ABSTRACT – Several western-funded archaeological projects have engaged with post-conflict Iraq with two aims on their agenda: heritage conservation and safeguarding and improving the social cohesion of the country’s fragmented national society.…
Tag: archaeology
Community Archaeology Challenges and Perspectives from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: The Case of Faida (Duhok Governorate)
ABSTRACT – In the past ten years, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has experienced a new wave of archaeological projects working in its territory. Thanks to this “renaissance” of archaeological research, the…
The impact of Sela for Training and Protection of Heritage on the Jordanian CRM sector
ABSTRACT – Archaeology and colonialism are strictly intertwined in Jordan, and such a relation is fuelled by a culture of welfarism that traps the host communities in a vicious cycle brokered by…
