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Civilization, Violence and Heritage Healing in Liberia

University College London, UK, m.rowlands@ucl. ac.uk

The restoration of public spaces and monuments in post-conflict situations is often associated with negotiation of trauma and reconciliation. The focus of this article is on the restoration of the national museum as a focus for the restoration of pre-civil war order in Liberia. By concentrating on the restoration of commemorative and public ceremonial spaces `as they were', `forgetting' allows the re-emergence of a visual culture that sustains the continuity of an idea of `civilization'.

Key Words: civilization • museums • post-conflict • restoration

Journal of Material Culture, Vol. 13, No. 2, 135-152 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1359183508090900


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