1st Edition

Contested Heritage Global Perspectives on Stakeholders' (Dis)Harmony at Heritage Locales

Edited By Elgidius B. Ichumbaki Copyright 2026
294 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

294 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Contested Heritage: Global Perspectives on Stakeholders’ (Dis)Harmony at Heritage Locales explores the intricate relationships surrounding heritage, emphasizing the diverse, often contradictory, meanings attributed to heritage sites, historic towns, and museum objects by various stakeholders. The book is structured into four parts, beginning with foundational contributions from leading... Read more

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Acknowledgments

Foreword

 

Chapter 1 Introduction

Elgidius B. Ichumbaki

 

Chapter 2 Heritage, tourism and social conflict in Barcelona, Catalonia

Colin Breen

 

Chapter 3 Mythos of urban heritage regeneration and its aftermath in Turkey

Mesut Dinler and Özgün Özçakır

 

Chapter 4 Transforming a place through heritagization and conservation in an iconic coastal destination in Uruguay

Gabriel de Souza and Juan Martin Dabezies

 

Chapter 5 Contests on the development and use of coastal monuments in Tanzania

Elgidius B. Ichumbaki

 

Chapter 6 Resource diplomacy, cultural heritage and community resilience in the Pilbara, Western Australia

Melathi Saldin and José Antonio González Zarandona

 

Chapter 7 Japan’s Mining Heritage in Dispute: Plural Understanding for Heritage Sustainability

Ryoko Nakano

 

Chapter 8 Cultural Heritage Stewardship and Community Contestations at the Great Zimbabwe World Heritage Site

Munyaradzi Elton Sagiya 

 

Chapter 9 Fighting for multi-million-year fossils and localities: Exploring contests among research groups at Oldupai (Olduvai) Gorge in Northern Tanzania

Mariam Joseph Bundala

 

Chapter 10 Bronze soldiers: Cultural heritage as weapons and flashpoints in the Baltic States’ hybrid conflicts

Craig Ross

 

Chapter 11 Holistic Approach: A Strategy for Sustainable Management of Saadani Nature-Culture Heritage Sites, Tanzania

Richard Nandiga Bigambo

 

Chapter 12 Colonialism, Authenticity and the Sacred: A Museum Perspective

Lars Frühsorge

 

Chapter 13 Care, People, and Archaeology in a Resilient World: Exploring Community Processes and Networking in Cultural Heritage and Museums in Europe and Latin America

Alicia Castillo Mena, Constanza Segovia Quinteros, Ana Pastor Pérez, Nekbet Corpas Cívicos, Sonia Menéndez Castro, Citlalli Reynoso Ramos, and Eloisa Pérez Santos

 

Index

Biography

Elgidius B. Ichumbaki is Associate Professor in the College of Humanities at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. He is also Visiting Professor in the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, Ireland, a Senior Research Associate at the British Institute in Eastern Africa as well as Adjunct Professor in the Division of Heritage Convergence, College of Culture and Sports, Korea University, South Korea.