Museums, heritage and international development [electronic resource] / edited by Paul Basu and Wayne Modest.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Museums, heritage and international development : a critical conversation / Paul Basu and Wayne Modest -- 2. UNESCO, museums and 'development' / Yudhishthir Raj Isar -- 3. Complicating culture for development : negotiating 'dysfunctional heritage' in Sierra Leone / Paul Basu and Johanna Zetterstrom-Sharp -- 4. Art for life : intangible cultural heritage and livelihood development in India / Amitava Bhattacharya -- 5. US cultural diplomacy, cultural heritage preservation and development at the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul / William C.S. Remsen and Laura A. Tedesco -- 6. Reconstructing Afghan identity : nation-building, international relations and the safeguarding of Afghanistan's Buddhist heritage / Constance Wyndham -- 7. Has it been worth it? : Personal reflections on museum development in Ghana / Malcolm McLeod -- 8. Development challenges and shared heritage-making processes in Southwest Ghana / Matteo Aria, Mariaclaudia Cristofano and Stefano Maltese -- 9. Museum Kapuas Raya : the in-between museum / Itie van Hout -- 10. "Only foreigners can do it?" : technical assistance, advocacy and brokerage at Aksum, Ethiopia / Bianca Maria Nardella and Michael Mallinson -- 11. Health education and participatory exhibition development in Malawi / Ruth McKew -- 12. Hintang and the double-bind promise of development / Anna Kallen -- 13. Cultural heritage, humanitarianism and development : critical links / Christina Kreps -- 14. Reconceptualizing heritage in China : museums, development and the shifting dynamics of power / Harriet Evans and Michael Rowlands -- 15. Postconflict heritage in Asia : shifting geographies of aid / Tim Winter -- 16. Visualizing development : the Tropenmuseum and international development aid / David Hildering, Wayne Modest and Warda Aztouti.