Essay: Soviet monuments are being toppled – this gives the spaces they occupied a new meaning
HELEN PARISH, a professor of history at the University of Reading, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – says the removal or destruction of Soviet-era monuments is a powerful reminder of the complex relationship that exists between history, memory and politics…
Countries urged to protect property in war to save culture, identity
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation More must be done to prevent the destruction of cultural property during conflicts, from museums to libraries, in order to preserve communities, artists and academics told a symposium called “Culture Under Attack” on Saturday. From the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra partly destroyed by Islamic State in 2015 to the Bamiyan Buddha […]