ed. by Berma Klein Goldewijk, Georg Frerks, Els van der Plas
- Editor(s)
- Els van der Plas, Berma Klein Goldewijk, Georg Frerks
- Publication, year
- Den Haag ; Rotterdam : Prince Claus Fund : NAi Publishers, 2011
- Scope
- 400 Pages, illustrated, 24 cm.
- ISBN
- 9789056628178
‘All that we’re wrecking is stones,’ was the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar’s description of the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamyan, the largest standing statues of Buddha in the world. The priority of the fighters was not smashing stones, but breaking the soul of a culture, the spirit of people who venerated other gods. Practice-based examples of emergency relief in disaster and conflict situations are alternated with contributions that tackle international legal questions, political dimensions and sociocultural perspectives. The result is both an indictment of the senseless destruction of cultural heritage and an impassioned argument for culture as a fundamental factor in the rebuilding and reconstruction of the societies that have been affected by conflict and disaster.
- Location
- Cabinet 19 - 1: Architectuur en macht
- Remarks
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