This article reflects on the arguments that heritage is as much about people as it is about places and objects. It is focused on Syria and based on a doctoral research project. The article investigates how heritage is approached by both “civil society” groups and extremist religious groups in Syria. It argues that the utilization of heritage by these groups offers learning lessons and examples of people-centered, socially innovative, and future-oriented heritage practices. The article suggests that the heritage community’s efforts in conflict contexts should be less about preservation and more about embracing change and finding creative ways to manage the transformation process from a pre-conflict society to a post-conflict society. In other words, they should tackle issues that matter to conflict-affected people, improve the quality of their life, and increase their horizons of hope and opportunities in assembling better futures.

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遗产、冲突与重建：从重建纪念碑到重建社会

这篇文章反映了关于遗产与地方和物品同样重要的论点。它专注于叙利亚，并以博士研究项目为基础。这篇文章调查了叙利亚的“公民社会”团体和极端主义宗教团体是如何处理遗产的。它认为，这些群体对遗产的利用提供了以人为本、社会创新和面向未来的遗产实践的学习经验和例子。文章建议，遗产社区在冲突背景下的努力应该更少地关注保护，而更多地关注变化并寻找创造性的方法来管理从冲突前社会到冲突后社会的转变过程。换句话说，他们应该解决对受冲突影响的人很重要的问题，提高他们的生活质量，