The Editors of Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation,
like the rest of the civilized world, are deeply disturbed by the
destruction or loss of works of art and cultural heritage documentation in
Iraq and Afghanistan.

We would like to devote a Special Issue of Visual Resources to the subject
of Mesopotamian and Afghan art, especially to its visual documentation.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

- documentation of Iraqi artifacts and architecture in photographic
inventories and databases - where are they? who maintains them? how they are
used?

- media coverage of cultural heritage in the Middle East, past and present -
how today's technology affects what we hear and know?

- international conventions and their role in the protection of the arts -
agencies and their efforts to save or restore the 'cultural victims' of war.

Please submit by June 15th at the latest any proposals, articles, or
suggestions to the Editors:

Helene Roberts
Visual Resources
Art History Department
6033 Carpenter Hall
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
helene.robertsdartmouth.edu,

or

Christine Sundt
Architecture and Allied Arts Library
Lawrence Hall, 5249
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
csundtdarkwing.uoregon.edu.

Rules for submission and other information about Visual Resources can be
found at

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01973762.html