Critical Perspectives on Cultural Memory and Heritage focuses on the importance of memory and heritage for individual and group identity, and for their sense of belonging. It aims to expose the motives and discourses related to the destruction of memory and heritage during times of war, terror, sectarian conflict and through capitalist policies. It is within these affected spheres of cultural heritage where groups and communities ascribe values, develop memories, and shape their collective identity.
- Chapter s in the volume address cultural memory and heritage from six global perspectives and contexts: first, the relationship between cultural memory and heritage
second, the effect of urban development and large infrastructure on heritage
third, the destruction of indigenous heritage
fourth, the destruction of heritage in relation to erasing memory during sectarian violence and conflict
fifth, the impact of policymaking on cultural heritage assets
and sixth, a broad reflection on the destruction, change and transformation of heritage in an epilogue by Cornelius Holtorf, archaeologist and Chair of Heritage Futures at UNESCO.