Cultural Heritage Under Attack: Motives for Deliberate Destruction of Cultural Property in Armed Conflict in Swat

IF 0.8 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Heritage and Society Pub Date : 2023-09-10 DOI:10.1080/2159032x.2023.2254966
Adnan Ahmed Dogar, Ikram Shah, Adnan Al Faisal
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This article aims to trace the Taliban’s motives behind the deliberate destruction of cultural heritage in Swat while also looking into the local’s reaction and their relationship with cultural heritage after the conflict. The Taliban insurgents deliberately defaced and dynamited the second largest seated statue of Lord Buddha after Bamiyan in Afghanistan and bomb-damaged Swat Museum. The findings are the outcomes of in-depth interviews and FGDs conducted with locals, key informants from the community, local journalists, NGO representatives, archeologists, and Swat Museum officials. This study demonstrates that the Taliban iconoclastic acts were motivated by their “conflict goal” – the introduction and imposition of Sharia Law in the region. The “specific targeting” of the seated statue of Lord Buddha and the bomb-damaged Swat Museum are considered the principal identifiers of differences, and instrumental in “signalling” strength and commitment to the resisting actors. The polarity in explanations among the locals indicates that the Taliban tactfully manipulated the equivocal understanding of idolatry in Islam. After the conflict, apart from the realization of ownership and pride among the locals, the utmost concerns for them are the protection of cultural heritage and the construction of a religious counter-narrative on the status of idols and statues in Islam.
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遭受攻击的文化遗产:斯瓦特武装冲突中故意破坏文化财产的动机
本文旨在追踪塔利班蓄意破坏斯瓦特文化遗产背后的动机,同时也探讨当地人的反应,以及冲突后他们与文化遗产的关系。塔利班叛乱分子故意污损并炸毁了仅次于阿富汗巴米扬的第二大佛像,并炸毁了斯瓦特博物馆。这些发现是对当地人、社区主要线人、当地记者、非政府组织代表、考古学家和斯瓦特博物馆官员进行深入访谈和fds的结果。这项研究表明,塔利班破坏圣像的行为是出于他们的“冲突目标”- -在该地区推行和强制实行伊斯兰教法。佛祖坐像和被炸弹炸毁的斯瓦特博物馆的“具体目标”被认为是分歧的主要标志,并有助于向抵抗者“发出”力量和承诺的信号。当地人解释的两极分化表明,塔利班巧妙地操纵了伊斯兰教对偶像崇拜的模棱两可的理解。在冲突之后,除了当地人对所有权和自豪感的实现之外,他们最关心的是文化遗产的保护和对伊斯兰教中偶像和雕像地位的宗教反叙事的构建。
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Heritage and Society
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期刊介绍: Heritage & Society is a global, peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for scholarly, professional, and community reflection on the cultural, political, and economic impacts of heritage on contemporary society. We seek to examine the current social roles of collective memory, historic preservation, cultural resource management, public interpretation, cultural preservation and revitalization, sites of conscience, diasporic heritage, education, legal/legislative developments, cultural heritage ethics, and central heritage concepts such as authenticity, significance, and value. The journal provides an engaging forum about tangible and intangible heritage for those who work with international and governmental organizations, academic institutions, private heritage consulting and CRM firms, and local, associated, and indigenous communities. With a special emphasis on social science approaches and an international perspective, the journal will facilitate lively, critical discussion and dissemination of practical data among heritage professionals, planners, policymakers, and community leaders.
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