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Dr. Harriet Deacon is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies, The Open University, UK. Her work focuses on critical heritage studies, particularly exploring heritage’s role in African contexts, its political implications, and the interplay between heritage, governance, and globalization. She actively participates in interdisciplinary discussions on intangible cultural heritage, the politics of heritage management, and the socio-cultural dynamics of heritage policies.
- Affiliations: Ferguson Centre for African and Asian Studies (The Open University)
- Research Interests: Heritage as a tool for empowerment/dissent, cultural contestation, UNESCO’s global heritage governance, and the intersection of heritage with tourism and intellectual property rights.
In recent activities, she has contributed to sessions addressing heritage’s role in contemporary Africa, the challenges of heritage policies, and debates on intangible heritage’s legal frameworks. Her work critically examines how heritage practices shape social exclusion and power dynamics across global and local scales.
