AmaMyuziyamu Melana Nokuphikisana Ne-ISIS

Bheka i-Art kusukela e-Near Near East kulezi 5 Museums

Ama-Museums aphikisana nokuqothulwa nokubhujiswa kwamandulo e-Syria nase-Iraq. Njengoba nje i-ISIS isetshenzisile imithombo yezenhlalo ukuze ibonise umhlaba ukuthi ibhubhise kanjani amasayithi asendulo njengeHatra, i-Mosul Museum ne-Palmyra, iminyuziyamu ibuyela emuva ngokusebenzisa i-Facebook, i-Twitter kanye nekhompyutheni yekhompiyutha ukukhuthaza intshisekelo kwezobuciko namasiko ase-Ancient Near EMpumalanga. Ukugxila nokugxila okubekiwe kule nkathi, amarekhodi amaningi esizoba nawo kulokho okuye kwabhujiswa. Ngenkathi into ngokwayo ingase ilahleke, ukuhlakanipha okungahle kutholwe kuyo kuyoqhubeka.

U-Erin Thompson, uprofesa wesikhathi esigcwele waseMelika wezobuciko zobuciko, uyisazi sokubhujiswa nokuqothulwa kwezinto zakudala yi-Islamic State (ISIS). Ekuqaleni wadonsa ubuciko be-Ancient Near East ngenkathi ephequlula izincwadi emtatsheni wezobuciko eMtatsheni we-Columbia University phakathi nobusika obusika baseNew York. U-Arizona wasekhaya, wathukunyiswa izithombe zomuzi wase-Asiriya ogwadule waseNimrud kusukela ngo-3 500 BCE Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi wathola i-Ph.D. emlandweni wezobuciko kanye ne-JD e-Columbia University. Ufundisa ngendaba yobuciko nobugebengu kuJohn Jay College, City University of New York futhi ubhale incwadi ethakazelisayo mayelana nokuqoqa ubuciko.

Usiza abafundi bakhe ukuba baqonde amasiko asendulo ase-Asiriya, Sumeria, naseBabiloni ngokubheka imibono yabo yenkolo mayelana nokuphila ngemva kwalokho okukholakala ukuthi kuyinto emnyama neyengqondo. Ukudla okuwukuphela kokudla bekuyoba ukungcola, bekungekho ubulili futhi ubuyohlala ngaphandle kwabathandekayo bakho. Futhi kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyinkosi noma umlimi, awukho umvuzo okhethekile noma isijeziso sezenzo zakho ngemuva kokufa. Ngakho-ke, iziphambeko emphakathini kwakudingeka zibhekiswe kulokhu okwenza umthetho nomyalelo kubaluleke kakhulu. Lezi zizwe zasendulo zakha ukubhala, ezolimo, nezinhlelo zemithetho kanye nohulumeni oholele ekuchazeni kwencwadi ejwayelekile yale nesikhathi nendawo ngokuthi "umkhumbi wempucuko."

Yiqiniso, lesi sifundazwe sesaziwa kakhulu ngenxa yesifo kanye nezindawo zokuvubukula kanye namamyuziyamu asele asengozini kulabo abaqashile. I-ISIS isithathe ithuba lokusabalalisa umkhankaso wokwesaba ngokusakaza amavidiyo abo athatha ama-sledgehammers ezithombeni zase-Asiriya ngaphakathi kweMos Museum. Okuncane okushiwo kahle ukubhujiswa kwezindawo ezingcwele zamaSulumane. Futhi ngisho nangokwengeziwe, bathola izigidi emakethe emnyama kusukela ekudayiseni nasekuhwebeni kwezinto zakudala ezibiwe.

Izithombe zesathelayithi zivumela ochwepheshe ukuba babone izinkulungwane zezimbobo ezigqoke endaweni yokuvubukulwa ngabaqashi. Ochwepheshe abanokuhlangenwe nakho kwemvubukulo bahlanganyela ekuqothulweni nasekuqothulweni kwe "Jihadist" njengoba uMnuz Thompson echaza enkulumweni yakhe ye-TEDx, basebenziselwa ukuphatha ukuthengiswa nokuthungiswa kwezinto ngokusebenzisa iTurkey neLebhanoni futhi kungenzeka ukuthi ezandleni zabaqoqi baseNtshonalanga.

Nakuba i-ISIS idinga ukuthi umhlaba uzizwe sengathi amabutho noma ohulumeni abanamandla okubavimba, ukuqhuma okuphawulekayo ocwaningweni mayelana nesikhathi kuphikisana nemizamo yabo yokufihla okwedlule. Enye indlela ephumelelayo kakhulu kuye kwaba ukwenza izikrini ze-3D zezinto ezisengozini bese wabelana nge-schematics inthanethi mahhala ukuze noma ubani angenza ukuphrinta kwe-3D, avumele ukuba baphile noma ngabe i-original ibhujiswa.

Ngenhlanhla, imisebenzi eminingi yobuciko iphephile kumamyuziyamu emhlabeni jikelele. Nakuba uTh Thompson eyaziwa ngalesi sikhathi, akakaze ahambele i-Iraq noma iSiriya. Kodwa uthando lwakhe, ukutusa kwakhe, nobuchwepheshe bakhe ensimini zakhiwa ngokubona nangokutadisha ubuciko base-Ancient Near Eastern ekuqoqweni kweThe Met , i Louvre , iMorld Library & Museum , iBritish Museum kanye ne- Pergamon Museum . Ngibhale le ngcezu ngethemba lokuthi ngizokwenza isithakazelo sakho kulesi sikhathi futhi ngikukhuthaze ukuthi uvakashele lawa maqoqo. Ukwenza kanjalo kuyobe kusekela imizamo yabalwazi-mlando abasebenzela ukulondoloza isiko lasendulo nokunciphisa ukusatshalaliswa kokwesaba okushiwo yi-ISIS.

Ama-Museums njenge- University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology bebelokhu basebenzisana nabakwaSmithsonian ukuqhuba ukuqeqeshwa nokugcinwa kwempahla ephuthumayo ukubhekana nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eSa'arra Mosaic Museum yaseSiriya.

Kodwa amaqhawe amakhulu kakhulu angama-curators, izazi-mlando kanye nabavubukuli ngaphakathi eSiriya nase-Iraq ababeka ukuphila kwabo engozini ukuze bavikele ubuciko. Abezindaba bathathe ukuwabiza ngokuthi "Izikhumbuzo ZamaSulumane" eSiriya.

Lezi zazi zilimaza umonakalo, zivikela noma yini engakwaziyo futhi zenze amarekhodi okulahlekile. Bavame ukusebenza ezindaweni ezilawulwe yizihlubuki lapho ukuphila kwabo kusengozini kakhulu. Okuyingozi nakakhulu uma bethengisa njengabadayisi bokudala ukuthi bathathe isithombe sezinto ezibiwe ngaphambi kokuthi zinyamalale ezimakethe ezimnyama. Bangabalindi abanesibindi bomlando wethu kanye namasiko.