Becoming Heritage: Recognition, Exclusion, and the Politics of Black Cultural Heritage in Colombia Escalln Maria Fernanda
Becoming Heritage: Recognition, Exclusion, and the Politics of Black Cultural Heritage in Colombia Escalln Maria Fernanda Since the late twentieth century, multicultural reforms to benefit minorities…
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Becoming Heritage: Recognition, Exclusion, and the Politics of Black Cultural Heritage in Colombia Escalln Maria Fernanda
Since the late twentieth century, multicultural reforms to benefit minorities have swept through Latin America, however, in Colombia ethno-racial inequality remains rife. 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. 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.
Bringing together broader discussions on race, nation and inclusion in Colombia, Becoming 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.