UNESCO's MUSEUM International magazine focuses on "Heritage: Conflict and Consensus"
The International Coalition of Sites of Conscience is pleased to
announce that the latest issue (No. 245-6) of MUSEUM International,
journal of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), features Sites of Conscience and their approaches
to conflicted memory. In an issue dedicated to “Heritage: Conflict and
Consensus”, founding director of the International Coalition, Liz
Sevcenko writes about strategies used around the world by Sites of
Conscience to help communities to confront the questions that divide
them:
announce that the latest issue (No. 245-6) of MUSEUM International,
journal of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), features Sites of Conscience and their approaches
to conflicted memory. In an issue dedicated to “Heritage: Conflict and
Consensus”, founding director of the International Coalition, Liz
Sevcenko writes about strategies used around the world by Sites of
Conscience to help communities to confront the questions that divide
them:
For better or for worse, heritage is a key terrain on which larger societal conflicts are expressed and addressed. This could seem deeply
discouraging if conflict over heritage is seen as a problem to be
managed, an obstacle to be overcome. However, if such contestation about
the past is viewed instead as an opportunity to facilitate critically
needed dialogue on contemporary issues, we could open up new
possibilities for heritage sites in civic life.
To read the article, visit: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0033.2010.01720.x...
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