Outcomes of ICOMOS University forum published in the IJCP

Six extended papers have been published after full peer review in a special issue on “Authenticity and Reconstruction”, guest-edited by Cornelius Holtorf, in the International Journal of Cultural Property 27(2), 2020, 161-290. The papers are accessible in free open access at the links below:

• Editorial, Cornelius Holtorf
  
  
• Heritage, Conflict, and Reconstructions: From Reconstructing Monuments to Reconstructing Societies, Alkindi Aljawabra
  
  
• Notes on Authenticity and Development of Cultural Heritage in Syria, Anas Soufan
  
  
• Creative Destruction and the Social (Re) Construction of Heritage, Erica Avrami
  
  
• What’s Wrong with Fakes? Heritage Reconstructions, Authenticity, and Democracy in Post-Disaster Recoveries, Francesca Piazzoni
  
  
• Psychology and World Heritage? Reflections on Time, Memory, and Imagination for a Heritage Context, Ciarán Benson
  
  
• Conservation and Heritage As Creative Processes of Future-Making, Cornelius Holtorf

Background

On 13-15 March 2017, the pilot ICOMOS University Forum Workshop “A Contemporary Provocation: Reconstructions as Tools of Future-making” was held at ICOMOS International Headquarters in Paris, France. Its aim was to stimulate dialogues between professional heritage consultants and academic heritage experts. The meeting was co-organised by Cornelius Holtorf, Loughlin Kealy, Toshiyuki Kono, and Marie-Laure Lavenir.

An initial publication of selected papers in ICOMOS University Forum Volume 1 can be found at: https://www.icomos.org/en/what-we-do/disseminating-knowledge/icomos-university-forum/52636-volume-1-icomos-university-forum-workshop-on-authenticity-and-reconstructions-papers-12).

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