ABSTRACT
Following on from the intersectionality between environment and conflict, there are three areas where cultural heritage can be positioned within the overall conflict cycle. The first area examines how cultural heritage is manipulated as a contributory factor towards the outbreak of violence. The second addresses the role cultural heritage plays during conflict, while the third area positions cultural heritage within peacebuilding. In the first instance, cultural heritage has been both used and abused throughout human history, not only to continually reimagine the past, but also in terms of configuring contemporary society. It has been used to justify various groups claims to power, territory land or resources, or to establish hereditary lineages to title or kingdom. Peacebuilding is not a short-term process but is instead something that takes place continually and requires input from all levels of community. Societies cannot become complacent simply because violence may have ended.
