Museums, Heritage And International Development (routledge Studies In Culture And Development)
by Paul Basu /
2014 / English / PDF
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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.
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
Museums, Heritage and International Development
explores the problematics as well as potentials, the politics as
well as possibilities, in this fascinating nexus.
explores the problematics as well as potentials, the politics as
well as possibilities, in this fascinating nexus.
