Awkward Relations and Universal Aspirations
Common Global Heritage in Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2156236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N Brichet (0000-0002-0833-115X, ANT Foundation Italy Onlus, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-168 |
| Publication date | 2011-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0275-7206 • E-ISSN: 1477-2612 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02757206.2011.558579 |
| OpenAlex | W1998300213 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
In this article, I investigate some of the artifacts that were involved in the reconstruction of a so‐called common cultural heritage site, a collaboration between the University of Ghana and the National Museum of Denmark. The ambition is to explore how these locally used artifacts evoked universal aspirations and thereby to discuss how the emergence of global heritage through different collaborative practices may be studied. Inspired by the work of Anna Tsing, I discuss the analytical possibilities of studying global heritage as “zones of awkward engagements”. I argue that instead of analyzing cultural heritage as a series of compromises, it is fruitful, at least analytically, to examine the awkwardness within the object of study—the creation of a cultural heritage site—as a continuous organization of parts and wholes, artifacts and words, the local and the global, in which a variety of stakeholders offer different universal aspirations
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Industrial heritage · Object (grammar · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Work (physics · World heritage · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Engineering · History · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Philosophy · Artificial Intelligence
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2019 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |