Making, Ignoring and Presenting the Syriac Heritage in Mardin and Tur ‘Abdin

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.ElifKeser-KayaalpMaking, Ignoring and Presenting the Syriac Heritage in Mardin and Tur ‘Abdinhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/UNZNA27Dhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/UNZNA27Dhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/UNZNA27DHaniHayajnehCultural Heritage at the Intersection of the Humanities and the Sciences: Proceedings of the International Humboldt-Kolleg (Jordan, 16–18 April 2019)ZürichLIT Verlag2023449-461After providing a historical background onMardin and Tur ‘Abdin, under the title of “Safeguarding heritage as an act of Heritage”, this paper shall deal with the UNESCO application of Mardin and three projects that are about safeguarding heritage and show how these projects themselves are acts of heritage making. Under the title “Museums and Syriac Heritage,” it discusses how Syriac heritage is presented in the local museums. The final part of the paper questions whether an eco-museum model can be applied to this landscape. Through these sections, I shall discuss how the choice of some words, the act of restoring, the struggles of gaining the ownership of the properties, initiating projects, presenting communities, designing management. Keser-Kayaalp, Elif. “Making, Ignoring and Presenting the Syriac Heritage in Mardin and Tur ‘Abdin.” In Cultural Heritage at the Intersection of the Humanities and the Sciences: Proceedings of the International Humboldt-Kolleg (Jordan, 16–18 April 2019), edited by Hani Hayajneh, 449–61. Zürich: LIT Verlag, 2023. Elif Keser-Kayaalp, Making, Ignoring and Presenting the Syriac Heritage in Mardin and Tur ‘Abdin, in Cultural Heritage at the Intersection of the Humanities and the Sciences: Proceedings of the International Humboldt-Kolleg (Jordan, 16–18 April 2019), ed. Hani Hayajneh (Zürich: LIT Verlag, 2023), 449–61.