ABSTRACT
This book discusses the role of cultural practices and policy for sustainable development in West Africa across different artistic disciplines, including performance, video, theatre, community arts and cultural heritage.
Based on ethnographic field research in local communities, the book presents findings on current debates of cultural sustainability in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Benin. It provides a unique perspective connecting cultural studies, conflict studies and practical peacebuilding approaches through the arts. The first part pays particular attention to aspects of social cohesion and the circumstances of internally displaced persons e. g. caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in Northeast Nigeria. The second part focuses on cultural policy issues and challenges in the context of sustainable development, investigating participatory approaches and bottom-up processes, the role of governments and civil society, as well as performing arts organizations and universities in policy making and implementation processes.
Performing Sustainability in West Africa presents research results and new methods on the role of artistic and cultural practices in conflict situations as well as current debates in cultural policy for researchers, academics, NGOs and students in cultural studies, sustainable development studies and African studies.
The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003261025, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|24 pages
Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development
part 1|112 pages
Cultural Practices and Sustainable Development
chapter 2|19 pages
Performing Healing, Sustaining Culture
chapter 3|21 pages
Visual Representations as a Tool for Peace Education and Peace Promotion towards Sustainable Development
chapter 4|15 pages
Community Participation and Cultural Sustainability in Nkwen and Bamendankwe, Cameroon
chapter 5|19 pages
Gender Equity and Sustainable Development
chapter 6|19 pages
Designing with Waste
chapter 7|17 pages
Effects of Displacement on Kanuri Cultural Practices of Internally Displaced Persons of Borno State, Nigeria
part 2|80 pages
Cultural Policy and Sustainable Development