Becoming Heritage

Recognition, Exclusion, and the Politics of Black Cultural Heritage in Colombia

AvMaria Fernanda Escallón

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

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 2005. 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-04-13
Mått:158 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:540 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Afro-Latin America
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009180375

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

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.

Recensioner i media

'Becoming Heritage is a carefully designed and brilliantly executed multi-site ethnography. A power blind celebration of cultural difference diverts attention away from the harsh realities of racial and class domination, and transforms collective cultural solidarity into competition to manage and control cultural assets, a competition that positions the most privileged, educated, assimilated, and normative members of the community to speak for the group and derive the greatest benefits from its recognition.' George Lipsitz, author of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; Introduction; 1. A new framework of legitimacy; 2. Institutionalizing heritage: bureaucracy, meritocracy, and expertise; 3. Heritage in the face of death; 4. Palenqueras and the trap of visibility; Epilogue; References.