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Forum: Storage Wars. Solving The Archaeological Curation Crisis?, Morag Kersel
Forum: Storage Wars. Solving The Archaeological Curation Crisis?, Morag Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
Whether sponsored by academic institutions, governments, international agencies, or private landowners, the results of archaeological investigations are the same: the production of knowledge and an accumulation of things. The material manifestations (artifacts and samples) and the accompanying daily notes, digital records, maps, photographs, and plans together comprise a comprehensive record of the past. Once these items have been amassed, they are deposited in dig houses, magazines, museums, repositories, storage containers, and sometimes in personal basements and garages to be held in perpetuity. Across the globe, storage (here implying curation and permanent care) is one of the most pressing issues facing …
Civil Societies? Heritage Diplomacy And Neo-Imperialism., Morag Kersel, Christina Luke
Civil Societies? Heritage Diplomacy And Neo-Imperialism., Morag Kersel, Christina Luke
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
Review Of D. Comer (Ed.) Tourism And Archaeological Heritage Management At Petra: Driver To Development Or Destruction?, Morag Kersel
Review Of D. Comer (Ed.) Tourism And Archaeological Heritage Management At Petra: Driver To Development Or Destruction?, Morag Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
No abstract provided.
Fractured Oversight: The Abcs Of Cultural Heritage In Palestine After The Oslo Accords, Morag M. Kersel
Fractured Oversight: The Abcs Of Cultural Heritage In Palestine After The Oslo Accords, Morag M. Kersel
Morag M. Kersel
Palestine is a state in limbo—they lack full formal recognition as a sovereign land but possess a unique nation-state status that incorporates elements of a unified national consciousness and basic civil institutions albeit with limited autonomy. Palestine’s ambiguous political status is starkly illustrated by its convoluted territorial control, and nowhere is this more clearly attested than in the jurisdiction of archaeological sites and the display of artifacts in museums. The legislative colonial legacies of the Ottoman, the British Mandate, the Jordanians, the Egyptians, Israeli military orders, and the 1995 Oslo II Accords, which carved the Occupied Territories into a complex …