Performing Sustainability in West Africa

Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development
Herausgeber: Lettau, Meike; Otchere, Eric Debrah; Mtaku, Christopher Yusufu

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on cultural practices and policy for sustainable development in West Africa across different artistic disciplines, including performance, video, theatre, community arts and cultural heritage. For researchers, academics, NGOs and students in cultural studies, sustainable development studies and African studies.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Culture and Sustainable Development
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. August 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781032198224
• ISBN-10: 1032198222
• Artikelnr.: 64361129

Autorenporträt

Meike Lettau holds a Junior Professorship in Cultural and Media Policy Studies at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Germany. Previously, she was academic associate at the Department of Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim, Germany, and coordinator of the Graduate School 'Performing Sustainability: Cultures and Development in West Africa' which is implemented in cooperation with the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, and the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Christopher Yusufu Mtaku has been employed at the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, since 1989, and is currently an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Fine Arts. Eric Debrah Otchere teaches at, and is the Chair of the Department of Music and Dance, University of Cape Coast, Ghana.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development: Theoretical
and Methodological Approaches to Research Culture in Conflict Situations in
West Africa PART 1: Cultural Practices and Sustainable Development 2.
Performing Healing, Sustaining Culture: Experiences of Managing Collective
Trauma Amongst Displaced Persons in the Daudu Community, Nigeria 3. Visual
Representations as a Tool for Peace Education and Peace Promotion Towards
Sustainable Development: A Case of Dalori Camp, Maiduguri Borno State,
Nigeria 4. Community Participation and Cultural Sustainability in Nkwen and
Bamendankwe, Cameroon: A 'Video for Development' Approach 5. Gender Equity
and Sustainable Development: A 'Film for Development' Approach among the
Kom of Northwest Cameroon 6. Designing with Waste: A New Paradigm for Set
Design in Theatre Productions in Ghana 7. The Effects of Displacement on
Kanuri Cultural Practices of Internally Displaced Persons of Borno State,
Nigeria PART 2: Cultural Policy and Sustainable Development 8. Cultural
Policy Evaluation Towards a Sustainable Arts and Cultural Sector in Ghana
9. Connecting Knowledge and Practice for Sustainable Development: A Case of
the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana 10. Inputs Towards a
Coherent Cultural Policy in Benin Based on an Analysis of Historical
Developments 11. Repatriation and Recirculation: A Case for Sustainable
Practice in Administering Nigerian Antiquities