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South Africa’s rural Sekhukhune is full of interesting sites and heritage. Communities need financial and technical support to start sustainable tourism projects there.
Tunisia has failed to capitalise on the heritage tourism potential of the ancient city and its natural surroundings.
The Covid-19 pandemic will long be remembered for the lockdowns it imposed and the millions of lives it stole. A recent Unesco report reveals that it has also took a large toll on world heritage sites.
A grand new memorial park walks a fine line - between teaching about slavery and becoming a tourist trap.
In a rare series of interviews, the late Ghanaian leader spoke of how the country’s slave trade was revisited as a vehicle for economic development.
The number of tourists visiting Banyuwangi have jumped five fold in the last couple of years, thanks to the innovative local government.
In our world of pervasive consumerism, libraries continue to be founded on humanism. Their core purpose as accessible places is vital – yet they are also now popular tourist destinations.
Many more people experience World Heritage online than in person. While that further elevates the status of iconic sites like the Sydney Opera House, it has other more complicated consequences too.
Teaching students to recognise and understanding the political, social, and economic factors that influence how we celebrate Remembrance Day would make them more active citizens.
In the era of neoliberal capitalism, both the ideology of Pan-Africanism and the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade have become marketable commodities.
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Assistant Professor of History, Georgia Southern University
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Senior Lecturer in Architectural HIstory and Theory, UNSW & Honorary Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Architectural History, Urban and Cultural Heritage (ACAHUCH), UNSW
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Associate Professor and Director of Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project, Associate Graduate Faculty, Rutgers University
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Researcher in international law, Technische Universität Dresden
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Lecturer in History Education, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University
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Academic Fellow & Lecturer in Architecture and Cultural Heritage, Nottingham Trent University
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UNESCO Chair in International Relations , Technische Universität Dresden
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Director of African Studies, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Kalamazoo College
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Associate Lecturer at the National School of Architecture and Urbanism, Université de Carthage
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Lecturer at the National School of Architecture and Urbanism, Université de Carthage
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Adjunct Professor, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor at Communication Department, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas AIrlangga, Universitas Airlangga
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Tourism Lecturer, Tshwane University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Hospitality and Technology Innovation, University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic