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Conflict Heritage and World-Making in the Chaco - War at the End of the Worlds?

Esther Breithoff

Publisher: UCL Press

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Summary

Conflict, Heritage and
World-Making in the Chaco documents and interprets the physical
remains and afterlives of the Chaco War (1932–35) – known as South America’s
first ‘modern’ armed conflict – in what is now present-day Paraguay. It focuses not only on archaeological remains as conventionally
understood, but takes an ontological approach to heterogeneous assemblages of
objects, texts, practices and landscapes shaped by industrial war and people’s
past and present engagements with them. These assemblages could be understood
to constitute a ‘dark heritage’, the debris of a failed modernity. Yet it is
clear that they are not simply dead memorials to this bloody war, but have
been, and continue to be active in making, unmaking and remaking worlds
– both for the participants and spectators of the war itself, as well as those
who continue to occupy and live amongst the vast accretions of war matériel
which persist in the present. 
Framing the study as an exploration of modern,
industrialised warfare as Anthropocene ‘hyperobject’ (Morton 2013), This book shows how the material culture and heritage of modern conflict fuse together
objects, people and landscapes, connecting them physically and conceptually
across vast, almost unimaginable distances and time periods. It offers a
unique perspective on the heritage of conflict, the natural environment,
practices of recycling, the concept of time, and the idea of the ‘Anthropocene’
itself, as seen through the lens of the material legacies of war, which remain
firmly and stubbornly embedded in the present and which continue to actively
shape the future. 
 
The book makes a major contribution to key debates in
anthropology, archaeology, environmental humanities, critical heritage and material culture studies on
the significance of conflict in understanding the Anthropocene, and the roles
played by its persistent heritages in assembling worlds. 
Praise for Conflict, Heritage and World-Making in the Chaco 
'Brings a previously understudied war to the forefront of scholarship in the archaeology and heritage of 20th century conflict, proving itself as a valuable source for researchers.'International Journal of Heritage Studies
Available since: 08/06/2020.

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