ABSTRACT
Post-conflict contexts are extremely difficult for cultural heritage. Heritage managers must wait for a reasonable easing of the humanitarian situation; that is solutions for food, health, and shelter issues for displaced and affected populations must be enacted before cultural heritage can be addressed. The chapter presents the Nagorno-Karabakh Documentation Project (NKDP) as a case study to underline the powerful potential that a systematic heritage documentation program can have in the medium and long term in a context of armed conflict around that very heritage. Indeed, this documentation is vital for heritage regeneration. NK is an important region in the history of the Caucasus region, located at the crossroads of the defunct empires of Russia, Persia, and the Ottoman Empire. The aim of NKDP was to submit a proposal for funding the documentation project to a non-profit Western heritage organization as a first step to present a new perspective on the heritage of the region.
