Survivor Objects: Cultural Heritage in and out of the Middle East

In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 49, Heft 4, S. 752-756

Abstract

Artifacts that have experienced atrocities, even genocide, and survived, acquire the power to recall the horrors of the past, and to recollect the absent persons, things, and places that were lost. They symbolize violence, but also survival and resilience. Material objects that have endured looting, mutilation, displacement, and separation from the communities where they functioned as sacred relics, liturgical aids, or prized artworks form a special category. They aresurvivor objects.