Intangible cultural heritage and the empowerment of local communities: Manyanga (Ntaba Zi Ka Mambo) revisited

Munyaradzi, Manyanga (2003) Intangible cultural heritage and the empowerment of local communities: Manyanga (Ntaba Zi Ka Mambo) revisited. In: 14th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Place, memory, meaning: preserving intangible values in monuments and sites’, 27 – 31 oct 2003, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. [Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier]

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In recent years, cultural heritage has been used as a way of empowering local communities, particularly in situations where they have been denied access or have been alienated from their heritage. Under the guise of the so-called African Renaissance, cultural heritage has been used as a rallying point by local communities in their demands for access to previously denied areas. This has manifested itself in the form of living traditions or the revival of cultural practices on archaeological sites. It is argued in this paper that the developments at Manyanga National Monument (Ntaba zi ka Mambo) in the 1990’s were part of a drive for empowerment, rather than just a clash over the value and management of the site: a challenge for the proposed UNESCO Convention on intangible cultural heritage. While the Convention is undeniably a useful tool in managing such heritage, these challenges are a useful caution, if those who adopt the convention are to effectively implement it.

Type:	Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier (Article)
Auteurs:	Auteurs E-mail Munyaradzi, Manyanga NON SPECIFIÉ
Langues:	English
Mots-clés libres:	intangible heritage; local communities; conservation; UNESCO Convention
Sujets:	O. PATRIMOINE IMMATERIEL > 01. Généralités H. TYPES DE PATRIMOINE > 17. Patrimoine culturel immatériel
Nom du monument, ville, site, musée:	Manyanga (Ntaba Zi Ka Mambo), Botswana
Collections spéciales:	Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
Volume de la collection spéciale:	2003, 14th
Déposé par:	Jose Garcia
Date de dépôt:	17 décembre 2010 09:12
Dernière modification:	13 janvier 2011 19:16
URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/521

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