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Becoming heritage : recognition, exclusion, and the politics of Black cultural heritage in Colombia / Maria Fernanda Escallón, University of Oregon.
Penn Museum Library F2291.S167 E83 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Escallón, María Fernanda, author.
- Series:
- Afro-Latin America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- San Basilio del Palenque (Colombia)--Cultural policy.
- San Basilio del Palenque (Colombia).
- San Basilio del Palenque (Colombia)--Ethnic relations.
- World Heritage areas--Colombia.
- World Heritage areas.
- Black people--Colombia--San Basilio del Palenque--Social conditions.
- Black people.
- San Basilio del Palenque (Colombia)--Social conditions.
- Black people--Social conditions.
- Cultural policy.
- Ethnic relations.
- Social conditions.
- Colombia.
- Colombia--San Basilio del Palenque.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 224 pages ; illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Recognition, exclusion, and the politics of Black cultural heritage in Colombia
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "Since the late twentieth century, multicultural reforms to benefit minorities have swept through Latin America, however, in Colombia ethno-racial inequality remains rife. "Becoming Heritage" evaluates how heritage policies affected the Afro-Colombian community of San Basilio de Palenque after it was proclaimed by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008. Although the designation partially delivered on its promise of multicultural inclusion, it also created ethno-racial exclusion and conflict among groups within the Palenquero community. The new forms of power, knowledge, skills and values created to safeguard heritage exacerbated political, social, symbolic and economic inequalities among Palenqueros, and did little to ameliorate the harsh realities of living and dying in Palenque. Bringing together broader discussions on race, nation and inclusion in Colombia, "Becoming Heritage" reveals that inequality in Palenque is not only a result of Black Colombians' uneven access to resources; it is enforced through heritage politics, expertise and governance. Maria Fernanda Escallón is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oregon. Her work has received support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright Program and the Mellon Foundation. Before pursuing doctoral studies, she worked in sustainable development and heritage policy-making in Colombia"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- A new framework of legitimacy
- Institutionalizing heritage : bureaucracy, meritocracy, and expertise
- Heritage in the face of death
- Palenqueras and the trap of visibility.
- Notes:
- Based on the author's PhD Dissertation "Exclusion in the Era of Multicultural Recognition: Cultural Heritage, Afro-descendants, and the Politics of Diversity in Colombia and Brazil," Stanford University, 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Escallón, María Fernanda Becoming heritage
- ISBN:
- 9781009180375
- 1009180371
- 9781009180399
- 1009180398
- OCLC:
- 1349287154
- Publisher Number:
- 99996017954
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