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Cultural Heritage in the Middle East and North Africa

Non-state Actors, Mediators and De-Centralised Practices

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Cultural Heritage in the Middle East and North Africa: Non-state Actors, Mediators and De-centralised Practices explores the politically dynamic, contested and negotiated relationships through which state and non-state actors shape cultural heritage across the MENA region.Moving beyond scholarship that has tended to privilege state institutions and official frameworks, this edited volume foregrounds the central role of non-state actors within increasingly diverse heritage ecosystems.Drawing on case studies from Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates, the volume examines how grassroots initiatives, private patrons, art collectors, cultural entrepreneurs and artists complement and reconfigure dominant heritage narratives, and how these practices intersect with broader questions of identity, memory, power and socio-economic change across the region.Situated within broader debates on heritage governance and de-centring methodologies, the volume analyses the tensionsbetween established heritage conventions and locally embedded realities. In doing so, it positions heritage as socially embedded practice shaped through collaboration, dialogue and negotiation among multiple stakeholders, while emphasising the critical role of non-state actors beyond state-sanctioned frameworks.With its focus on non-state actors and complex heritage ecosystems, the volume will be of interest to researchers, academics and students in museum and heritage studies, as well as those working in post-colonial and decolonial scholarship, Middle East and North Africa studies, cultural policy, anthropology, art history and related fields.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-11
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieCultural Heritage, Art and Museums in the Middle East
Antal sidor212
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032311043

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Sarina Wakefield is Lecturer in Museum Studies and Dean of Internationalisation at the University of Leicester. Her research focuses on the politics of transnational museology. She has over 20 years of experience of working on the cultural heritage and museology of the Arabian Peninsula.Annette Loeseke is a Professor of Art History and New Museum Studies at Braunschweig University of Art in Germany. Her research intersects museum and memory studies, visitor/stakeholder studies, cultural ecosystems, synergies and transformative curatorial practice in superdiverse societies, with social and environmental justice as special focal points

01. Cultural Heritage and Non-State Actors in MENA Sarina Wakefield and Annette Loeseke Part I: Entrepreneurial Heritage: Non-Governmental Actors 02. Heritage Activism as Political Participation: The Case of the Association pour laSauvegarde de l’Ile de Djerba Virginie Rey and Stephen Pascoe 03. Tārikna al-mustakbal: heritage-making practices in Port Said, Egypt Katrine Hedegaard Mandrup 04. The rise of Saudi female cultural entrepreneurs: the case of Al UlaGhadah W. Alharthi Part II: Private Brokers: Patronage as Practice 05. Private Heritage Patronage and Its Impact on the Future of Heritage in Bahrain Nadine Boksmati-Fattouh 06. Private Collectors in Saudi Arabia Wael Dugdugi07. An Enduring Archive of Syrian Art, Artists and Exhibitions: Atassi Foundation for Art and Culture in Dubai Georgina S. WalkerPart III: Critical Silences: Art as Activist Practice and Cultural Mediation08. Speculative Heritage: Artistic Practices, Dynamic Flows and the Diversification of Heritage in Morocco Sarah Dornhof 09. By Order of Assad: Strategies for Re-Imagining Cultural Heritage during the Syrian Conflict Nour A. Munawer and James Symonds