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Advancing a Creole centre of excellence framework
No full textThe chapter argues in favour of fully embracing indigenous and traditional cultural heritage as pivotal to identity formation and development. Facets of language development, performing arts, cuisine, dress and fashion, lived traditions, and cultural festivals and events are all dimensions which help situate individuals as part of society and help create and establish a sense of belongingness. Creole culture and heritage are exemplary forms of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) which embody traditions in the Francophone countries explored in this volume. This chapter concludes the volume by espousing a Centre of Excellence Framework as a possible vehicle for advancing national cultural development in tourism dependent Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Conclusions: Looking ahead to the after acts
No full textThis final chapter reflects upon how the development of this volume ran alongside events that were unimaginable when the project was first envisaged. First, hurricane Maria brought severe devastation to the north-eastern Caribbean, in particular to the island of the Commonwealth of Dominica, a major partner and the contextual setting of the 2018-2021 Arts and Humanities Research Council funded grant that supported our project to explore the concept of safeguarding Intangible Creole Cultural Heritage. Then the global pandemic inevitably added complexities to the lives of all those contributing to the project. In these circumstances, how to safeguard intangible cultural heritage has become an increasingly urgent question. On a more optimistic note, we consider how Creole cultures, being born out of change, may perhaps be able to respond organically to shifts in the world in which they are situated
Intangible cultural heritage: safeguarding embodied Creole cultures
No full textIn principle, the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage aims to 'ensure the visibility of the intangible cultural heritage and awareness of its significance, and to encourage dialogue which respects cultural diversity' (UNESCO, Text of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Retrieved May 8, 2022, from https://ich.unesco.org/en/convention, 2003). In practice, however, intangible cultural heritage is vulnerable to value judgements made by national institutions, which may be limited in their capacity to certify the significance of cultural practices or to support them in ways that enable them to thrive. Nevertheless, the Convention provides welcome recognition of the role of the non-artefactual aspect of cultural heritage and importantly, by adopting the notion of 'safeguarding' rather than 'preserving' acknowledges the living nature of cultural practices. This is found to be particularly valuable in relation to examples of Creole cultural practices which sustain Creole identities that may be vulnerable in a global, post-colonial context. However, the designation of cultural practices as 'intangible' may work against full consideration of the interrelationships between embodied practices, the materials utilised and the physical and social contexts within which they take place. In contrast, it is argued that in developing approaches to safeguard cultural heritage, more attention should be directed towards facilitating the embodied interactions between people, things and place through which some forms of culture are constantly being re-created
Entangled threads: Creolization of plants and landscape
No full textThis chapter explores the terrapsychology of plants in the history and landscape of space and place, from the perspective of the Caribbean Island, the Commonwealth of Dominica as an integral component of Creole culture. It investigates colonial and postcolonial botanical roots and routes, drawing on the reflexive experience of an artist. Diasporic experience questions the impact of migration and intertwined heritage, namely in Africa, Dominica and Britain. The study crosses the disciplines of ethnobotany, history, art and psychogeography and is underpinned by theories of entanglement and transplantation. This chapter aims to demonstrate how transatlantic botanical narratives and artistic expression can better explain the complexities of Creole culture and connect to postcolonial landscapes
Tourism development in Creole spaces: a Saint Lucia Island perspective
No full textThe Caribbean archipelago functions in its entirety as a Creole space-the geographic boundaries and demographic compositions defining the context of Creole history and culture. As with other islands elsewhere, the region is heavily tourism dependent. Thus, exploring and gaining in-depth understanding of the relationship between Creole spaces and tourism development is important. This work examines the perceptions of the local population on tourism development in the Saint Lucian Creole space through qualitative data collection. This study is set in the western tourist capital, Soufriere, an area laden with history from indigenous people to European colonization, slavery, and indentured labour. The relationship between tourism and culture is explored in terms of Creole identity, destination marketing, and stakeholder involvement in cultural tourism development. Consequently, the Four Cs Framework for Creole Cultural tourism Space (CCTS) development is proffered. Though tourism can be perceived an invasion of the Creole space, if properly managed, it can enhance product development while enabling safeguarding the rich, Creole cultural heritage
Events tourism
No full textThe critical issues in events tourism present a central part of the sectors’ debate in the 21st century. This includes but is not limited to different economic, technological, industry, policy and socio-economic perspectives underpinning event tourism studies. It showcases best practice examples, raises managerial and political implications, formulates conceptual frameworks and advances understanding on key operational and policy concerns. In this introductory chapter, the authors aim to present the core concepts of events tourism with a critical focus. This chapter is typical of the wide range of critical events tourism research with contributing chapters grouped under four broad categories: (1) fundamental concepts, (2) contemporary perspectives, (3) regeneration, displacement and planning frameworks and (4) the future of events tourism
Embodying Creole heritage: the Dominican Bélé
No full textCreole heritage may be considered to be embodied in performance traditions understood as sites for the transmission of the complex of heritages that comprise Creole cultures. This chapter proposes the adoption of a multi-perspectival choreological analysis to support exploration of the changing cultural significance of Creole performance traditions with specific reference to Bélé as it is practised in Dominica. African, Dominican and European authors have contributed towards the analysis to further understanding of Bélé's African diasporic heritage and its symbolic significance in annual national and independence celebrations which promote Dominica's identity as a post-colonial developing state. This collaborative approach to analysis facilitates understanding of how Creole performance traditions, such as Bélé, can be understood as a living heritage through which the negotiation of Creole identities is sustained as communities face changing global contexts
Towards safeguarding Creole intangible cultural heritage: the 2003 UNESCO convention
No full textIn 2003, the UNESCO general conference voted in favour of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH). The Convention highlights the fragility of indigenous living cultural traditions and argues that ICH is a repository of a community's creativity and a source of inspiration for new cultural expressions. Globalisation's ubiquitous and often commercialised branded identities squeeze out the rich diversity of indigenous heritage. So, safeguarding this cultural resource against the onslaught of globalisation is of vital importance. This chapter explores the intellectual work which the Convention brings to cultural historians, curators, and researchers. It highlights examples of digital classification, public participation, and creative re-presentation which document the ICH tradition and also seek to understand the factors that have sustained it and will influence its future as a living tradition. Finally, through a discussion of specific cases, it lays out the difficulties in attaining that UNESCO ICH inscription and the debates over its use and impact, and explores the implications for those wanting to safeguard their own intangible cultural heritage
MICE tourism development in Ethiopia
No full textThe MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) tourism segment is increasingly recognised as a sector relevant to tourism development particularly for countries such as Ethiopia, where tourism forms a key developmental strategy. The capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, serves as a regional and international hub for many meetings, with potential for growth of MICE tourism. The Government of Ethiopia has set a vision to make Addis Ababa one of the top five tourist destinations in Africa by 2020. The MICE niche serves as the backbone for diversification, generating foreign exchange, national image building and exposure of key tourism assets. This chapter focuses on the growth and challenges of MICE tourism development and efficiency by understudying the Ethiopia case study. This chapter contributes an understanding of the obstacles and opportunities for MICE tourism within a developing nation, focusing on governance and capacity building issues
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