"Since 1992, when the World Heritage Committee established its category of "cultural landscapes", scholarly debates have ensued on how they could best be managed. One approach, which appears to have gained significance over the past two decades or so, considers using traditional conservation practices as well as engaging local indigenous communities in the stewardship of these exemplary sites. To examine the efficacy of this recent approach, this book explores the concept of indigenous communities, the nature of traditional conservancy in the Matobo Hills Cultural World Heritage Landscape where this study was conducted, as well as the management history of the area. Based on the perspectives of the indigenous people of the Matobo Hills, this investigation studies the extent to which both traditional conservation practices and local involvement can be germane to the administration of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes."
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30 s/w Abbildungen, 32 farbige Abbildungen
32 Illustrations, color; 30 Illustrations, black and white
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Höhe: 269 mm
Breite: 208 mm
Dicke: 8 mm
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978-90-8728-264-6 (9789087282646)
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Simon Makuvaza is currently a Research Fellow in the Faculty of the Built Environment at the National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Previously, he lectured archaeology at the Catholic University of Malawi. He also worked as an archaeologist for the National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe.
Contents
Abstract
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Indigenous Communities, Archaeology and World Heritage Landscapes
3. The Matobo Hills: Nature of the World Heritage Cultural Landscape
4. Profile of the Matobo Hills Local Indigenous Communities and the History of Settlement Introduction
5. European Approaches to the Management of the Matobo Hills
6. The Traditional Conservation Practices of the Matobo Hills
7. Perspectives of Local Indigenous Communities
8. Discussion and Conclusion
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