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Rwandan solutions to Rwandan problems: Heritage decolonization and community engagement in Nyanza District, Rwanda
| Content Provider | SAGE Publishing |
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| Author | Bolin, Annalisa Nkusi, David |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Abstract | Highlighting the rural district of Nyanza in Rwanda, this article examines community relations to heritage resources. It investigates the possibilities for more ethical, engaged models of heritage management which can better deliver on agendas of decolonization and development. Our research finds that Nyanza’s heritage stakeholders highly value heritage’s social and economic roles, but communities are also significantly alienated from heritage resources. In seeking to bridge this gap, heritage professionals utilize a discourse of technocratic improvement, but community leaders emphasize ideas of ownership, drawing on higher state-level discourses of self-reliance and “homegrown solutions.” They mobilize the state’s own attempts to filter developing, decolonizing initiatives through Rwandan frameworks to advocate for communities’ right to participate in heritage. This local agency offers a roadmap for utilizing favorable aspects of existing governance to push heritage management toward community engagement and decolonization. |
| Related Links | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/14696053211053974?download=true |
| Starting Page | 3 |
| Ending Page | 25 |
| Page Count | 23 |
| ISSN | 14696053 |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 22 |
| Journal | Journal of Social Archaeology (JSA) |
| e-ISSN | 17412951 |
| DOI | 10.1177/14696053211053974 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sage Publications UK |
| Publisher Date | 2021-12-28 |
| Publisher Place | London |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | © The Author(s) 2021 |
| Subject Keyword | Rwanda Communities heritage management development decolonization |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Archeology Arts and Humanities |
