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Burch, S. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8293-1850,
2017.
A virtual oasis: Trafalgar Square’s Arch of Palmyra.
International Journal of Architectural Research: ArchNet-IJAR, 11 (3), pp. 58-77.
ISSN 1938-7806
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Abstract
This paper considers the destruction of the Arch of Palmyra in Syria in 2015 and its temporary reconstruction a year later in London’s Trafalgar Square. Attention is paid to an adjacent pedestal known as the Fourth Plinth, with a particular focus on a proposed monument by the Iraqi-American conceptual artist, Michael Rakowitz (born 1973). His works provide the basis for a discussion of public memorials and art’s commemorative function; the preservation, destruction and politicisation of heritage; the role of technology for the purposes of documentation and reconstruction; notions of authenticity; ethics and legal issues surrounding the global trade in cultural artefacts.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||
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| Publication Title: | International Journal of Architectural Research: ArchNet-IJAR | ||||
| Creators: | Burch, S. | ||||
| Publisher: | ArchNet | ||||
| Date: | 22 November 2017 | ||||
| Volume: | 11 | ||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||
| ISSN: | 1938-7806 | ||||
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| Rights: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | ||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Arts and Humanities | ||||
| Record created by: | Jonathan Gallacher | ||||
| Date Added: | 27 Nov 2017 11:14 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 27 Nov 2017 11:14 | ||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/32087 |
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