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- Title
COMMUNITY HERITAGE WORK IN AFRICA: VILLAGEBASED PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.
- Authors
Schmidt, Peter R.
- Abstract
This paper examines alternatives to top-down approaches to heritage management and development. One of the key issues facing communities around the globe today is the Authorized Heritage Discourse (AHD)--the determination of heritage values by "experts" and government officials on behalf of the people. It is all too common to find local people alienated by such practices and searching for ways in which they can take ownership of their own heritage. Community-based research that shares power and is participatory is one avenue that is quickly developing in many regions around the globe. In Africa, a number of villages and other small communities have taken the initiative to preserve and develop their heritage, free of outside control. Important lessons may be drawn from these experiences, particularly the use of discourse-based research that captures how the people define and live out their heritages through everyday practice.
- Subjects
PRESERVATION of historic sites; PROTECTION of cultural property; UNESCO
- Publication
Conservation Science in Cultural Heritage / Quaderni di Scienza della Conservazione, 2014, Vol 14, Issue 2, p133
- ISSN
1974-4951
- Publication type
Article