From “Patrimoine partagé” to “whose heritage”? Critical reflections on colonial built heritage in the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

This paper questions the binary structure of the notion “shared heritage”/ “patrimoine partagé” that has emerged in recent debates on built heritage in former colonial territories. In the discourses of, for instance, ICOMOS, the notion stands for a heritage “shared” by former “colonizers” and former...

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Main Author: Johan Lagae
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug 2008-03-01
Series:Afrika Focus
Online Access:https://ojs.ugent.be/AF/article/view/5052