| African Heritage Challenges: Communities and Sustainable Development 2021 Edition Contributor(s): Baillie, Britt (Editor), Sørensen, Marie Louise Stig (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9811543658 ISBN-13: 9789811543654 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $132.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Human Geography - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.35 lbs) 363 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The richness of Africa's heritage at times stands in stark contrast to the economic, health, political and societal challenges faced. Development is essential but in what forms? For whom? Following whose agendas? At what costs? This book explores how heritage can promote, secure, or undermine sustainable development with special focus on sub-Saharan Africa, and in turn, how this affects conceptions of heritage. The chapters in this volume identify shared challenges, good practices and failures, and use specific case studies to provide detailed insights into varied forms of heritage and heritage defining processes on the continent. By critically analysing the often romanticised discourses of 'heritage', 'community engagement', and 'sustainable development' the volume suggests ways of harnessing aspects of heritage to tackle some of the socio-economic and political pressures facing heritage practices on the continent, including the legacies of colonialism. |