The Politics of Heritage and the Limitations of International Agency in Divided Cities: The role of UNESCO in Jerusalem's Old City’,
Dumper, Michael; Larkin, Craig
Date: 1 August 2011
Journal
Review of International Studies
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publisher DOI
Abstract
This article problematises international heritage interventions in divided cities
through exploring UNESCO’s role in Jerusalem’s Old City. It examines the tension between
universal heritage values and protocols and nationalist agendas which often involve
politicised archaeological responses. Drawing on comparative case studies of ...
This article problematises international heritage interventions in divided cities
through exploring UNESCO’s role in Jerusalem’s Old City. It examines the tension between
universal heritage values and protocols and nationalist agendas which often involve
politicised archaeological responses. Drawing on comparative case studies of UNESCOaffiliated
projects in Fez and Aleppo, and in the violently divided cities and regions of
Mostar and Kosovo, it assesses future challenges and possibilities facing UNESCO in
Jerusalem. While the article confirms an increased need for an international arbitrator and
protector for the city’s sacred sites and divided cultural heritage, it also underscores
the limitations of UNESCO’s legal remit and the political sensitivities which hinder its
praxis.
Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy, and Anthropology
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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