Cultural heritage, ethics, and the military

Cultural heritage, ethics, and the military /

"The world reacted with horror to the images of the looting of the National Museum in Iraq in 2003 - closely followed by other museums and then, largely unchecked, or archaeological sites across the country. This outcome had been predicted by many archaeologists, with some offering to work dire...

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Other Authors: Stone, Peter G., 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, N.Y. : Boydell Press, 2011.
Series:Heritage matters series ; v. 4.
Subjects:
2003-2011
Cultural property > Protection > Moral and ethical aspects.
Pillage.
Archaeology > Philosophy.
Classical antiquities > Destruction and pillage.
Iraq War, 2003-2011 > Destruction and pillage.
Military occupation > Moral and ethical aspects.
Civil-military relations > Case studies.
looting (social issue)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Archaeology > Philosophy
Civil-military relations
Classical antiquities > Destruction and pillage
Cultural property > Protection > Moral and ethical aspects
Destruction and pillage
Pillage
Kulturarvsskydd.
Plundringar.
Arkeologi > teori, filosofi.
Irakkriget 2003-
Ockupation > etik och moral.
Iraq
Case studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the ethical challenges for cultural heritage experts working with the military / Peter Stone
  • Still in the aftermath of Waterloo : a brief history of decisions about restitution / Margaret M. Miles
  • Physicians at war : lessons for archaeologists? / Fritz Allhoff
  • Christian responsibility and the preservation of civilisation in wartime : George Bell and the fate of Germany in World War II / Andrew Chandler
  • Responding to culture in conflict / Oliver Urquhart Irvine
  • How academia and the military can work together / Barney White-Spunner
  • Archaeologist under pressure : neutral or cooperative in wartime / Rene Teijgeler
  • Ancient artefacts and modern conflict : a case study of looting and instability in Iraq / Kathryn Hanson
  • Whose heritage? Archaeology, heritage and the military / Martin Brown
  • Military archaeology in the US : a complex ethical decision / Laurie Rush
  • Akwesasne : where the partridges drum to Fort Drum : consultation with native communities
  • an evolving process / Francis Scardera
  • Heritage resources and armed conflicts : an African perspective / Caleb Adebayo Folorunso
  • Human shields : social scientists on point in modern asymmetrical conflicts / Derek Suchard
  • Politicians : assassins of Lebanese heritage? Archaeology in Lebanon in times of armed conflict / Joanne Farchakh Bajjaly
  • Relations between archaeologists and the military in the case of Iraq / John Curtis.

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