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Digitally Mediated Iconoclasm: the Islamic State and the war on cultural heritage
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In this paper, the authors propose a new analytical framework of "Digitally Mediated Iconoclasm" (DMI) to analyse and interpret iconoclastic acts that are experienced through the propaganda (videos, social media, etc.).Abstract:
This paper puts forward the new analytical framework of ‘Digitally Mediated Iconoclasm’ (DMI) to analyse and interpret iconoclastic acts that are experienced through the propaganda (videos, social ...read more
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Bosnia and the destruction of cultural heritage
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The ritualization of heritage destruction under the Islamic State
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TL;DR: In this paper, the conceptual framework of the ritualization of heritage destruction is developed to analyse and interpret the targeting of pre-monotheistic heritage sites and artefacts by the Islamic Jihadists.
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The Society of the Spectacle
TL;DR: The Society of the Spectacle as mentioned in this paper is one of the most influential theoretical works for a wide range of political and revolutionary practice in the 1960s, and it has been widely used in the literature since.
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Uses of heritage
TL;DR: The Uses of Heritage as mentioned in this paper explores the use of heritage throughout the world and argues that heritage value is not inherent in physical objects or places, but rather that these objects and places are used to give tangibility to the values that underpin different communities and to assert and affirm these values.
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Social Network Sites as Networked Publics: Affordances, Dynamics, and Implications
TL;DR: Ito et al. as discussed by the authors argue that publics can be reactors, re-makers and re-distributors, engaging in shared culture and knowledge through discourse and social exchange as well as through acts of media reception.
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Dissonant Heritage: The Management of the Past as a Resource in Conflict
John Tunbridge,G.J. Ashworth +1 more
TL;DR: From History to Heritage Dissonant Dissonance and its Management: Conclusions and Prognosis as mentioned in this paper The Heritage of Atrocity Central Europe: Managing Heritage in the Maelstrom Canada: Management of Disissonance in a New World Southern Africa: DissonANT Heritage as the Black Man's Burden Dissonances and its management.
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What Do Pictures Want?: The Lives and Loves of Images
TL;DR: What Do Pictures Want? as discussed by the authors explores the idea of pictures as animated beings with desires, needs, appetites, demands, and drives of their own. But it does not address the question of why we behave as if pictures are alive, possessing the power to influence us, to demand things from us, persuade us, seduce us, or even lead us astray.