Politics of Heritage Management in Mali

Charlotte Joy holds a PhD in Anthropology from University College London. She is completing an ESRC-funded postdoctoral fellowship in Anthropology at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge, specialising in developing a comparative ethnographic approach to the study of cultural heritage politics and its relation to development issues. Beverley Butler Co-ordinates an MA in Cultural Heritage Studies and lectures in Cultural Heritage Studies, Museum History and Theory, and Cultural Memory at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Her interests are in alternative theorisations and re-conceptualisation of cultural heritage studies, museum historiography and museological theory; the application of intellectual history, philosophy, psychoanalysis, literary theory, postcolonial theory, deconstruction and memory-studies to cultural heritage/ museum studies. Her specialist focus is upon North Africa and Eastern Mediterranean and upon Alexandrian/Egyptian and Palestinian cultural heritage and cultural politics.

• Introduction; Part I Putting Djenné on the Map; Chapter 1 Architecture and the “Creation” of Djenné in the West; Chapter 2 Archaeology and Architecture; Chapter 3 UNESCO and Becoming a World Heritage Site; Part II Life in Djenné; Chapter 4 Islam; Chapter 5 Livelihood Strategies; Chapter 6 Artisans, Embodied Knowledge, and Authenticity; Chapter 7 Guides and the Regulation of History in Djenné; Chapter 8 Festival du Djennéry; Chapter 9 Conclusion;