By Karlijn Hulshof The 1990s wars marked the end of Yugoslavia. The rise of national identities that accompanied the wars caused a significant change in the perception of culture. Consequently, heritage was one of the targets during the wars and especially religious heritage was under…
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Figure 1. (Cover photo). Map showing Biafra (as declared in 1967) and Nigeria in the context of West Africa (source: Eric Gaba, Wikimedia Commons). By Stanley Jachike Onyemechalu Introduction History and collective memory are critical for proper heritage interpretation, especially when it relates to war. Hence,…
On Friday, October 13, at VU Amsterdam, 60 PhD and MA students from over 20 countries around the world successfully completed a week-long course on cultural heritage and spatial planning, organized by the EU H2020 ITN-winning project HERILAND. The course was given under the umbrella of…