Since the 1980s, the dominant paradigm for investigations of atrocities has been the use of forensic exhumation of human remains. This book explores the political and symbolic power of exhumation and
In this comparative, international study Marilena Alivizatou investigates the relationship between museums and the new concept of “intangible heritage.” She charts the rise of intangible heritage with
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Djenne, in modern day Mali, is exalted as an enduring wonder of the ancient African world by archaeologists, anthropologists, state officials, architects and travel w
This concise book shows the importance of objects that are considered ordinary by cultural outsiders and scholars, yet lie at the heart of the systems of thought and practices of their makers and use
Particularly since the 1990s, many African-Americans and others from the African diaspora have engaged in "return" travels to Ghana. In this historically-situated ethnographic study, Schramm (anthropo
African Americans and others in the African diaspora have increasingly "come home" to Africa to visit the sites at which their ancestors were enslaved and shipped. In this nuanced analysis of homecom
