Community-based heritage in Africa : unveiling local research and development initiatives

1. Verfasser: Schmidt, Peter R. 1942- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Umfang/Format: xix, 267 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I: Backdrop to heritage meanings
  • Prelude to the unexpected
  • Setting, place, and heritage
  • Part II: A biography of a local heritage initiative
  • Disorientation and recuperation: relearning heritage in Katuruka Village
  • Grassroots heritage work in action
  • Spitting pearls: agendas for community research and heritage performance are realized
  • Euphoria, cargo cult expectations, and hard reality
  • Commentary: fitting Buhaya into global perspectives
  • Part III: Community research findings
  • HIV/AIDS, the living, and memory
  • Intangible heritage: hope lost over erased ethical values
  • Commentary: reflections on human rights, senses of place, and heritage
  • Heritage lost, heritage regained
  • Androcentric perspectives, subaltern conundrums, and learning from snakes
  • Njeru, the "white sheep" and her snake
  • With Eudes Bambanza and Zuriat Mohamed
  • Part IV: Reflections on the Katuruka initiative
  • Progress while negotiating potholes
  • Harm by greed: "negotiating" heritage rights and land use
  • The future of Katuruka: is there hope?
  • Part V: Spreading to other communities and concluding thoughts
  • Heritage ephemeral, heritage hidden, and heritage revealed at Kanazi Palace
  • Kanazi Palace, King Kahigi II, and ethical conundrums in community heritage work
  • The "Cave of the dead": genocide, forgotten heritage, and education
  • Reflections and connections.