| Description |
1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Series |
Key Issues in Cultural Heritage |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Series general co-editors' foreword; 1 Approaches and trends in African heritage management and conservation; 2 The challenges of the preservation of archaeological heritage in West Africa; 3 The African response to the concept and implementation of the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting Illicit Import and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property |
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4 Reorienting heritage management in southern Africa: lessons from traditional custodianship of rock art sites in central Mozambique5 Traditional methods of conservation: a case study of Bafut; 6 Sites of pain and shame as heritage discourses: case study of Shimoni slave cave in south-eastern Kenya; 7 The evolution of cultural and natural management systems with the waterlogged villages in Benin; 8 Managing sacred places as heritage in West Africa; 9 The sacred groves in the Bight of Benin: a misunderstood heritage? |
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10 Investigating incorporation of community cultural values in archaeological impact assessment processes: case studies from Botswana11 Heritage management at a crossroads: the role of contract archaeology in South Africa; 12 Dammed if you do, damned if you don't: archaeology and the Lesotho Highlands Water Project; 13 Managing the built environment and the urban landscape in South Africa; 14 Heritage and energy development issues: a controversial complex relationship; 15 Conflict between local communities and heritage managers in the conservation of Historic Cairo |
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16 The triple development dilemma confronting historic urban areas: Mombasa Old Town and Lamu World Heritage Site17 Caring matters: the future of managing heritage in Africa; Index |
| Summary |
"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 heritage, Managing Heritage in Africa gives an informative insight into some of the major issues and approaches to contemporary heritage management in Africa and situates the challenges facing heritage practitioners."--Provided by publisher |
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Cultural property -- Protection -- Africa
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Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Antiquities -- Collection and preservation
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Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Cultural property -- Protection
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation
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| Subject |
Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Chirikure, Shadreck
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Deacon, Janette
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| ISBN |
9781315472973 |
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131547297X |
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9781315472966 |
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1315472961 |
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