Bücher der Reihe Routledge Studies in Culture and Development

The relationship between museums, heritage and international development has been underexamined from a critical and comparative perspective. This edited volume inaugurates a new, important debate across these and other disciplines, identifying the distinct contribution of museums and heritage to international development agendas, engaging with the politics of museums and heritage for development, and identifying the specific challenges facing this sector within development practice. Grounded in case studies which range from Africa, to South, East and South-East Asia, to South America and the Caribbean, the volume aims at a rethinking of both international museum and development practice.

The Cultural Turn in International Aid is one of the first volumes to analyse a wide and comprehensive range of issues related to culture and international aid. Assessing why international aid is provided for cultural projects, the book also considers whether and how donor funded cultural projects can address global challenges.

Drawing together perspectives from artists, policy-makers and researchers in the Pacific, Africa, Latin America and Europe, this book explores the challenges and opportunities of supporting the arts in the development context. It provides a series of grounded analyses of the artist/donor interface, and valuable reflection on implementation and evaluation strategies.