UNESCO

Where heritage sites are not just cultural landmarks but also political tools, the question of epistemic authority - who decides things, and how - in heritage management becomes impossible to...

UNESCO’s heritage lists are one of the greatest success stories of the organisation. Even to those unacquainted with cultural heritage law, many will be familiar with the World Heritage List,...

Not that long ago, few questions were asked around museums, the objects they own and the histories of how they landed on display. In popular culture, a scene in the...

The geographically small Nagorno-Karabakh is rich in cultural and religious heritage. It is therefore not surprising that the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over this contested territory spurred not...