Senegal features prominently on the UNESCO World Heritage List. As many of its cultural heritage sites are remnants of the French empire, how does an independent nation care for the heritage of colonialism? How does it reinterpret slave barracks, colonial museums, and monuments to empire to imagine its own national future? This book examines Senegal's decolonization of its cultural heritage. Revealing how Léopold Sédar Senghor's philosophy of Négritude inflects the interpretation of its co...

Krekt as Paolo Lione fierder sil nei syn ynlieding, klinkt der in hurde gjalp troch de seal. ′Sjoch dan! Dêr!′ De iepening fan de tentoanstelling troch de wrâldferneamde Italjaanske keunstner Paolo Lione wurdt wreed fersteurd as der in lyk yn in bêd fan roazebledsjes yn de Prinsewyk ûnder it Hearrenfeanster museum driuwt. It blykt in slim tatakele frou te wêzen. Resjersjeur Annet Hillema en har partner Marcel Pronk begjinne in ûndersyk. Annet ropt de help yn fan har eks-kollega, priveedete...

'Wolst wat spannends mei my dwaan?' Op it momint dat ik it sei, wist ik dat dit net alhiel de goede wurdkar wie. 'Wat miensto wol net, it...' 'Nee, sa bedoel ik it net! Ik...' Sûnder fierder ôf te wachtsjen pandere se by de terp del en ferdwûn troch it getten izeren stek, my ferstuivere efterlittend. Mar moai dat se wie doe't se sa lilk fuortrûn! It dak fan de wrâld is de spannende twadde roman fan Ferdinand de Jong. It ferhaal nimt jim mei fan it Wâldster berchje oant de heechste berch fa...

The Future of Religious Heritage examines the resurgence of religious heritage in a secular age and frames such heritage as both legacy from the past and promise for the future.Drawing on case studies from across Europe, this volume addresses the intersection of three well-defined areas of research: secularism, religious heritage and the question of renewal. Considering the heritagisation of religion and the sacralisation of heritage, contributions to the book consider to ...

Struggles over the meaning of the past are common in postcolonial states. State cultural heritage programs build monuments to reinforce in nation building efforts—often supported by international organizations and tourist dollars. These efforts often ignore the other, often more troubling memories preserved by local communities—markers of colonial oppression, cultural genocide, and ethnic identity. Yet, as the contributors to this volume note, questions of memory, heritage, identity and co...