Kulturgut der Aboriginees? - Das kann dann mal weg!

Auf der stark industrialisierten Burrup-Halbinsel im Norden Australiens wurden Feldsbilder aus der Denkmalliste gestrichen. Der Fall steht nicht nur für den Interessenskonflikt von Wirtschaft und Kulturerbe, sondern berührt auch die Rolle des Kulturerbes indigener Bevölkerungen.   

• Australian heritage site in danger from government sanctioned mining . YourNewsWire (1.5.2015). - http://yournewswire.com/australian-heritage-site-in-danger-from-government-sanctioned-mining/

"When ISIS wrecked the temples in Iraq recently the world seethed in anger. An important Australian heritage site is now in danger from being destroyed by government-sanctioned mining which will be every bit as bad as the ISIS-sponsored vandalism."

• https://newmatilda.com/2015/04/30/wa-government-deregisters-worlds-oldest-rock-art-collection-sacred-site
• https://theconversation.com/frustration-rises-over-changes-to-the-wa-aboriginal-heritage-act-30308
• http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-11/traditional-owners-to-launch-class-action-over-wa-sacred-sites/6297768
• http://www.robinchapple.com/ancient-rock-art-not-sacred-enough

Burrup Halbinsel
(Foto: Tradimus [CC BY SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons)

Grabungen

• World heritage hopes pinned on archaeological dig in Burrup Peninsula industrial heartland. ABCNews (19.7.2015). - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-19/burrup-peninsula-archaeological-dig-world-heritage-hopes/6631322
• Pilbara's Burrup Peninsula rock art tracks habitation older than the ice age. ABCNews (10.6.2015). - http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-10/pilbara-rock-art-tracks-ice-age/6533262

"It can be hard for European Australians to conceptualise that Aboriginal occupancy of the Pilbara is over five times more ancient than the Egyptian pyramids."

Interner Link

• Industrieanlagen, Luftverschmutzung und Rassisten. Archaeologik (23.5.2014).