Museums, heritage and international development

by Basu, Paul Modest, Wayne

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Title Statements

Full title :Museums, heritage and international development / edited by Paul Basu and Wayne Modest.

Summary

"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 development intervention. In an agenda-setting introduction, the editors explore the seemingly oppositional temporalities and values represented by these 'past-making' and 'future-making' projects, arguing that these provide a framework for mutual critique. Contributors to the volume bring insights from a wide range of academic and practitioner perspectives on a series of international case studies, which each raise challenging questions that reach beyond merely cultural concerns and fully engage with both the legacies of colonial power inequalities and the shifting geopolitical dynamics of contemporary international relations. Cultural heritage embodies different values and can be instrumentalized to serve different economic, social and political objectives within development contexts, but the past is also intrinsic to the present and is foundational to people's aspirations for the future. Museums, Heritage and International Development explores the problematics as well as potentials, the politics as well as possibilities, in this fascinating nexus"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (viii, 345 pages : : illustrations.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780203069035, 020306903X
oclc:on1330979356
LC Classification:AM7
Dewey Decimal:069.09172/4

1. Museums, Heritage and International Development : A Critical Conversation / Paul Basu and Wayne Modest -- 2. UNESCO, Museums and Development / Yudhishthir Raj Isar -- 3. Complicating Culture for Development : Negotiating Dysfunctional Heritage in Sierra Leone / Paul Basu and Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp -- 4. Art for Life : Intangible Cultural Heritage and Livelihood Development in India / Amitava Bhattacharya -- 5. US Cultural Diplomacy, Cultural Heritage Preservation and Development at the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul / William C.S. Remsen and Laura A. Tedesco -- 6. Reconstructing Afghan Identity : Nation-building, International Relations and the Safeguarding of Afghanistan's Buddhist Heritage / Constance Wyndham -- 7. Has It Been Worth It? : Personal Reflections on Museum Development in Ghana / Malcolm McLeod -- 8. Development Challenges and Shared Heritage-Making Processes in Southwest Ghana / Matteo Aria, Mariaclaudia Cristofano and Stefano Maltese -- 9. Museum Kapuas Raya : The In-between Museum / Itie van Hout -- 10. Only Foreigners Can Do It? : Technical Assistance, Advocacy and Brokerage at Aksum, Ethiopia / Bianca Maria Nardella and Michael Mallinson -- 11. He…

Subjects

Colonial influence Cultural policy Cultural property -- Protection Cultural property -- Protection -- Deve… developing countries Developing countries -- Colonial influe… Developing countries -- Cultural policy economic development Economic development -- Developing coun… historic preservation Historic preservation -- Developing cou… international relations Museums -- Economic aspects Museums -- Economic aspects -- Developi… Museums -- Political aspects Museums -- Political aspects -- Develop… Museums -- Social aspects Museums -- Social aspects -- Developing… sustainable development Sustainable development -- Developing c…