Contested Heritage in Europe and Africa

This book investigates Euro-African cultural relations, considering their connected histories through material and immaterial forms of representation, commemoration, and memorialization. Recent waves of protest around the world have called for restitution of looted African art, and toppled statues a...

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description This book investigates Euro-African cultural relations, considering their connected histories through material and immaterial forms of representation, commemoration, and memorialization. Recent waves of protest around the world have called for restitution of looted African art, and toppled statues and vandalized monuments which are connected to white suprematism, colonialism, and imperialism. These events have highlighted an urgent need to debate the management and preservation of Europe and Africa’s shared heritage. Drawing on a range of varied, trans-continental case studies, this book considers the key question of whether such monuments should be removed as forms of unacceptable celebration of an evil past, or preserved precisely because of what they recount about that past of oppression and domination. The book encourages readers to consider how diverse and pervasive the notions of shared heritage and common past are, encompassing discussions of statues, exhibitions, graffiti, tapestries, and commemorations. Providing a timely analysis of the developing cultural relations between Africa and Europe, this book will be an important resource for researchers across the fields of global history, heritage studies, memory studies, and international relations.
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spellingShingle Euro-African cultural relations
Immaterial heritage
Material heritage
Statues
Graffiti
Tapestries
Exhibitions
Commemoration
Rhodes
Selassie
Axum obelisk
Looted art
Restitution
CIVA Museum
Sharpeville Massacre
Yataal Art
Black Madonna
Vasco da Gama
Cultural diversity
Inclusion
Multiculturalism
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
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James-Chakraborty, Kathleen
Contested Heritage in Europe and Africa
title Contested Heritage in Europe and Africa
title_full Contested Heritage in Europe and Africa
title_fullStr Contested Heritage in Europe and Africa
title_full_unstemmed Contested Heritage in Europe and Africa
title_short Contested Heritage in Europe and Africa
title_sort contested heritage in europe and africa
topic Euro-African cultural relations
Immaterial heritage
Material heritage
Statues
Graffiti
Tapestries
Exhibitions
Commemoration
Rhodes
Selassie
Axum obelisk
Looted art
Restitution
CIVA Museum
Sharpeville Massacre
Yataal Art
Black Madonna
Vasco da Gama
Cultural diversity
Inclusion
Multiculturalism
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AB The arts: general topics
thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFA Social discrimination and social justice
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies::JBSL11 Indigenous peoples
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topic_facet Euro-African cultural relations
Immaterial heritage
Material heritage
Statues
Graffiti
Tapestries
Exhibitions
Commemoration
Rhodes
Selassie
Axum obelisk
Looted art
Restitution
CIVA Museum
Sharpeville Massacre
Yataal Art
Black Madonna
Vasco da Gama
Cultural diversity
Inclusion
Multiculturalism
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thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSL Ethnic studies::JBSL1 Ethnic groups and multicultural studies::JBSL11 Indigenous peoples
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