Heritage in Conflict in Afghanistan: Eight Years after Bamiyan

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Date:	Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Time:	6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location:	UMass Amherst Campus, USA
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Description:	The University of Massachusetts, Amherst Center for Heritage and Society is pleased to announce the Public lecture - Heritage in Conflict in Afghanistan: Eight Years after Bamiyan by Professor Amareswar Galla of the University of Queensland. Community building through ecomuseology and sustainable heritage development as tools in poverty alleviation has taken on a new dimension in the 21st Century. Bamiyan Buddha to the Bamiyan Ecomuseum; Ustads as carriers and transmitters in Safeguarding Intangible Heritage; promotion of cultural diversity where ethnicity is about reconciliation, the challenges in Afghanistan are numerous but the possibilities are heartening for those who believe in world peace. Intercultural dialogue, intergenerational ethic and conflict resolution take on a new meaning even as the dust hardly settles down from frequent bomb blasts. Hopes and aspirations impregnate the lives of people stoically rebuilding neighbourhoods. This lecture provides comparative perspectives on heritage and peace building from four different countries based on the past fifteen years of the speaker’s firsthand knowledge in Afghanistan, East Timor, South Africa and Vietnam.
URL:	http://www.umass.edu/umhome/events/articles/94562.php
Event Category:	Featured Events / Public lectures /
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Name:	Professor Amareswar Galla
Phone:	52590
Email:	museum@uq.edu.au
Org. Unit:	English, Media Studies and Art History
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