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CHW’s new book is out now! Based on our research on the Nagorno-Karabakh wars, HERITAGE FORENSICS offers a new framework for investigating cultural heritage caught up in war, ethnic cleansing and secrecy. Download free Ebook<\/a> or order with 30% discount code 09BCARD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage Forensics introduces a new framework for investigating cultural heritage caught up in war, ethnic cleansing, and secrecy. The book combines satellite-based spatial analysis with humanistic research and humanitarian concern to document the impact of the protracted conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the medieval and modern heritagescape of the South Caucasus. Drawing on the findings of Caucasus Heritage Watch, the authors demonstrate how cultural erasure, looting, and violence have inflicted harm on historical sites and the descendant communities for whom they hold enduring significance. Heritage Forensics establishes a model for investigating cultural heritage threatened by political violence and is an invaluable resource for scholars, journalists, activists, and policymakers alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Praise for Heritage Forensics:<\/em>
Heritage Forensics is an important book that offers necessary analyses to understand the rise of heritage conflict and growing need for accountability on a global level. The authors are experts who provide a model for others to follow in the current moment of escalation in heritage violence. — Lynn Meskell, author of A Future in Ruins<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authors provide a complex and meticulous investigation that succeeds in bringing a nuanced analysis of an ongoing conflict without equalizing the conflict parties, or marginalizing or silencing either party. — Vicken Cheterian, author of Open Wounds: Armenians, Turks, and a Century of Genocide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CHW’s new book is out now! Based on our research on the Nagorno-Karabakh wars, HERITAGE FORENSICS offers a new framework for investigating cultural heritage caught up in war, ethnic cleansing and secrecy. Download free Ebook or order with 30% discount code 09BCARD Heritage Forensics introduces a new framework for investigating cultural heritage caught up in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-heritage-monitoring","category-historic-research","category-publications"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOut Now! 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