Community-Based Heritage in Africa: Unveiling Local Research and Development Initiatives

by Peter R Schmidt and Peter R. Schmidt

This volume provides a powerful alternative to the Western paradigms that have governed archaeological inquiry and heritage studies in Africa. Community-based Heritage Research in Africa boldly shifts focus away from top-down community engagements, usually instigated by elite academic and heritage institutions, to examine locally initiated projects. Schmidt explores how and why local research initiatives, which are often motivated by rapid culture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611329531
• ISBN13: 9781611329537
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages