The management of the Matobo Hills in Zimbabwe : perceptions of the indigenous communities on their involvement and use of traditional conservation practices / Simon Makuvaza.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makuvaza, Simon, author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Archaeological studies Leiden University ; 32.

Archaeological studies Leiden University ; 32

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural areas.

Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous peoples--Land tenure.

Cultural landscapes.

Conservation and restoration.

Cultural property--Protection.

Social aspects.

Landscape protection.

Management.

World Heritage areas.

Rhodes Matopos National Park (Zimbabwe)--Management.

Rhodes Matopos National Park (Zimbabwe).

World Heritage areas--Zimbabwe--Management.

Landscape protection--Zimbabwe--Management.

Cultural property--Protection--Social aspects--Zimbabwe.

Cultural property.

Cultural landscapes--Conservation and restoration--Zimbabwe.

Indigenous peoples--Land tenure--Zimbabwe.

Indigenous peoples--Zimbabwe--Government relations.

Natural areas--Zimbabwe.

Indigenous peoples--Government relations.

World Heritage areas--Management.

Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe--Rhodes Matopos National Park.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

ix, 137 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, [2016]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

Indigenous communities, archaeology and World Heritage landscapes

The Matobo Hills : nature of the World Heritage cultural landscape

Profile of the Matobo Hills local indigenous communtiies and the history of settlement

European approaches to the management of the Matobo Hills

The traditional conservation practices of the Matobo Hills

Perspectives of local indigenous communities

Discussion and conclusion.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-135).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789087282646

9087282648

OCLC:

959365433