton,Amra Hadžimuhamedović,Valery Perry,Tina Wik Pdf

The massive intentional destruction of cultural heritage during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War targeting a historically diverse identity provoked global condemnation and became a seminal marker in the discourse on cultural heritage. It prompted an urgent reassessment of how cultural property could be protected in times of conflict and led to a more definitive recognition in international humanitarian law that destruction of a people's cultural heritage is an aspect of genocide. Yet surprisingly little has been published on the subject. This wide-ranging book provides the first comprehensive overview and critical analysis of the destruction of Bosnia-Herzegovina's cultural heritage and its far-reaching impact. Scrutinizing the responses of the international community during the war (including bodies like UNESCO and the Council of Europe), the volume also analyses how, after the conflict ended, external agendas impinged on heritage reconstruction to the detriment of the broader peace process and refugee return. It assesses implementation of Annex 8 of the Dayton Peace Agreement, a unique attempt to address the devastation to Bosnia's cultural heritage, and examines the treatment of war crimes involving cultural property at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). With numerous case studies and plentiful illustrations, this important volume considers questions which have moved to the foreground with the inclusion of cultural heritage preservation in discussions of the right to culture in human rights discourse and as a vital element of post-conflict and development aid.

Author : Daniel Serwer,Stephanie Billingham,Ceriel Gerrits,Rie Horiuchi,Ross Hurwitz,Jessica Jones,Katelyn van Dam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 154278624X

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Culture in Crisis by Daniel Serwer,Stephanie Billingham,Ceriel Gerrits,Rie Horiuchi,Ross Hurwitz,Jessica Jones,Katelyn van Dam Pdf

Iraq and Syria are now suffering unprecedented plunder and outright destruction of their heritage from armed conflict. Facing the largest cultural emergency since World War II, the global community stands at a crossroads. Violent extremist organizations like Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) are arming their cause through antiquities looting and trafficking, while also deliberately and systematically destroying heritage as a weapon of war. The cultural crisis has become inseparable from the humanitarian crisis.

Author : Various
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-30
Category : Caliphate
ISBN : 0766092348

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The Crimes of Isis by Various Pdf

As terror attacks dominate our nightly news stories, it's important for young adults to learn how to decipher the headlines and get to the heart of the story. To do that, they need to know how and why the Islamic State (ISIS) exists, and what incites its members to produce a unique brand of widespread, horrific violence. Your readers will be taken through the rapid rise of the terror group, learn how they recruit worldwide, including children, and discover untold stories about the people who have been persecuted by an organization that views all outsiders as enemies.

Author : James Cuno,Thomas G. Weiss
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781606066829

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Cultural Heritage Under Siege by James Cuno,Thomas G. Weiss Pdf

The fourth volume of the J. Paul Getty Trust Occasional Papers in Cultural Heritage Policy series is the result of a multi-day discussion on the issue of cultural heritage under siege. It features an edited collection of papers and discussions by nineteen scholars and practitioners of different specialties in the field of cultural heritage. This paper, along with the other Occasional Papers, is free and downloadable online.

Author : Masanori Nagaoka
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030513160

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The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues by Masanori Nagaoka Pdf

This Open Access book explores heritage conservation ethics of post conflict and provides an important historical record of the possible reconstruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, which was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in Danger in 2003 as “Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley”. With the condition that most surface of the original fragments of the Buddha statues were lost due to acts of deliberate destruction, this publication explores a reference point for conservation practitioners and policy makers around the world as they consider how to respond to on-going acts of destruction of cultural heritage. Whilst there has been an emerging debate to the ethics and nature of heritage reconstruction, this volume provides a plethora of ideas and approaches concerning the future treatment of the Bamiyan Buddha statues. It also addresses a number of fundamental questions on potential heritage reconstruction: how it will be done; who will decide; and what it should be done for. Moreover when it comes to the inscribed World Heritage properties, how can reconstructed heritage using non-original materials be considered to retain authenticity? With a view to serving as a precedent for potential decisions taken elsewhere in the world for cultural properties impacted by acts of violence and destruction, this volume introduces academic researches, experiences and observations of heritage conservation theory and practice of heritage reconstruction. It also addresses the issue not merely from the point of a material conservation philosophy but within the context of holistic strategies for the protection of human rights and promotion of peace building.

Author : Karel Nováček,Miroslav Melčák,Ondřej Beránek,Lenka Starková
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030626365

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Mosul after Islamic State by Karel Nováček,Miroslav Melčák,Ondřej Beránek,Lenka Starková Pdf

The book examines the destruction of the architectural heritage in Mosul perpetrated by Islamic State between 2014 and 2017. It identifies which structures were attacked, the ideological rationale behind the destruction, and the significance of the lost monuments in the context of Mosul’s urban development and the architectural history of the Middle East. This methodologically innovative work fills an important gap in the study of both current radical movements and the medieval Islamic architecture of Northern Iraq.

Author : Thomas G. Weiss,Nina Connelly
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781606066720

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Cultural Cleansing and Mass Atrocities by Thomas G. Weiss,Nina Connelly Pdf

Cultural Cleansing and Mass Atrocities: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict Zones addresses the connection between cultural heritage and cultural cleansing, mass atrocities, and the destruction of cultural heritage. Pulling together various threads of discourse and research, Cultural Cleansing and Mass Atrocities outlines the issues, challenges, and options effecting change.

Author : Peter G. Stone,Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781843833840

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The Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Iraq by Peter G. Stone,Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly Pdf

Discussion of the issues surrounding the destruction of cultural property in times of conflict has become a key issue for debate around the world. This book provides an historical statement as of 1st March 2006 concerning the destruction of the cultural heritage in Iraq. In a series of chapters it outlines the personal stories of a number of individuals who were - and in most cases continue to be - involved. These individuals are involved at all levels, and come from various points along the political spectrum, giving a rounded and balanced perspective so easily lost in single authored reports. It also provides the first views written by Iraqis on the situation of archaeology in Iraq under Saddam and an overview and contextualisation of the issues surrounding the looting, theft and destruction of the archaeological sites, the Iraqi National museum and the libraries in Baghdad since the war was launched in 2003. Beyond this, it examines our attitudes towards the preservation of cultural and heritage resources and, in particular, the growing political awareness of their importance. Although related to a single conflict, taking place at a specific time in history, the relevance of this work goes far beyond these self-imposed boundaries. PETER STONE is Professor of Heritage Studies and Head of School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University; JOANNE FARCHAKH BAJJALY is a Lebanese archaeologist and Middle East correspondent for the French magazine Archéologia.

Author : W. Andrew Terrill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1379667318

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ANTIQUITIES DESTRUCTION AND ILLICIT SALES AS SOURCES OF ISIS FUNDING AND PROPAGANDA. by W. Andrew Terrill Pdf