2026/06/04 by Elgidius B. Ichumbaki, Peter R. Schmidt · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Social Sciences · #Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation #Archaeological Research and Protection #Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
paper · pdf · doi:10.15184/aqy.2026.10361
Central governments have controlled cultural heritage management in most African countries since colonial times. Focusing on Tanzania, the authors here argue that heritage sites are at risk from the institutions tasked with managing them, citing an institutional reluctance to protect threatened sites, delegation of responsibility to unqualified organisations, inappropriate development of sites as income-generating entities and a resistance to working with and recognising local community initiatives. The deleterious impacts of such management are explored through four case studies, which the authors hope will help sound an alarm in the international community and provoke calls for a national review of policy.