{"id":2345,"date":"2022-01-26T13:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=2345"},"modified":"2022-01-26T13:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:56:03","slug":"the-heritage-climate-paradox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogg.lnu.se\/unesco\/?p=2345","title":{"rendered":"The Heritage-Climate Paradox"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my presentation on “Risks for Peace Due to Promotion of Heritage”, given on 26 January 2022 at the global ICCROM conference\u00a0Climate.Culture.Peace<\/a>\u00a0in a session on\u00a0Culture, Climate and Drivers of Conflict<\/a>, I introduced the Heritage-Climate Paradox<\/strong>\u00a0in its two dimensions:<\/p>\n

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  1. Whereas heritage is often about conservation and timeless values, the climate crisis is about change and the transformation of our lives and many people’s livelihoods.<\/li>\n
  2. Whereas heritage is about making cultural distinctions in space, contrasting US with THEM (often in terms of nations or ethnic groups), the climate crisis requires us to find global solutions and to\u00a0promote global solidarity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here is the full abstract of my paper:<\/p>\n

    As the significance of culture and cultural heritage is gradually entering high-level discussions concerning sustainable development, I am cautioning against generalizing the view that culture and heritage necessarily benefit mitigation and adaptation related to climate change. Promoting seemingly timeless heritage derived from the past can make necessary transformations of inherited ways of life and livelihoods more difficult. At the same time, perceptions of exclusive cultural heritage may support ethnic pride and social exclusion. Both recent and historical examples show how perceptions and uses of cultural heritage can inflame violent conflicts between different cultural groups over power and territory. Promoting heritage can thus threaten peace and human rights, reduce socio-cultural cohesion and resilience, and effectively become a hinder for global human adaptation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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