Patrick J. O'Keefe
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813034607
- eISBN:
- 9780813039510
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813034607.003.0020
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Methodology and Techniques
International conventions, recommendations, and resolutions on preservation of cultural resources provide a guide to how states view various matters and what they are likely to accept if proposals on ...
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International conventions, recommendations, and resolutions on preservation of cultural resources provide a guide to how states view various matters and what they are likely to accept if proposals on public policy are put forward. This chapter takes into account the role of international communities in creating a legal framework for preserving the world's cultural resources. It provides a selected account of the conventions, recommendations, resolutions, and regulations that have shaped cultural resource preservation. The chapter also brings into the limelight different conventions of UNESCO pertaining to heritage management throughout the world.Less
International conventions, recommendations, and resolutions on preservation of cultural resources provide a guide to how states view various matters and what they are likely to accept if proposals on public policy are put forward. This chapter takes into account the role of international communities in creating a legal framework for preserving the world's cultural resources. It provides a selected account of the conventions, recommendations, resolutions, and regulations that have shaped cultural resource preservation. The chapter also brings into the limelight different conventions of UNESCO pertaining to heritage management throughout the world.
Phyllis Mauch Messenger and George S. Smith
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813034607
- eISBN:
- 9780813039510
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813034607.003.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Methodology and Techniques
This book discusses the efforts of a broad range of specialists devoted to safeguarding our cultural heritage. From international law to artifact preservation to site interpretation, there is a wide ...
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This book discusses the efforts of a broad range of specialists devoted to safeguarding our cultural heritage. From international law to artifact preservation to site interpretation, there is a wide variety of approaches to the management of our cultural heritage. This book aims to provide diversity of perspectives from people deeply involved in the issues that directly affect the future or the past. These different perspectives make it clear that irrespective of the languages, geography, political situations, or economic situations, these experiences represent a commanding human experience. This book seeks to encourage the ongoing discussion about the management, protection, and value of cultural heritage by providing examples of various histories and current approaches.Less
This book discusses the efforts of a broad range of specialists devoted to safeguarding our cultural heritage. From international law to artifact preservation to site interpretation, there is a wide variety of approaches to the management of our cultural heritage. This book aims to provide diversity of perspectives from people deeply involved in the issues that directly affect the future or the past. These different perspectives make it clear that irrespective of the languages, geography, political situations, or economic situations, these experiences represent a commanding human experience. This book seeks to encourage the ongoing discussion about the management, protection, and value of cultural heritage by providing examples of various histories and current approaches.
Neil Brodie, Morag M. Kersel, and Kathryn Walker Tubb
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813029726
- eISBN:
- 9780813039145
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813029726.003.0003
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Methodology and Techniques
This chapter provides an historical account of the negotiations that preceded the 1983 implementation of the 1970 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention ...
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This chapter provides an historical account of the negotiations that preceded the 1983 implementation of the 1970 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention in the United States as the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA). It also shows that some art museums lined up with anthropology museums during negotiations over the CPIA—but this does nevertheless have a general relevance. In particular, the chapter describes some of the legal remedies that have been adopted for the protection of the world cultural patrimony, both at the international level and, in greater detail, with regard to the legislation of the United States. The chapter gives an overview of some aspects of current U.S. law regulating international trade in antiquities in the United States. The history of the political struggles and compromises that shaped the U.S. Cultural Property Implementation Act in its present form is recounted. Moreover, the chapter offers some suggestions for possible improvements in the Act. It appears to be that the long-term task for archaeologists must be to sensitize both citizens and politicians to the immense loss to historical patrimony that is being caused by the illicit trade in antiquities.Less
This chapter provides an historical account of the negotiations that preceded the 1983 implementation of the 1970 United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention in the United States as the Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act (CPIA). It also shows that some art museums lined up with anthropology museums during negotiations over the CPIA—but this does nevertheless have a general relevance. In particular, the chapter describes some of the legal remedies that have been adopted for the protection of the world cultural patrimony, both at the international level and, in greater detail, with regard to the legislation of the United States. The chapter gives an overview of some aspects of current U.S. law regulating international trade in antiquities in the United States. The history of the political struggles and compromises that shaped the U.S. Cultural Property Implementation Act in its present form is recounted. Moreover, the chapter offers some suggestions for possible improvements in the Act. It appears to be that the long-term task for archaeologists must be to sensitize both citizens and politicians to the immense loss to historical patrimony that is being caused by the illicit trade in antiquities.
Lucas Lixinski
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780813056579
- eISBN:
- 9780813053349
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813056579.003.0009
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This chapter explores some of the convergences and divergences between religion and cultural heritage and international law’s place in attempting to mediate these tensions. I argue that, in the event ...
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This chapter explores some of the convergences and divergences between religion and cultural heritage and international law’s place in attempting to mediate these tensions. I argue that, in the event of conflict, heritage values tend to prevail over religious ones, at least inasmuch as heritage is a proxy for secularism and cosmopolitanism, whereas religion can still be seen as a slippery slope toward fundamentalism and division. Thus, privileging religion is incompatible with a worldview of peace and dialogue among nations, which international law tends to privilege.Less
This chapter explores some of the convergences and divergences between religion and cultural heritage and international law’s place in attempting to mediate these tensions. I argue that, in the event of conflict, heritage values tend to prevail over religious ones, at least inasmuch as heritage is a proxy for secularism and cosmopolitanism, whereas religion can still be seen as a slippery slope toward fundamentalism and division. Thus, privileging religion is incompatible with a worldview of peace and dialogue among nations, which international law tends to privilege.
