Culture and development in Africa
On April 2 and 3, 1992, a major international conference was held at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. The Topic was " Culture and Development in sub-Saharan Africa. " The interim proceedings, published in two volumes on October 1992, made available the papers presented and the major inte...
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Washington, D.C.
World Bank
1994
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| Series: | Environmentally sustainable development proceedings series
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Introduction / Ismail Serageldin
- Day one: thursday, april 2, 1992
- Welcoming remarks / Edward V. K. Jaycox
- Opening remarks / Salim A. Salim
- The challenge of a holistic vision: culture, empowerment, and the development paradigm / Ismail Serageldin
- Session I: Cultural theory and development practice
- Democracy, development, and the civic community: evidence from an Italian experiment / Robert D. Putnam
- Taking culture into account: from let's to how / Robert Klitgaard
- Discussant remarks / Mohammed Arkound
- Special session: Development in a multi-cultural context: trend and tensions / Ali A. Mazrui
- Session II: Culture and civic society: How cultural theory can contribute to understanding and promoting democracy, science, and development / Aaron Wildavsky
- Indigenous management practices: lessons for Africa's management in the '90s / Mamadou Dia
- Discussant remarks / Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
- Special session: A tribute (For our first literary nobel, Wole Soyinka) / Tijan M. Sallah
- Excerpt from Ogun Abibimañ / Wole Soyinka
- Keynote address: culture memory and development / Wole Soyinka
- Day two: Friday, april 3, 1992:Culture and development: african responses / Daniel Etounga-Manguellé
- Session theme I: Cultural institution
- What models for african museum? West African prospects / Claude Daniel Ardouin
- Towards an integrated approach: southern african museums map out strategies / Dawson Munjeri
- Community participation in the conservation of cultural heritage / Alexandre Marc
- Public education, national collections, and museum scholarship in Africa / Philip L. Ravenhill
- Discussant remarks / Alberta Arthurs
- Theme 2: Conservation of the built historic environment
- Architectural and urban heritage: the example of the city of Ouidah, Benin / Alain Sinou
- Earth-The once and future building material: the potential in developing Africa / Neville Agnew
- Bringing cultural heritage into the development agenda: summary findings of a report of cultural heritage in environmental assessments in Sub-Saharan Africa / June Tabaroff
- Revitalizing historic cities: towards a public-private partnership / Ismail Serageldin
- Discussant remarks / Joseph H. Kwabena Nketia
- Session II: Theme 3: Development, archaeology, and the environment
- Archaeological research, site protection, and employment generation: central agrican perspectives / Pierre de Maret
- Archaeological heritage management and site inventory systems in Africa: the role of development / Susan Keech Mcintosh
- Valuing the past, envisioning the future: local perspectives on environmental and cultural heritage in Ghana / Ann B. Stahl
- Discussant remarks / Shelton H. Davis
- Theme 4: Economic development-Culture as cause or consequence
- The Cultural consequences of development in Africa / Sulayman S. Nyang
- Culture, management, and institutionl assessment / Coralie Bryant
- Cultural demensions of conflict management and development: some lessons from the Sudan / Francis Mading Deng
- Discussant remarks / John Gerhart
- Cultural dimensions of conflict management and development: some lessons form the Sudan / Francis Mading Deng
- Discussant remarks / John Gerhart
- Closing session: Where do we go from here? Remarks / Timothy T. Thahane
- Rapporteur remarks for theme 1: cultural institutions / Ladipo Adamolekun
- Rapporteur remarks for theme 2: conservation of the built historic environment / Azim A. Nanji
- Rapporteur remarks for Theme 3: Development, archaeology, and the environment / Pierre Landell-Mill
- Rapporteur remarks for theme 4: economic development: culture as cause or consequence / Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- Closing address: the World Decade for cultural development / Henri Lopes
- Closing remarks / Edward V. K. Jaycox
- Appendices.