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by JAMES C. CARLSON

NATIONAL CHALLENGES AND LOCAL NARRATIVES: THE USES OF CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THE STABILIZATION OF TROUBLED STATES. by JAMES C. CARLSON. BLUF.

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  1. NATIONAL CHALLENGES AND LOCAL NARRATIVES: THE USES OF CULTURAL RESOURCES IN THE STABILIZATION OF TROUBLED STATES by JAMES C. CARLSON

  2. BLUF It is through a shared cultural heritage that people both legitimize and consent to a shared agenda. In this way, heritage is an influential device in the construction of national states.

  3. Agenda • BLUF • Archaeological site on a military • installation near Baghdad • Ctesiphon • Nation Building • - identity, economy, and stability • The Way Forward

  4. contextualization of interpretations of the past (Dodd and Boytner 2010: 3)

  5. contextualization of interpretations of the past (Dodd and Boytner 2010: 3) • contextualization of interpretations of uses of the past

  6. http://www.cemml.colostate.edu/cultural/09476/iraq01.html

  7. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad

  8. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad

  9. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad

  10. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad

  11. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad

  12. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad • 1 hectare of ancient settlement: • Old Babylonian period = 1800-1600 BC • Kassite Period = 1500-1150 BC • Seleucid Dynasty = 305-64 BC • Parthian-Sassanian periods = 538 BC - AD 641 • Abbasid period = 750-1258 AD

  13. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad

  14. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad

  15. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad

  16. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad

  17. Archaeological site on a military installation near Baghdad

  18. Ctesiphon

  19. Taq-I Kisra: Ctesiphon Arch

  20. soccer field in park at Ctesiphon

  21. Taq-I Kisra: 1950

  22. Iraq: Two Key Traits • a diverse human population • a rich cultural heritage

  23. Pillars of National Unity • state control • - infrastructure, governance, laws, security etc. • a core identity and interests • shared ethnicity

  24. Pillars of National Unity: Iraq • state control • - infrastructure, governance, laws, security etc. • a core identity and interests • shared ethnicity

  25. Cultural narratives “are constituted through representation and performance, conveying not only who we are but also who we will come to be.” Somers (1994)

  26. Cultural heritage “provides a rather effective material and symbolic • support” for a society’s narratives. • Anico and Peralta (2009)

  27. Summary economic diversity = economic sustainability unity through a shared cultural heritage 3. cultural resources = a stability "engine"

  28. The Way Forward incorporate cultural resources into: • PMESSI • (Political, Military, Economic, Social, Infrastructure and Information • systems) • ASCOPE • (Area, Structures, Capabilities, Organizations, People and Events) • SWEATMS • (sewage, water, electricity, academics, trash, medical and security) • + cultural resources = SWEATMS-C

  29. The Way Forward • assess: • views of local populations • past and present uses of cultural resources

  30. The Way Forward • benefits to US/USF efforts: • 1. mitigation of threats, social frictions, and/or conflicts • regarding cultural resources • 2. enabling of the handling of dialogue, messaging, and • publicrelations • 3. avoiding potential negative legal and publicity issues

  31. Special thanks to: Laurie Rush Diane Siebrandt Jen Clark COL Bartholf Acknowledgments:

  32. QUESTIONS?

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