TY - BOOK ID - 30721324 TI - Reclaiming heritage : alternative imaginaries of memory in West Africa AU - De Jong, Ferdinand. AU - Rowlands, M. J. PY - 2007 SN - 1315421135 1598747622 1598743082 1598743074 1315421127 9781598747621 9781598743081 9781315421131 9781315421124 9781598743074 9781598743081 9781315421100 9781315421117 1315421119 PB - Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, DB - UniCat KW - Cultural property KW - Memory KW - Protection KW - Social aspects KW - Africa, West KW - History. KW - Antiquities. KW - Retention (Psychology) KW - Cultural heritage KW - Cultural patrimony KW - Cultural resources KW - Heritage property KW - National heritage KW - National patrimony KW - National treasure KW - Patrimony, Cultural KW - Treasure, National KW - Africa, Western KW - West Africa KW - Western Africa KW - Intellect KW - Psychology KW - Thought and thinking KW - Comprehension KW - Executive functions (Neuropsychology) KW - Mnemonics KW - Perseveration (Psychology) KW - Reproduction (Psychology) KW - Property KW - World Heritage areas KW - #SBIB:39A5 KW - #SBIB:39A73 KW - Kunst, habitat, materiële cultuur en ontspanning KW - Etnografie: Afrika KW - Biens culturels KW - Mémoire KW - Aspect social KW - Afrique occidentale KW - Histoire KW - Antiquités KW - Sociology of culture KW - Ethnology. Cultural anthropology KW - History of civilization KW - cultural property KW - antiquities [object genre] KW - cultuursociologie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30721324 AB - 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 conservation are interwoven at the local, ethnic, national and global level and cannot be easily disent ER -