Wadi Halfa Museum: A Rescue Mechanism for the Nubian Intangible Heritage
The main purpose of this article is to discuss the raison d’être of the future Museum of Wadi Halfa. This museum aims not only to be a place to display objects but a rescue mechanism for intangible heritage of the Nubians living in the area. It aims to reconnect them through the valorisation of heri...
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| Yayımlandı: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ema, |
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| Materyal Türü: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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Égypte/Monde arabe
2010
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | The main purpose of this article is to discuss the raison d’être of the future Museum of Wadi Halfa. This museum aims not only to be a place to display objects but a rescue mechanism for intangible heritage of the Nubians living in the area. It aims to reconnect them through the valorisation of heritage, with the past from which they were cut by the construction of the High Dam of Aswan. This museum is thought to be the counter-part of the Nubia Museum of Aswan (Egypt) opened in 1997. UNESCO is involved in both museums as an actor of the Nubian heritage conservation since the 1950’s. The concept proposal prepared for this museum and discussed in the article should make the Wadi Halfa museum a dynamic institution and an integral part of the Wadi Halfa community linking its past and present for a better future. |
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