Cultural Practices and Policies for Sustainable Development: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Research Culture in Conflict Situations in West Africa / Meike Lettau, Sacha Kagan, Christopher Mtaku, Eric Otchere -- Part 1: Cultural Practices and Sustainable Development -- Performing Healing, Sustaining Culture: Experiences of Managing Collective Trauma Amongst Displaced Persons in the Daudu Community, Nigeria / Shadrach Teryila Ukuma -- Visual Representations as a Tool for Peace Education and Peace Promotion Towards Sustainable Development: A Case of Dalori Camp, Maiduguri Borno State, Nigeria / Naomi Andrew Haruna -- Community Participation and Cultural Sustainability in Nkwen and Bamendankwe, Cameroon: A 'Video for Development' Approach / Susan B. Tanwie -- Gender Equity and Sustainable Development: A 'Film for Development' Approach among the Kom of Northwest Cameroon / Alasambom Nyingchuo -- Designing with Waste: A New Paradigm for Set Design in Theatre Productions in Ghana / Mawukplorm Harriet Abla Adjahoe -- The Effects of Displacement on Kanuri Cultural Practices of Internally Displaced Persons of Borno State, Nigeria / Zainab Musa Shallangwa -- Part 2: Cultural Policy and Sustainable Development -- Cultural Policy Evaluation Towards a Sustainable Arts and Cultural Sector in Ghana / Amos Darkwa Asare -- Connecting Knowledge and Practice for Sustainable Development: A Case of the School of Performing Arts, University of Ghana / Madinatu Bello -- Inputs Towards a Coherent Cultural Policy in Benin Based on an Analysis of Historical Developments / Espéra G. Donouvossi -- Repatriation and Recirculation: A Case for Sustainable Practice in Administering Nigerian Antiquities / Abba Isa Tijani.

"This book discusses the role of cultural practices and policy for sustainable development in West Africa across different artistic disciplines, including performance, video, theatre, community arts and cultural heritage. Based on ethnographic field research in local communities, the book presents findings on current debates of cultural sustainability in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon and Benin. It provides a unique perspective connecting cultural studies, conflict studies and practical peacebuilding approaches through the arts. The first part pays particular attention to aspects of social cohesion and the circumstances of internally displaced persons e. g. caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in Northeast Nigeria. The second part focuses on cultural policy issues and challenges in the context of sustainable development, investigating participatory approaches and bottom-up processes, the role of governments and civil society, as well as performing arts organizations and universities in policy making and implementation processes. Performing Sustainability in West Africa presents research results and new methods on the role of artistic and cultural practices in conflict situations as well as current debates in cultural policy for researchers, academics, NGOs and students in cultural studies, sustainable development studies and African studies"-- Provided by publisher.

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