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Sites of Conscience: Reimagining Reparations
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Historical GeographyColonialismCultural HeritageLawReimagining ReparationsEducationGlobal StudiesCultural Heritage ManagementHeritage ConservationCultural PolicyHeritage FieldCultural HistoryLanguage StudiesIntangible Cultural HeritageSocial ResponsibilityPublic PolicyCultural SustainabilityCultural PreservationIndigenous HeritageMonumental HeritageInternational Heritage FieldCultureSocial ReconstructionAnthropologySocial AnthropologyCultural AnthropologyInjusticeCultural RevitalizationSocial JusticeGlobal Justice
The heritage field has long been plagued by threats of irrelevance, cast as outside the real business of society. But in a growing number of countries around the world, heritage is now being heralded as critical to contemporary civic life. A string of societies from Morocco to Chile to Canada have come to believe that confronting past conflicts and repressions is essential for their ability to move forward—and that preserving places where these conflicts took place is a cornerstone of social reconstruction. These projects provide a great opportunity for the rejuvenation of the international heritage field.