2014 2014-12-17 10.17192/meta.2014.3.2175 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2014-45-21751 keine Angabe Creating Futures for the Past in Southern Iraq: Challenges and Opportunities Iraqi archaeologists and Assyriologists are desperate for communication and collaboration and intellectual challenge. Almost every colleague I meet in Iraq is keen to set up research partnerships and training programmes. Yet they are working in a vacuum, mostly isolated and unheard in their own country and beyond. There is little public discourse on local history and archaeology, and little Iraqi government understanding of the value of these matters in civic and cultural life. In this paper I explore how this situation come to be; why it is a matter of concern; and what, if anything, we as western academic historians, should try to do to about it. In the latter sections of the paper in particular, I do not try to be comprehensive but draw upon my own experiences and observations, in relation to the UK context in which I work. My aim is not simply to describe but to stimulate discussion, response and action. Iraq Assyriology Cultural Heritage Politics Collaboration Archaeology

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Iraqi archaeologists and Assyriologists are desperate for communication and collaboration and intellectual challenge. Almost every colleague I meet in Iraq is keen to set up research partnerships and training programmes. Yet they are working in a vacuum, mostly isolated and unheard in their own country and beyond. There is little public discourse on local history and archaeology, and little Iraqi government understanding of the value of these matters in civic and cultural life. In this paper I explore how this situation come to be; why it is a matter of concern; and what, if anything, we as western academic historians, should try to do to about it. In the latter sections of the paper in particular, I do not try to be comprehensive but draw upon my own experiences and observations, in relation to the UK context in which I work. My aim is not simply to describe but to stimulate discussion, response and action. Creating Futures for the Past in Southern Iraq: Challenges and Opportunities 2014-12-17 application/pdf 2014 Iraq article Assyriology Vol 3 (2014) application/pdf 2014-12-17 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2014-454 Cultural Heritage 2196-629X 2013 Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS) Middle East - Topics + Arguments Periodical General history of Asia; Middle East https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/cover.png Deutschhausstraße 9, 35037 Marburg Marburg Philipps-Universität Marburg 2714728-9 urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-00030 3 https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2014/45/cover.png 2014 PeriodicalPart https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2014.3.45 2014-12-17 https://doi.org/10.17192/meta.2014.3.2175 application/zip Cultural Heritage urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-0003-2014-45-21751 English 2018-01-31 Politics Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Publikationsserver der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg Collaboration Archaeology https://journals.uni-marburg.de/0003/2014/45/2175/2175.png Eleanor Robson Robson, Eleanor

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