A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan: In the Shadow of the Buddhas

A New Politics of Heritage Reconstruction in Afghanistan investigates the politics of cultural heritage preservation in Afghanistan between 2008 and 2015.

Constance Wyndham currently works as a senior heritage consultant at GML Heritage in Sydney, Australia. She holds a PhD in Critical Heritage Studies and a Masters in Museum Studies from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London, and a BA in Art and Architectural History from the University of East Anglia in Norwich. She has worked to design public programs and community engagement for the British Museum and Leighton House Museum in London. In Afghanistan, she managed cultural projects for the Kabul based NGO Turquoise Mountain and worked as a registrar on a project to digitise the collection of the National Museum of Afghanistan. As a consultant she has worked as part of a team to evaluate UNESCO’s strategy to protect cultural and natural heritage in emergency scenarios. She has worked as a sessional lecturer at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London, the Courtauld Institute of Art and the University of Sydney. Her areas of research include post-conflict heritage reconstruction, the social value of heritage and heritage making amongst migrant groups.