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Blog, Conservation, Heritage, Intangible Heritage, Restoration, Traditions, World Heritage Sites

Buganda Heritage: Conflict Between Traditional and Modern

November 25, 2015August 6, 2016

Traditional Buganda history is skewed and fascinating, but is this desire to stick to tradition hampering the restoration of World Heritage? Buganda is a sub-national …

Blog, Heritage, Traditions

Ayyappan Theeyattu

October 27, 2015March 16, 2016

de Ayyappan Theeyattu: An Ethnographic View The fragmented origins of the ritual dance performed to honour Lord Ayyappan give rise to much healthy argument. Lord …

Blog, Built Heritage, Heritage, Restoration

Restoration in Haiti after the 2010 Earthquake

September 28, 2015March 16, 2016

5 years after a devastating earthquake, Haiti’s restoration continues. A brief look at the efforts to restore lost heritage throws an encouraging picture. Haiti is …

Blog, Spotlight, World Heritage Sites

Ticking Time Bombs: Threats to World Heritage Sites in Danger

September 21, 2015March 16, 2016

United Nations on Monday confirmed that the Islamic State destroyed Palmyra,a 2,000-year-old city described by UNESCO as “one of the most important cultural centers of …

Blog, Intangible Heritage, Spotlight

The Indian Memory Project

September 18, 2015May 24, 2017

All information is invaluable, and visual information in the form of photographs can be captivating as the India Memory Project demonstrates. The Indian memory Project …

Blog, World Heritage Sites

Contrasting Scenarios in the World Heritage Spectrum: The Timbuktu Mausoleums and the?Bamiyan?Buddhas

August 27, 2015March 16, 2016

The mausoleums have been restored, but the?Bamiyan?Buddhas?are still in a state of flux between destruction and restoration. Architectural masterpieces?across?the world?were built?by great builders with minds …