دانلود کتاب A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
After Bamyan: A new political paradigm for heritage
Structure of this volume
1. International intervention in Afghanistan 2001-2021
Introduction
A military intervention
The Bonn Agreement
A history of international assistance and the Afghan state
The post-2001 reconstruction project
Aid and global security
The Afghan state and state-building
Ethnic groupings and religious affiliations
Regional players
Afghanistan and the UN Development Goals
The reconstruction of Afghanistan\'s cultural heritage
Conclusions
2. Arriving at the field: Heritage, national reconstruction and power
Methodology
Methods
Risk assessment and ethical considerations
Field sites
Bamyan
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Balkh
Conclusions
3. New intersections: Theories of heritage and power
Introduction
Heritage, power and politics
A preoccupation with a global/local dichotomy
Cultural heritage, cultural diplomacy and soft power
A power framework from International Relations
Direct or hard power
Diffuse forms of power
Power, anthropology and international development
4. A \'Post-Bamyan\' heritage paradigm: New global configurations of heritage and politics
The Buddhas in a global heritage discourse
New forms of heritage diplomacy
Heritage for international development
Heritage for post-conflict rehabilitation
An \'Islamic heritage\' discourse
Heritage spectacles
Conclusions
5. Looking for \'Europe in Asia\': Historical heritage intervention in Afghanistan 1833-2001
Introduction
A brief cultural history
Imperial paradigm: British colonialism and archaeology (1833-1850)
Charles Masson in Afghanistan (1833-1842)
Looking for a European past, moral authority and a \'civilising mission\'
Modernisation paradigm: French archaeologists and Afghan nation building (1920-1960)
Amanullah Khan and the French archaeologists
French political objectives
Cultural diplomacy \'on the ground\'
Constructing an Afghan national heritage (1930-1960)
Cold War paradigm: Soviets, the US and Afghan archaeology (1960-1990)
Cold war dynamics and Afghan archaeology
Loss and destruction during the conflict
Conclusions
6. Reconstructing Afghan identity?: Nation-building and the safeguarding of Afghanistan\'s Buddhist heritage
A new politics of Afghanistan\'s pre-Islamic heritage
International technical expertise at the Buddhas
A conflict of expertise
An ambivalence about pre-Islamic heritage
\'We value Islamic heritage over Buddhism\'
Displaying pre-Islamic heritage
Pre-Islamic heritage and public relations
Mes Aynak and Buddhist heritage under threat
\'Little source of copper\'
Heritage for \'hearts and minds\'
A narrative of threat
Military engagement
Conclusions
7. The Aga Khan Trust for Culture and differentiated soft power in Balkh
The Aga Khan Trust for Culture
A hybridised approach
Mutually affirming agendas
The history and heritage of Balkh
\'Mother of Cities\'
A history of the Khwaja Parsa complex
Heritage preservation and public relations
Heritage as an international \'calling card\'
The soft power of pluralism
The hard politics of economic investment
\'On the ground\' in Balkh
Local experts
A hybridised approach in practice
Social authenticity
Local public relations
Conclusions
8. 21st century Orientalism: Turquoise Mountain and the liberal intervention
A vision for heritage preservation
Preserving Afghan \'traditions\'
\'Heritage for development\'
Popular guided tours
Turquoise Mountain and Orientalism
Orientalism \'on the ground\'
Marketing Afghan \'traditions\'
Craft and the language of the liberal intervention
Orientalism, dialogue and empathy
Conclusions
9. Bamyan, the Buddhas and a Hazara political space
\'They\'re SO big aren\'t they?\'
The Hazaras
Bamyan
The Buddhas \'resplendent with ornamentation\'
Shifting interpretations
The Buddhas as \'world heritage\'
A daily reminder of past violence
Local ideas of authenticity
The Buddhas and a Hazara history-making project
\'The destruction of the Buddhas put us on the map!\'
A rising Hazara political consciousness
A narrative of marginalisation
\'One Night with Buddha\'
Conclusions
Conclusions
References
Index