Conflict Landscapes: Materiality and Meaning in Contested Places

Conflict Landscapes explores the long under-acknowledged and under-investigated aspects of where and how modern conflict landscapes interact and conjoin with pre-twentieth-century places, activities, and beliefs, as well as with individuals and groups. It offers a coherent, integrated, and sensitized hybrid approach that calls on different disciplines where they overlap in a shared common terrain, dealing with issues such as memory, identity, emotion, and wellbeing. The book will appeal to a wide range of disciplines involved in studying conflict.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 420 pages
\n Publication date: 25 June 2021
\n Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Conflict Landscapes delves into the long-ignored and under-explored dimensions of how modern conflict landscapes intersect and converge with pre-twentieth-century places, activities, and beliefs, as well as with individuals and groups. By examining and comprehending the often unpredictable power and legacies of landscapes that have witnessed (and often continue to viscerally embody) the consequences of mass death and destruction, the book reveals, through these landscapes, the profound ability of destruction to preserve, refocus, and often reconfigure the past. In response to the complexity of modern conflict, the book offers a coherent, integrated, and sensitive hybrid approach that draws upon different disciplines where they overlap in a shared common terrain. Addressing issues such as memory, identity, emotion, and well-being, the chapters explore the human experience of modern conflict and its relationship to landscape.

This book will appeal to a diverse range of disciplines engaged in the study of conflict, including archaeology, anthropology, material culture studies, art history, cultural history, cultural geography, military history, and heritage and museum studies. By exploring the intricate interplay between conflict and landscapes, Conflict Landscapes provides a valuable contribution to our understanding of the complex and multifaceted nature of modern conflicts and their enduring impact on societies and individuals.

\n Weight: 774g\n
Dimension: 155 x 233 x 24 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780367690199\n \n