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  • Heritage Authenticity in Theory and Practice in Africa

    Edited by George Okello Abungu, Masanori Nagaoka, Shadreck Chirikure, Webber Ndoro, Albino Jopela, Ishanlosen Odiaua, Hamady Bocoum ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This Open Access book draws on the expertise of scholars, heritage experts, government officials, community representatives, and NGOs to redefine heritage authenticity from an African perspective. Exploring the interplay between tangible and intangible heritage, spiritual and sacred traditions, and the values of African communities, the book offers a dynamic and inclusive vision of cultural ... Read more

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    by David Bollier, Silke Helfrich ...
    What accounts for the persistence and spread of "commoning," the irrepressible desire of people to collaborate and share to meet everyday needs? How are the more successful projects governed? And why are so many people embracing the commons as a powerful strategy for building a fair, humane and Earth-respecting social order? In more than fifty original essays, Patterns of Commoning addresses these ... Read more

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  • The Historic Urban Landscape

    Managing Heritage in an Urban Century

    by Francesco Bandarin, Ron van Oers ...
    This book offers a comprehensive overview of the intellectual developments in urban conservation. The authors offer unique insights from UNESCO's World Heritage Centre and the book is richly illustrated with colour photographs. Examples are drawn from urban heritage sites worldwide from Timbuktu to Liverpool to demonstrate key issues and best practice in urban conservation today. The book offers ... Read more

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  • The Urban Planning Imagination

    A Critical International Introduction

    by Nicholas A. Phelps ...
    Urban planning is not just about applying a suite of systematic principles or plotting out pragmatic designs to satisfy the briefs of private developers or public bodies. Planning is also an activity of imagination, with a stock of wisdom and an array of useful methods for making decisions and getting things done.This critical introduction uncovers and celebrates this imagination and its creative ... Read more

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  • The Truth about Nature

    Environmentalism in the Era of Post-truth Politics and Platform Capitalism

    by Bram Büscher ...
    How should we share the truth about the environmental crisis? At a moment when even the most basic facts about ecology and the climate face contestation and contempt, environmental advocates are at an impasse. Many have turned to social media and digital technologies to shift the tide. But what if their strategy is not only flawed, but dangerous?The Truth about Nature follows environmental actors ... Read more

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  • Adventures in Aidland

    The Anthropology of Professionals in International Development

    Edited by David Mosse ...
    Series Book 6 - Studies in Public and Applied Anthropology
    Anthropological interest in new subjects of research and contemporary knowledge practices has turned ethnographic attention to a wide ranging variety of professional fields. Among these the encounter with international development has perhaps been longer and more intimate than any of the others. Anthropologists have drawn critical attention to the interfaces and social effects of development’s ... Read more

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  • Urban Theory Beyond the West

    A World of Cities

    Edited by Tim Edensor, Mark Jayne ...
    Since the late eighteenth century, academic engagement with political, economic, social, cultural and spatial changes in our cities has been dominated by theoretical frameworks crafted with reference to just a small number of cities. This book offers an important antidote to the continuing focus of urban studies on cities in ‘the Global North’.Urban Theory Beyond the West contains twenty chapters ... Read more

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  • 50 Years World Heritage Convention: Shared Responsibility – Conflict & Reconciliation

    Edited by Marie-Theres Albert, Roland Bernecker, Claire Cave, Anca Claudia Prodan, Matthias Ripp ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book identifies various forms of heritage destruction and analyses their causes. It proposes strategies for avoiding and solving conflicts, based on integrating heritage into the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It reflects on the identity-building role of heritage, on multidimensional conflicts and the destruction of heritage, and considers conflict-solving strategies and ... Read more

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  • Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

    by Michelle L. Stefano, D Jared Bowers, Daniella Trimboli, Elaine Müller, Ewa Bergdahl, George Abungu, Gerard Corsane, Harriet Deacon, Kate Hennessy0, Leontine Meijer Van Mensch1, Lyn Leader-Elliot2, Professor Peter Davis4, Marilena Alivizatou5, Maurizio Maggi6, Paula Assuncao dos Santos7, Peter Van Mensch8, Richard MacKinnon9, Shaher Rababeh0, Shatha Abu-Khafajah1, Susan Keitumetse2, Sylvie Grenet3, Vasant Hari Bedekar4, Alexandra Denes5, Alissandra Cummins6, Andrew Dixey7, Aron Mazel8, Christian Hottin9, Christina Kreps0 ...
    Awareness of the significance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has recently grown, due to the promotional efforts of UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). However, the increased recognition of intangible heritage has brought to light its undervalued status within the museum and heritage sector, and raised questions about safeguarding ... Read more

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  • Performing Sustainability in West Africa

    Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Meike Lettau, Christopher Yusufu Mtaku, Eric Debrah Otchere ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Culture and Sustainable Development
    This book discusses the role of cultural practices and policy for sustainable development in West Africa across different artistic disciplines, including performance, video, theatre, community arts and cultural heritage.Based on ethnographic field research in local communities, the book presents findings on current debates of cultural sustainability in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Benin. It ... Read more

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  • Museums, Heritage and International Development

    Edited by Paul Basu, Wayne Modest ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Culture and Development
    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 ... Read more

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  • Cross-Cultural Urban Design

    Global or Local Practice?

    Edited by Catherin Bull, Davisi Boontharm, Claire Parin, Darko Radovic ...
    Unprecedented in its scope, Cross-Cultural Urban Design: Global or Local Practice? explores how urban design has responded to recent trends towards global standardisation. Following analysis of its practice in the local domain, the book looks at how urban planning and design should be repositioned for the future. It looks at:population movement urb ... Read more

    $119.99 CAD