identicide: the problem with post-war reconstruction

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Coined by Dr. Sarah Jane Meharg, identicide is the intentional targeting and destruction of things that represent identity. In this presentation, Dr. Meharg presents a slide show that outlines cases of identicide, with a focus on the sites of cultural heritage destroyed during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, and the problem with post-war reconstruction.

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Identicide:Identicide:The Problem with The Problem with

Post-War ReconstructionPost-War ReconstructionDr. Sarah Jane Meharg

Royal Military College of Canada

Peace & Conflict Planners Canada

mehargs@pcpcanada.com

IdenticideIdenticide

Identicide is the intentional killing of the relatedness between people and place that eliminates the bond, which underpins individual, community, and national identity (Meharg 1999);

This method of destroying people and their places is most obvious when applied through military means.

Old and New Wars: Old and New Wars: The Destruction of The Destruction of Cultural HeritageCultural Heritage

Jenin, 2002.

Before

After

The Golden Done Mosque of Samarra (Iraq), 2006.

Temple of the Tooth Relic, Sri Lanka, 1998.

Before

After

Vijecnica, 1936.

Vijecnica, 1992.

Stari Most, Mostar, circa 1912

Stari Most, Mostar, circa 1985

Stari Most, Mostar, 1993.

Post-Conflict ReconstructionPost-Conflict Reconstruction

Infrastructure reconstruction, Bosnia 2001

Inside Cinema Jenin during reconstruction, West Bank, 2003

Vijecnica, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2012

Temporary Bridge, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001

Post-Conflict ConstructionPost-Conflict Construction

Indonesian Mosque, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2001

King Fahd Mosque (Saudi), Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2009

Catholic Church, Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2007

Christ Monument, Hum Mountain, Mostar, 2004

Identicide: Identicide: The Problem with The Problem with

Post-War ReconstructionPost-War Reconstruction

Dr. Sarah Jane MehargRoyal Military College of Canada

Peace & Conflict Planners Canada

mehargs@pcpcanada.com

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