岡橋純子准教授（国際交流学科）の論文がThe Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues(2020) に掲載

岡橋純子准教授（国際交流学科）の論文、”Could the Giant Buddha Statues of Bamiyan Be Considered as a Case of ‘Exceptional Circumstances’ for Reconstruction?” が　The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues: Heritage Reconstruction in Theory and Practice（2020年 Springer社発行）p.239-255に掲載されました。

この書籍は、ポストコンフリクト（紛争後）の文化財保全倫理を議論する際、また今後国際レベルで文化財再建に関する規範が策定される際、参考すべきとなる専門書です。文化財の価値議論においては、真正性がきわめて重要とされており、従来の国際規範には、再建や復原は「例外的」な場合をのぞいて最低限にとどめるべきという慎重な原則が込められています。岡橋准教授の論文は、文化財の真正性や再建をめぐる新旧の国際規範を整理した上で、再建をしてよい「例外的」場合の条件を問うものであり、武力紛争によって壊滅的な打撃を受けたのち再建された文化財の諸例を挙げつつ、それらの再建行為のプロセスが各地域社会の文化的復興の中枢に位置づけられてきたことを論じています。人為的に破壊されたアフガニスタンのバーミヤン大仏が、再建に踏み出しても真正性を証明できる「例外的」ケースとなりうるかを深遠に検討した論考として評価され、本書籍に掲載されています。

This Open Access book explores heritage conservation ethics of post conflict and provides an important historical record of the possible reconstruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues, which was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in Danger in 2003 as “Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley”. With the condition that most surface of the original fragments of the Buddha statues were lost due to acts of deliberate destruction, this publication explores a reference point for conservation practitioners and policy makers around the world as they consider how to respond to on-going acts of destruction of cultural heritage.

Whilst there has been an emerging debate to the ethics and nature of heritage reconstruction, this volume provides a plethora of ideas and approaches concerning the future treatment of the Bamiyan Buddha statues. It also addresses a number of fundamental questions on potential heritage reconstruction: how it will be done; who will decide; and what it should be done for. Moreover when it comes to the inscribed World Heritage properties, how can reconstructed heritage using non-original materials be considered to retain authenticity?

With a view to serving as a precedent for potential decisions taken elsewhere in the world for cultural properties impacted by acts of violence and destruction, this volume introduces academic researches, experiences and observations of heritage conservation theory and practice of heritage reconstruction. It also addresses the issue not merely from the point of a material conservation philosophy but within the context of holistic strategies for the protection of human rights and promotion of peace building.
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