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Notice (permalien)

Réf.

41845

Type

conference item

Titre

Ziwa National Monument : its significance to the local people hangs delicately in the balance

Langues

English

Auteurs

Shumba, Missias

Lieu de publication

Paris

Pays de publication

France

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS

Date

2005

Pages

4 p.

Addenda

Handwritten page numbers 191-194 on the printed collected papers.

Titre de conférence

14th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Place, memory, meaning: preserving intangible values in monuments and sites’

Lieu de conférence

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe

Date de conférence

27 – 31 oct 2003

Mots-clés

historic monuments / economic development / economic aspects / social aspects / historic buildings / tourism management / economic value / interpretation / local communities / cultural significance / tourist industry / sacred places / conservation policy / intangible cultural heritage

Pays mentionnés

Zimbabwe

Monuments et sites

Ziwa National Monument, Zimbabwe

Résumé en anglais

The discussion in this paper explains why the present generations of communities surrounding Ziwa National Monument (a 17th century agricultural settlement in north-eastern Zimbabwe) have very little reverence and respect towards the traditional sacredness of the site. The paper shows that for a long time during the pre-colonial period and for some decades well into the 1900s, Ziwa was an important spiritual and cultural centre and the local people attached high traditional values and looked to it for their identity and ethnic origin. The crux of the discussion points to successive episodes of change mainly in the regional and global political and socio-economic trends over the past two centuries as the main reason for the present phenomenon of community attitude towards the site. Coupled with this the development and growth of diverse perceptions especially those associated with the spread of Christianity and other ideas orchestrated by westernisation and globalisation may be blamed for the contemporary status quo. National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (hereafter NMMZ) site conservation policy is also cited among the factors that contribute to the lack of preservation of the site’s intangible values. It is in the light of this background therefore that efforts should be made to promote a restoration of the old traditional values among the local people so as to enhance effective conservation practices at the monument.

Document joint

B2_-_1_-_Missias.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)

Document source

26567 - English #26567

N° d'entrée et cote

14852