Biography
In 2015, Antonio was invited to undertake a Visiting Scholar position at the Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage at the University of Birmingham. Antonio was based at the Institute from January 2015 to March 2015. During this time he presented the findings of his research on landscape iconoclasm and heritage destruction at Birmingham and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia.
In 2016, Antonio was invited by the Centre for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University (Doha), to be part of a CIRS Working Group, to produce an edited volume on Pluralism and Community in the Middle East. CIRS edits books in prestigious university presses and is a leader in high-level research on the Middle East. As a result, Antonio has been invited to co-authored a book chapter (10,000 words) with Associate Professor Ben Isakhan, titled “Cultural Cleansing and Iconoclasm under the ‘Islamic State’: Human / Heritage Attacks on Yezidis and Christians”.
In 2016, Antonio was the recipient of a competitive travelling grant from the Australian Academy of the Humanities to undertake research at Oxford University with the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa project. During this time he presented papers at the University of Birmingham and at the School of Archaeology at Oxford University.
Read more on Antonio's profileKnowledge areas
Heritage Destruction; Vanddalism, Iconoclasm, Cultural Heritage, Rock Art
Publications
Murujuga rock art, heritage, and landscape iconoclasm
José Gonzalez Zarandona
(2020), Philadelphia, Pa., A1
Heritage destruction in Myanmar's Rakhine state: legal and illegal iconoclasm
R Lee, J González Zarandona
(2020), Vol. 26, pp. 519-538, International journal of heritage studies, London, Eng., C1-1
The unfallen statues of Hafez Al-Assad in Syria
J González Zarandona, N Munawar
(2020), pp. 1-14, City: analysis of urban change, theory,action, Abingdon, Eng., C1
The documentation and protection of cultural heritage during emergencies
F Rufian Fernandez, M Fernandez Diaz, I Sabrine, J Ibañez, B Claramunt-Lopez, A Escobar, Jose Gonzalez Zarandona
(2020), Vol. XLIV, pp. 1-7, HERITAGE 2020 : (3DPast | RISK-Terra) International Conference on Vernacular Architecture in World Heritage Sites. Risks and New Technologies, Valencia, Spain, E1
Benjamin Isakhan, Jose Zarandona, Taghreed Al-Deen
(2019), pp. 181-194, Sites of pluralism community politics in the Middle East, London, Eng., B1
B Isakhan, J Gonzalez Zarandona
(2018), Vol. 24, pp. 1-16, International journal of heritage studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Digitally mediated iconoclasm: the Islamic State and the war on cultural heritage
J González Zarandona, C Albarrán-Torres, B Isakhan
(2018), Vol. 24, pp. 649-671, International Journal of Heritage Studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Heritage destruction and videogames: ethical challenges of the representation of cultural heritage
J Gonzalez Zarandona, Adam Chapman, Darshana Jayemanne
(2018), Vol. 4, pp. 173-203, Transactions of the digital games research association, Pittsburgh, Pa., C1
Trends in heritage destruction in North-East Syria
B Isakhan, J Gonzalez Zarandona
(2017), Canberra, Australia, A6
Heritage destruction and videogames: a perverse relation
J González Zarandona, A Chapman, D Jayemanne
(2017), DiGRA 2017 : Proceedings of the 2017 DiGRA international conference, Melbourne, Vic., E1
Making heritage at the Cannes Film Festival
J González Zarandona
(2016), Vol. 22, pp. 781-798, International Journal of Heritage Studies, C1
Landscape destruction and heritage mismanagement in Murujuga (Western Australia)
J Gonzalez Zarandona
(2016), Vol. 8, pp. 3-12, UISPP 2014 : Quality management of cultural heritage, problems and best practices : Proceedings on the XVII USIPP World Congress, Burgos, Spain, E1
Heritage as a cultural measure in a postcolonial setting
J Gonzalez Zarandona
(2015), pp. 100-110, Making culture count : the politics of cultural measurement, Basingstoke, Eng., B1
Towards a theory of landscape iconoclasm
J Gonzalez Zarandona
(2015), Vol. 25, pp. 461-475, Cambridge archaeological journal, Cambridge, Eng., C1-1
Destruction of heritage or secular iconoclasm? The case of Dampier Archipelago rock art
J Gonzalez Zarandona
(2013), pp. 449-453, The challenge of the object 33rd congress of the International Committee of the History of Art, Nürnberg, 15. - 20. Juli 2012. Congress proceedings, Nuremberg, B1-1
How many times can the same image change? The history of the image in Murujuga
J Gonzalez Zarandona
(2012), Vol. 2, pp. 95-110, International journal of the image, Champaign, Ill., C1-1
The destruction of heritage: rock art in the Burrup Peninsula
J Gonzalez Zarandona
(2011), Vol. 9, pp. 325-341, International journal of the humanities, Champaign, Ill., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Measuring destruction of cultural property in Iraq and Syria
Dr Antonio Gonzalez Zarandona
- 2016: $2,000
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report