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In 2015, the UN adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which have since influenced international and intergovernmental organizations and governments and dictated priorities for international aid spending. Culture, including heritage, is often presented as fundamental to addressing the SDGs. Yet in practice heritage is marginalized when SDGs are being discussed and implemented.
This volume presents a substantial and original assessment of whether and how heritage has contributed to three key dimensions of sustainable development (poverty reduction, gender equality, and environmental sustainability) within the context of its marginalization from the SDGs and from previous international development agendas. The book adopts a novel, inclusive, large-scale, and systematic approach, providing the first comprehensive history of the international approaches to culture (including heritage) in development from 1970 to the present day. It critically assesses the international projects implemented in sub-Saharan Africa that aimed to demonstrate the contribution of heritage for development in time for the negotiation of the SDGs, reflecting on the shortcomings of selected projects and providing recommendations for rethinking heritage for development.
‘Comprehensive and excellent look at recontextualising and rethinking heritage and sustainable development’s interconnected role as the world steps forward into a new tomorrow.’
EXARC Journal
‘The book could be seen as slightly depressing for those who champion the use of cultural heritage for sustainable development, detailing as it does the impacts of short-sighting project planning, limited budgets, lack of global recognition, and legacies of colonial approaches. However, the book also demonstrates a clear way forward: challenging ourselves to critically examine real-world performance of projects, shine a light on failures and successes, and draw lessons from them of how to do better. The book opens with a discussion of how the potential of cultural heritage in development is under-recognized. But that recognition must be earned through demonstrating that the sector can consistently deliver effective projects that speak to real-world challenges and provide robust evidence of that, as this book does.’
Public Archaeology
‘An excellent review of international sustainable development initiatives that aim to leverage heritage….This is critical reading for students, scholars, and practitioners.’
Choice
‘This book is essential reading for academics interested in the role of heritage for sustainable development and decolonization, as well as for those interested in implementing the SDGs in policy and practice.’
Archaeological Journal
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BOOKs, articles, chapters, and consultancy papers
Books and special issues as guest editor
– Labadi, S. 2022. Rethinking Heritage for Sustainable Development. International Framework, Local Impacts. UCL Press, 244p
– Labadi, S., Giliberto, F., Rosetti, I., Shebati, L., and Yildirim, E. 2021. Heritage and the Sustainable Development Goals. Policy Guidance for Heritage and Development Actors. Paris: ICOMOS. 134p.
– Labadi, S. Giliberto, F. Taruvinga, P. and Jopela, A. (eds). 2020. World Heritage and Sustainable Development in Africa: Implementing the 2015 Policy. Midrand: African World Heritage Fund.
– Labadi, S. (ed). 2019. The cultural turn in international aid: impacts and challenges for heritage and the creative industries. London: Routledge, 256p
– Labadi, S. 2017. Museums, Immigrants and Social Justice. London: Routledge, 160p (out in paperback in December 2019)
– Labadi, S. 2016. L’impact de la culture en Europe. Évaluation des impacts socio-économiques de projets de régénération culturelle. Paris: Editions L’Harmattan, 180p
– Labadi, S. and Logan, W. (eds). 2015. Urban Heritage, Development, and Sustainability: international frameworks, national and local governance. London: Routledge, 360p
– Labadi, S. and Chilton, E (editors). 2014. Heritage and Human Rights. Heritage and Society. Vol. 7(2), pp. 103-188
– Labadi, S. 2013. UNESCO, Cultural Heritage, and Outstanding universal value. Plymouth, MA: AltaMira Press, 204 p (out in paperback in July 2015)
– Labadi, S. 2011. Evaluating the socio-economic impacts of selected regenerated heritage sites in Europe. Amsterdam: European Cultural Foundation, 129p
– Labadi, S. and Long, C (eds). 2010. Heritage and Globalisation. London: Routledge, 234p
– Labadi, S. (Guest editor) Cultural Diversity. International Social Science Journal. Vol. 61(199)
– Bandarin, F. and Labadi, S (eds). 2007. World Heritage: Challenges for the Millennium. Paris: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, 200p
Collective books and reports
– ARCADE. 2010. Culture as a tool for development: challenges of analysis and action. CNFPT publication
– UNESCO. 2009. World Report on Cultural Diversity. Paris: UNESCO publications
– Groupe de Recherche sur les Musées et le Patrimoine. Patrimoine et Globalisation. Harmattan
– ICOMOS. 2004. The World Heritage List: filling the gaps- an action plan for the future. Paris: ICOMOS
Articles and consultancy papers
– Labadi, S. 2022. The World Heritage Convention at 50: management, credibility and sustainable development, Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development. ahead-of-print, 9000 words.
– Giliberto, F. and Labadi, S. 2021. Harnessing Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Development: an Analysis of Three Internationally Funded Projects in MENA Countries. International Journal of Heritage Studies, Vol.28(2), pp. 133-146
– Labadi, S. 2022. How I, a woman of colour, built a track record without public funding. Times Higher Education, 27 April.
– Labadi, S. 2022. Change the System, not me. Women in Leadership Publication, Summer Issue. pp. 62-63
– Labadi, S. 2021. Decolonising Heritage. Horizon Scanning submitted to ICCROM
– Labadi, S. 2021. Heritage after the SDGs. Horizon Scanning submitted to ICCROM
– Labadi, S. 2021. Heritage and Inequalities. Horizon Scanning submitted to ICCROM
– Labadi, S. 2021. Policy Briefs and Recommendations. Rethinking Heritage for Sustainable Development (also available in French and Portuguese). University of Kent. 35p
– Majd Ardekani, A., Labadi, S., and Von Jugenfeld, R. 2021. Evaluating Visitors’ Experiences at St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury. In Arefian, F.F. et al. (eds.), Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters. The Urban Book Series. Springer, pp. 509-521
– Labadi, S. and Taruvinga, P. 2021. Interpretation of Robben Island World Heritage Site. In. Guidebook on World Heritage Interpretation. Korean National Commission for UNESCO.
– Labadi, S. 2020. Homage à Máiréad. In Kockel, U., McDermott, P. and Campbell, L. (eds). Per Scribendum, Sumus. A cèilidh in Honour of Máiréad Nic Craith. Zürich: Lit Verlag, pp. 251-254
– Labadi, S., Jopela, A., and Taruvinga, P. 2020. Introduction. In Labadi, S., Giliberto, F., Taruvinga, P., and Jopela, A. (eds). 2020. World Heritage and Sustainable Development in Africa: Implementing the 2015 Policy. Midrand: African World Heritage Fund, pp. 6-10
– Labadi, S. 2020. Afterword: Superdiversity and New Approaches to Heritage and Identities in Europe: the Way Forward. In: Colomer, L. and Catalani, A. eds. Heritage Discourses in Europe: Responding to Migration, Mobility, and Cultural Identities in the 21st Century. Arc Humanities Press, pp. 111-115
– Labadi, S. 2019. The Cultural Turn in International Aid? Setting the Scene. In: Labadi, S. (ed). The Cultural Turn in International Aid: Impacts and Challenges for Heritage and the Creative Industries. London: Routledge, pp. 1-14
– Labadi, S. 2019. UNESCO, Culture, Aid and Development in the New Millennium. In: Labadi, S. (ed). The Cultural Turn in International Aid: Impacts and Challenges for Heritage and the Creative Industries. London: Routledge, pp. 73-88
– Labadi, S. 2019. The Future of International Aid for Cultural Projects. In: Labadi, S. (ed). The Cultural Turn in International Aid: Impacts and Challenges for Heritage and the Creative Industries. London: Routledge, pp. 243-252
– Labadi, S. 2019. Re-examining World Heritage and Sustainable Development. In Bharne, V. and Sandmeier, T. (eds). Routledge Companion of Global Heritage Conservation. London: Routledge, pp. 15-26
– Labadi, S. 2018. UNESCO, World Heritage Convention (1972). Encyclopaedia of Global Archaeology. New York: Springer.
– Labadi, S. 2018. UNESCO, World Heritage Convention (1972). Encyclopaedia of Global Archaeology. New York: Springer.
– Labadi, S. 2018. Migrants: les Musées Ont un Role à Jouer. The Conversation France. 22 Février. http://theconversation.com/migrants-les-musees-ont-un-role-a-jouer-92075
– Labadi, S. 2018. What Museums Must Do to Get More Migrants through their Doors. The Conversation. 14 February. https://theconversation.com/what-museums-must-do-to-get-more-immigrants-through-their-doors-88273
– Labadi, S. 2018. World Heritage and Gender Equality. In: Larsen, P. and Logan, W. (eds). World Heritage and Sustainable Development: New Directions in World Heritage Management. London: Routledge, pp. 87-100
– Labadi, S. 2018. Historical, Theoretical and International Considerations on Culture, Heritage and (Sustainable) Development. In: Larsen, P. and Logan, W. (eds). World Heritage and Sustainable Development: New Directions in World Heritage Management. London: Routledge, pp. 37-49
– Labadi, S. 2017. UNESCO, Heritage and Sustainable Development: International Discourses and Local Impacts. In Gould, P. and Pyburn, A. (eds). Promise and Peril: Archaeology Engaging with Economic Development. New York: Springer, pp. 45-60
– Appendino, F., Giliberto, F., and Labadi, S. 2016. The role of Environmental and Heritage Impact Assessment in Liverpool World Heritage Site. Valori e Valutazioni, 17, pp. 1-16
– Chilton, E. and Labadi, S. 2016. From the Editors. Heritage and Society. 9.1., pp. 1-2
– Chilton, E. and Labadi, S. 2015. From the Editors. Heritage and Society. 8.2., pp. 95-96
– Chilton, E. and Labadi, S. 2015. From the Editors. Heritage and Society. 8.1., pp. 1-2
– Labadi, S. 2015. Measuring the Socio-economic Impacts of Heritage-led Development: the Cases of Liverpool (UK) and Lille (France). In: Labadi, S. and Logan, W. (eds). Urban Heritage, Development and Sustainability. London: Routledge, pp. 137-150
– Labadi, S. and Gould, P. 2015. Sustainable Development: Heritage, Community, Economics. In Meskell, L. (ed). Global Heritage: A Reader. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 196-216
– Labadi, S. and Logan, W. 2015. Approaches to Urban Heritage, Development and Sustainability. In: Labadi, S. and Logan, W. (eds). Urban Heritage, Development and Sustainability. London: Routledge, pp. 1-21
– Chilton, E. and Labadi, S. 2014. From the Editors. Heritage and Society. 7.2., pp. 103-104
– Labadi, 2014. UNESCO, States Parties and Outstanding Universal Value. In Proceedings. Understanding Heritage Values. Eindhoven University of Technology.
Labadi, S. 2014. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Convention. Encyclopaedia of Global Archaeology. New York: Springer, pp. 7434-7439
– Labadi, S. 2013. Culture and Social Cohesion. Position paper drafted for discussion at the May 2013 UNESCO International Congress ‘Culture: Key to Sustainable Development’ in Hangzhou (China).
– Labadi, S. 2013. The National Museum of the Immigration History (Paris; France): Neo-colonialist Representations, Silencing, and Re-appropriation. Journal of Social Archaeology. 13, pp. 310-33
– Labadi, S. 2012. Public Policy: Introduction. In: Silberman, Neil, (ed.) The Oxford Companion to Archaeology. 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 672-673–
Labadi, S. 2012. Public Policy: Conventions. The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 680-683
– Labadi, S. 2012. Public Policy: Charters. The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 684-687
– Labadi, S. 2012. International Organizations. The Oxford Companion to Archaeology, 2nd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 109-112
– Rojas, E. and Labadi, S. 2012. Heritage Management and Development for Social Inclusion and Economic Development. The World Bank Guidance Note. Unpublished document
– Labadi, S. 2011. Intangible Heritage and Sustainable Development – Realistic Outcome or Wishful Thinking? Heritage and Society. 4, 1.
– Labadi, S. 2010. Investing in Cultural Diversity. International Social Science Journal. N. 199
– Labadi, S. 2010. World Heritage, Authenticity and Post-authenticity. In Labadi, S. and Long, C. (eds) Heritage and Globalization. London: Routledge, pp. 64-84
– Long, C. and Labadi, S. 2010. Introduction. In Labadi, S. and Long, C. (eds) Heritage and Globalization. London: Routledge, pp. 1-16
– Labadi, S. 2010. Socio-Economic Impacts of Cultural Projects in Great Britain. In ARCADE. Culture as a Tool for Development: Challenges of Analysis and Action. CNFPT publications, pp. 206-223
– Labadi, S. 2009. Le Patrimoine Culturel, Facteur d’Insertion Sociale des Jeunes des Zones Sensibles. ESPOIR, 156.
– Labadi, S. 2009. Literature review of indicators on culture and development, Unpublished report submitted to UNESCO
– Labadi, S. 2008. Review of ‘Managing heritage and Cultural Tourism Resources. Critical Essays, Volume One’; edited by Dallen J. Timothy. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change (Volume 5, number 8)
– Labadi, S. 2008. Chapter 1. Cultural diversity in a globalising world. Unpublished document submitted as part of the UNESCO World Report on cultural diversity
– Labadi, S. 2008. Chapter 8. Cultural diversity and governance. Unpublished document submitted as part of the UNESCO World Report on cultural diversity
– Labadi, S. 2008. Lieux de culture, inclusion et cohésion sociale. Unpublished report written for the Charles de Gaulle Foundation
– Labadi, S. and Wintzerith, S. 2008. ICOM and ICOMOS, between Interculturalism and Universalism. Patrimoine et Mondialisation, Groupe de Recherche sur les Musées et le Patrimoine. Paris: L’Harmattan, pp. 77-94
– Labadi, S. 2007. Representations of the Nation and Cultural Diversity in Discourses on World Heritage. Journal of Social Archaeology, 7, 2, pp. 147-170
– Labadi, S. 2006. Questioning the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention. Unpublished PhD thesis. UCL
– Labadi, S. 2005. A Review of the Global Strategy for a Balanced, Representative and Credible World Heritage List 1994-2004. Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 7, 2, pp. 89-102
– Cleere, H. and Labadi, S. 2003. Chapter 1. In. ICOMOS: Analysis of the World Heritage List and Tentative Lists: Cultural and Mixed Properties. A study carried out by ICOMOS at the Request of the World Heritage Committee. Paris: ICOMOS.
– Labadi, S. 2003. From a ‘Clash of Civilisations’ to Reconciliation? A response to R. Matthews. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, 14,1, pp. 10-13
– Labadi, S. 2003. The Importance, Conservation and Management of Industrial Heritage sites in Chile. Industrial Patrimony, 9,1, pp. 65-72
– Labadi, S. 2001. Industrial Archaeology as Historical Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology, Vol 12, pp. 77-85
