Our first two installments of the Climate Changing Heritage series surrounded the negative impact(s) of hurricanes on heritage. This increasingly severe hurricane threat is one of several heritage threats attributable to changing ocean environments (like water temperature rise) from ongoing changes in global climate. These temperatures are one of several drastic changes being seen now and in predicted climate trends; other … Read More
Climate Changing Heritage: What Happened to Hog Island?
Climate Changing Heritage: What Happened to Hog Island? SAFE discussed the increasing threat of hurricanes to coastal areas of the US recently, but for many: seeing is believing. The case of Hog Island – seen on the left in three pre-1921 historical maps) was chosen to demonstrate the serious (often sudden) impact(s) hurricanes (and similar storms) have on areas housing irreplaceable local … Read More
10th Annual ARCA Conference
Taking place this last weekend was the 10th annual conference for the Association for Research into Crimes against Art, or ARCA, in Amelia, Italy. This conference gives professionals from a variety of multidisciplinary fields the opportunity to discuss their previous research and work in the field of art crime to other professionals, academics, and students from around the world. This … Read More
Climate Changing Heritage: Hurricanes
From intensifying tornadoes and superstorms to extreme wildfires and oceanic changes (like sea level, temperature, salinity, etc.), the perilous future of changing climate trends has become visible now more than ever. In the process, ongoing changes in global climate are creating an unprecedented number of negative impacts on cultural heritage around the world. Fortunately, contemporary awareness of climate-related disasters has simultaneously fostered interest in … Read More
Exploring the Marketable Aesthetics of Antiquity in Pakistan
Recent encounters during a visit to Lahore, Pakistan have highlighted growing impacts the marketable aesthetics of antiquity have on both the historical record and antiquity markets worldwide. This blog explores the attractive nature of key aesthetic qualities, and examples both the realities of these impacts and how such encounters in Pakistan are blatant symptoms of a worldwide concern. How do … Read More
Hello – and Goodbye! An Introduction as an Internship Wraps Up
As one of SAFE’s most recent interns, I was very excited about this opportunity to use my passion for cultural heritage to help spread awareness about its importance and preservation. My interest in, quite literally, saving antiquities for everyone developed gradually. While I had always loved visiting museums and archaeological sites, I did not become aware of the many issues … Read More
In Pursuit of Progress
Site destruction isn’t just the work of Indiana Jones villains. Looting is not always the most imminent danger to heritage sites. Sometimes those entities we trust most to protect heritage sites are the ones that prove to be the most dangerous. From the construction of a federal building on top of the oldest African and African American Burial Site in … Read More
Pattachitra: Postcard from Medieval India
The society around us is a globalized society, increasingly relying on information and technological advancements, constantly evolving. While our progress is astonishing, certain legacies of the past are sacrificed to ensure this rate of progress. Particularly seen in the villages of rural India, larger migration to the cities leads to the destruction of a way of life that has been … Read More