PCHC: Contested Heritage: Archaeology Museums in Turkey
Category: Lecture
Length: 1:05:19
| Video Date | 02/07/2013 |
| Film Description | Turkey will soon be home to a series of new, state-of-the-art, archaeology museums. Such buildings are being planned, constructed, remodeled, or expanded in Istanbul, Ankara, Gaziantep, and other places. What kind of cultural heritage will these new museums display? These secular temples of the Turkish Republic have generally emphasized the country's "10,000-year-old" past. In this historical narrative, different Turkish cities usually trace their roots back to the Neolithic. But, what other stories are left out of this narrative? How have these new museums attempted to display these silenced stories? In this talk, Dr. Dissard takes Turkey as a specific case-study to argue that contested heritage seldom feels at home in archaeological museums. |
| Video Category | Lecture |
| Contributor(s) | Laurent Dissard |