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  • Heritage Authenticity in Theory and Practice in Africa

    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This Open Access book draws on the expertise of scholars, heritage experts, government officials, community representatives, and NGOs to redefine heritage authenticity from an African perspective. Exploring the interplay between tangible and intangible heritage, spiritual and sacred traditions, and the values of African communities, the book offers a dynamic and inclusive vision of cultural ... Read more

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  • Cultural Heritage Management in Africa

    The Heritage of the Colonized

    Cultural Heritage Management in Africa explores the diversity of Africa’s cultural heritage by analysing how and why this heritage has been managed, and by considering the factors that continue to influence management strategies and systems throughout the African continent.Including contributions from prominent scholars and heritage professionals working across Africa, the volume presents critical ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Managing Heritage in Africa

    Who Cares?

    Series series Key Issues in Cultural Heritage
    Managing Heritage in Africa provides a wide-ranging, up-to-date synthesis of heritage management practice in Africa, covering a broad spectrum of heritage issues such as archaeology, living traditions, sacred sites, heritage of pain (slavery), international conventions cultural landscapes, heritage in conflict areas and heritage versus development. Dealing with both intangible and tangible ... Read more

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  • Museums, Heritage and International Development

    Edited by Paul Basu, Wayne Modest ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Culture and Development
    While many claims are made regarding the power of cultural heritage as a driver and enabler of sustainable development, the relationship between museums, heritage and development has received little academic scrutiny. This book stages a critical conversation between the interdisciplinary fields of museum studies, heritage studies and development studies to explore this under-researched sphere of ... Read more

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  • Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa

    Decolonizing Practice

    This volume provides new insights into the distinctive contributions that community archaeology and heritage make to the decolonization of archaeological practice. Using innovative approaches, the contributors explore important initiatives which have protected and revitalized local heritage, initiatives that involved archaeologists as co-producers rather than leaders. These case studies underline ... Read more

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  • Violent Borders

    Refugees and the Right to Move

    by Reece Jones ...
    **This engaging analysis of the refugee crisis explores how borders are formed, policed—and used to inflict violence on the poor.“In an era of terrorism, global inequality, and rising political tension over migration, Jones argues that tight border controls make the world worse, not better.” —Boston Globe**Forty thousand people have died trying to cross between countries in the past decade, and ... Read more

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  • Africa

    "Much has changed in Africa and in African studies . . . but one constant has been the enduring excellence of the anthology Africa." — International Journal of African Historical StudiesSince the publication of the first edition in 1977, Africa has established itself as a leading resource for teaching, business, and scholarship. This fourth edition has been completely revised and focuses on the ... Read more

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  • Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights

    Intersections in Theory and Practice

    Series series Key Issues in Cultural Heritage
    This theoretically innovative anthology investigates the problematic linkages between conserving cultural heritage, maintaining cultural diversity, defining and establishing cultural citizenship, and enforcing human rights.It is the first publication to address the notions of cultural diversity, cultural heritage and human rights in one volume. Heritage provides the basis of humanity’s rich ... Read more

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  • Africa's Future

    How the past is shaping Africa's economic evolution

    by Duncan Clarke ...
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  • A Companion to Heritage Studies

    Series Book 15 - Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
    A Companion to Heritage StudiesBLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGYA Companion to Heritage Studies“This Companion provides a gateway to heritage studies for students and scholars alike. Taken together, the essays testify to how exciting and dynamic this field has become.”Valdimar Tr. Hafstein, University of Iceland“Interdisciplinary and international in scope, A Companion to Heritage Stud... ... Read more

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  • Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

    Awareness of the significance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has recently grown, due to the promotional efforts of UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). However, the increased recognition of intangible heritage has brought to light its undervalued status within the museum and heritage sector, and raised questions about safeguarding ... Read more

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