ABSTRACT The desert rose, a fragile formation of gypsum or barite crystals including sand grains, is gaining momentum as the new symbol of Qatar. Chosen by Jean Nouvel as an inspiration of his design for the new National Museum of Qatar which opened for the public in March 28 2019, the building, which encircles the first National Museum of the country, is intended to be both a monument and a metaphor: a huge sculpture that will pay tribute and encourage emotive associations of contemporary Qatar with values such as rarity, fragility, beauty, timelessness. At the same time, the same symbol is used by the tourist industry, with desert roses being introduced into Qatari Museums shops, where visitors are invited to purchase desert roses to “pay tribute to this nature's marvel,” but also to participate to the creation of a new heritage symbol, that connects the land with its people, the past with the present. This paper uses this particular object to explore the simultaneous construction of heritage narratives and the use of museums in the construction of a new identity in Qatar.

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沙漠玫瑰作为国家的新象征：卡塔尔新国家博物馆的物质性、遗产和建筑

摘要 沙漠玫瑰是一种脆弱的石膏或重晶石晶体，包括沙粒，作为卡塔尔的新象征正在获得动力。让·努维尔 (Jean Nouvel) 选择作为他设计的新卡塔尔国家博物馆的灵感，该博物馆于 2019 年 3 月 28 日向公众开放，这座环绕该国第一家国家博物馆的建筑旨在成为一座纪念碑和一个隐喻：一个巨大的雕塑，将致敬和鼓励当代卡塔尔的情感联想，具有稀有性、脆弱性、美丽、永恒等价值观。同时，旅游业也使用了同样的标志，将沙漠玫瑰引入卡塔尔博物馆的商店，邀请游客购买沙漠玫瑰，以“向这片大自然的奇迹致敬”，同时也参与创作一个新的遗产象征，将土地与人民、过去与现在联系起来。本文利用这一特殊对象来探索在卡塔尔建立新身份时，遗产叙事的同时构建和博物馆的使用。