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  • Metals in Past Societies

    A Global Perspective on Indigenous African Metallurgy

    by Shadreck Chirikure ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book seeks to communicate to both a global and local audience, the key attributes of pre-industrial African metallurgy such as technological variation across space and time, methods of mining and extractive metallurgy and the fabrication of metal objects. These processes were transformative in a physical and metaphoric sense, which made them total social facts. Because the production and use ... Read more

    $77.99 CAD

  • Great Zimbabwe

    Reclaiming a ‘Confiscated’ Past

    by Shadreck Chirikure ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in African Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
    Conditioned by local ways of knowing and doing, Great Zimbabwe develops a new interpretation of the famous World Heritage site of Great Zimbabwe.It combines archaeological knowledge, including recent material from the author’s excavations, with native concepts and philosophies. Working from a large data set has made it possible, for the first time, to develop an archaeology of Great Zimbabwe that ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Ancient Civilizations

    The Emergence of States and Empires

    by Chris Scarre, Charles Golden, Shadreck Chirikure ...
    Ancient Civilizations: The Emergence of States and Empires offers a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and how they were discovered, drawing on many avenues of inquiry including archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specialized scientific investigations, and both historical and ethnohistorical records. This book covers the earliest ... Read more

    $242.99 CAD

  • Routledge Handbook of Critical African Heritage Studies

    Edited by Ashton Sinamai, John D. Giblin, Shadreck Chirikure, Ishanlosen Odiaua ...
    This handbook is a foundational reference point for critical heritage research about Africa and its diaspora.Foregrounding the diversity of knowledge systems needed to examine heritage issues in such a diverse continent, the contributors to this volume:argue for an understanding heritage that is at once both natural and cultural, tangible and intangible, political and dissonant, going beyond the ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Managing Heritage in Africa

    Who Cares?

    Edited by Webber Ndoro, Shadreck Chirikure, Janette Deacon ...
    Series series Key Issues in Cultural Heritage
    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 ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • 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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  • 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

    $117.99 CAD

  • Community Archaeology and Heritage in Africa

    Decolonizing Practice

    Edited by Peter R. Schmidt, Innocent Pikirayi ...
    This volume provides new insights into the distinctive contributions that community archaeology and heritage make to the decolonization of archaeological practice. Using innovative approaches, the contributors explore important initiatives which have protected and revitalized local heritage, initiatives that involved archaeologists as co-producers rather than leaders. These case studies underline ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • Violent Borders

    Refugees and the Right to Move

    by Reece Jones ...
    **This engaging analysis of the refugee crisis explores how borders are formed, policed—and used to inflict violence on the poor.“In an era of terrorism, global inequality, and rising political tension over migration, Jones argues that tight border controls make the world worse, not better.” —Boston Globe**Forty thousand people have died trying to cross between countries in the past decade, and ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Africa

    Edited by Maria Grosz-Ngaté, John H. Hanson, Patrick O'Meara ...
    "Much has changed in Africa and in African studies . . . but one constant has been the enduring excellence of the anthology Africa." — International Journal of African Historical StudiesSince the publication of the first edition in 1977, Africa has established itself as a leading resource for teaching, business, and scholarship. This fourth edition has been completely revised and focuses on the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cultural Diversity, Heritage and Human Rights

    Intersections in Theory and Practice

    Edited by Michele Langfield, William Logan, Mairead Nic Craith ...
    Series series Key Issues in Cultural Heritage
    This theoretically innovative anthology investigates the problematic linkages between conserving cultural heritage, maintaining cultural diversity, defining and establishing cultural citizenship, and enforcing human rights.It is the first publication to address the notions of cultural diversity, cultural heritage and human rights in one volume. Heritage provides the basis of humanity’s rich ... Read more

    $98.99 CAD

  • The Politics of Water

    A Survey

    Edited by Kai Wegerich, Jeroen Warner ...
    Series series Europa Politics of ... series
    This authoritative reference work gives timely information on the global politics of water. Readers will find case studies on a variety of complex water situations, from the Okavango River that flows through Angola, Namibia and Botswana, to the Euphrates-Tigris of the Upper Persian Gulf.With the current threat of climate change and increasing demand on water resources, the book gives valuable ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD