CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Andoh, Hilda |
|---|---|
| Title | Mind the Gap:Indigenous Input in the Management Plan of Shai Hills Resource Reserve in Ghana |
| Summary | The management of a community-based heritage site cannot be complete without involvement of the indigenous heritage bearers even after such local populations are removed from their settlements on the heritage site. A community’s heritage cannot be protected without including their traditional practices in governmental management plans or policies concerning national parks in Ghana. Conflicts often arise whenever heritage bearers are not actively involved in their heritage. The existing relationship between the locals of the Se traditional area and the governmental agency for the protection and management of their heritage in the Shai Resource Reserve, suggest that there is no symbiotic relationship with regards to collective preservation. The problems between government stakeholders and the Se local population started when the Government of Ghana designated the Shai Hills Resource Reserve a protected area which led, the reservation rights under the management of reserve the Forestry Commission under the jurisdiction of the Government of Ghana. This research is necessitated by the existing management plan of the Shai Hills Reserve that does not include elements of the traditional practices of the Se people that are relevant to both the locals and the reserve. The data collection methods used for this research was participatory observation, unstructured interviews and online research regarding local participation of the Se in their heritage. The purpose of this thesis is to propose a revised management plan that will include selected traditional practices relevant to the Se community and the reserve in the interests of promoting a reciprocal system of preservation between government stakeholders and the Se traditional people living by the Reserve. The aim is to promote a “revised” relationship based on the integration of traditional and emergent preservation practices for the benefit of the reserve and not to change the existing plan in a way that suggests it is wrong. On the contrary, the work gravitates towards a modernization approach that is open to emerging best practices. It is hoped that a proposed revised management plan can ultimately be put into practice for all community-based heritage sites in Ghana. |
| Supervisor | Choyke Alice |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/andoh_hilda.pdf |
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