RT Article
T1 Islam, Heritage, and Preservation: An Untidy Tradition
JF Material religion
VO 15
IS 2
SP 148
OP 163
A1 Rico, Trinidad 1979-
LA English
PB Taylor & Francis
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1670192121
AB In this article I argue that the study of cultural heritage preservation practices in the context of Muslim societies has been constructed—and obstructed—through specific historical trajectories and challenges. These originate within the field of cultural heritage preservation, through its own history and principles which have complicated the interplay between heritage and religious values and uses. As a result, situated studies of preservation practices in and by Muslim communities are in their infancy. In this article I revisit the points of contact between the emergence of a Eurocentric preservation dogma and its encounter with different articulations and practices related to Islam that are now approached as part of heritage assemblages and debates. I consider specific biases inherent in these discourses and propose, as a result, to approach the study of Islam and heritage in its own terms—rather than as an alternative to Western preservation paradigms.
K1 Islam,
K1 critical heritage,
K1 ethnocentrism,
K1 preservation
DO 10.1080/17432200.2019.1590003