Participatory Archaeology and Heritage Studies - Perspectives from Africa (Hardcover)

Participatory Archaeology and Heritage Studies: Perspectives from Africa provides new ways to look at and think about the practice of community archaeology and heritage studies across the globe. Long hidden from view, African experiences and experiments with participatory archaeology and heritage studies have poignant lessons to convey about local initiatives, local needs, and local perspectives among communities as diverse as an Islamic community on the edge of an ancient city in Sudan to multi-ethnic rural villages near rock art sites in South Africa. Straddling both heritage studies and archaeological practice, this volume incorporates a range of settings, from practical experiments with sustainable pottery kilns in Kenya, to an elite palace and its hidden traditional heritage in Northwestern Tanzania, to ancestral knowledge about heritage landscapes in rural Ethiopia. The genesis of participatory practices in Africa are traced back to the 1950s, with examples of how this legacy has played out over six decades-setting the scene for a deeply rooted practice now gaining widespread acceptance. The chapters in this book were originally published in the Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2018
First published:	2018
Editors:	Peter R. Schmidt
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-49663-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Museums & museology Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-49663-4
Barcode:	9781138496637

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