Closing Pandora's Box: Human Rights Conundrums in Cultural Heritage Protection; Mar 10, 2006

William Logan UNESCO Chair of Heritage and Urbanism, Deakin University, Australia Across the globe conflicts have arisen over the cultural heritage--both tangible and intangible--underwriting claims to historical and current ethnic presence on the landscape. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe the world is awash in an alphabet soup of often violently contested heritage sites and practices. The destruction of monuments and restriction of living cultural practices demoralizes--indeed delegitimizes--a people, inhibits intercultural understanding, and impedes economic development based on heritage tourism. This lecture is held in conjunction with the CHAMP workshop, Cultural Heritage and Human Rights, on March 11. Friday, March 10, 2006 4:00 pm Plym Auditorium