Cultural heritage – The Conversation

Bali’s traditional elephant-fish canoes embody generations of craftsmanship, spiritual belief and maritime knowledge. But only a handful remain.

A fire that destroyed St. Anne’s Church in Toronto serves as a reminder that cultural legacy needs to be conserved and protected from disaster.

A large portion of Djerba’s cultural heritage has been erased by sea-level rise and human neglect.

Paris’s Notre Dame cathedral is set to reopen more than five years after a devastating fire. The blaze and its aftermath have fueled debates about the funding of France’s cultural heritage.

A new research project gives migrants a voice so that they can tell their own stories, beyond the statistics.

Camps are dynamic, culturally significant spaces. We propose the significance of these cultural practices may provide an alternative pathway to protection.

Disaster recovery isn’t just about repairing bridges, roads and homes. Conservationists from the Smithsonian were on the ground in North Carolina helping families piece their lives back together.

From Australia to Sweden to New Zealand, these towns demonstrate how managed retreat in action is a fine balancing act between history, culture and community.

From restoring ancient texts to immersive meditation, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

By targeting a restaurant owner who identifies with a specific cuisine, the protester makes that one person responsible for the actions of an entire group or country.

Book science helps decipher and preserve fragile manuscripts, at a moment when climate change and mass digitization are reshaping cultural heritage work.

An archaeologist examines the cultural obliteration Iran has incurred as a result of strikes in the US-Israel-Iran conflict. How can such damage be compensated and which global organisations can the country turn to?

One criticism of current 3D models of archaeological sites is that they are presented devoid of human traces and history.

In addition to destroyed buildings, there’s an entire underground world – filled with untold numbers of artifacts, bones and ruins – that are exposed and damaged by the digging of trenches.

Around 50% of heritage sites in the Gaza Strip have been damaged, with many structures near-demolished.

Barak was an Aboriginal leader who witnessed the signing of the controversial 1835 Batman Treaty. He made many works during his life, but many are unaccounted for.

This new project has strong potential to be scaled up and delivered in other land and cultural heritage management contexts.

When it comes to protection for refugees on the basis of cultural heritage loss, there are very few pathways available.