Decolonizing colonial heritage : new agendas, actors and practices in and beyond Europe / Britta Timm Knudsen, John Oldfield, Elizabeth Buettner and Elvan Zabunyan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Europe and its entangled colonial pasts : Europeanizing the 'imperial turn' / by Elizabeth Buttner -- Brexit and imperial nostalgia : a longing for the future / by Christoffer Klvraa -- Spectres of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town / by Nick Shepherd -- Decolonizing the narrative of Portuguese empire : life stories of African presence, heritage and memory / by Crisano Gianolla, Giuseppina Raggi and Lorena Sancho Querol -- Decolonizing Warsaw : the multiple afterlives of 'Ali' / by Lukasz Bukowiecki -- Curating colonial heritage in Amsterdam, Warsaw and Shanghai's museums : no single road to decolonization / by Csilla E. Ariese, Laura Pozzi and Joanna Wawrzyniak -- The influence of Western colonial culture on Shanghai : a case study of the 'Modern Shanghai' exhibition at the Shanghai History Museum / by Lu Jiansong -- Decolonizing contemporary art exhibitions : Okwui Enwezor (1963-2019), the turning point of curatorship / by Elvan Zabunyan -- Sensitive memories at a world heritage site : silencing and resistance at the Valongo Wharf / by Marcia Chuva, Laila Bianchi Aguiar and Brenda Coelho Fonseca -- Traces of contempt and traces of self-esteem : deconstructing our toxic colonial legacy / by Dalila Mahdjoub -- Reframing the colonial in postcolonial Lisbon : placemaking and the aesthecization of interculturality / by Paulo Peixoto and Claudino Ferreira -- Aesthetics and colonial heritage : an interview with artists based in Marseille / by Badr El Hammami, Mohammed Laouli and Marine Schutz -- Enslaved bodies, entangled sites and the memory of slavery in Cape Town : the meeting of the dead and the living / by Meghna Singh -- Decolonial countervisuality / by Britta Timm Knudsen with Sorana Munsya, Benjamine Laini Lusalusa and Stephanie Collingwoode Williams -- New diplomacy and decolonial heritage practices / by Crisna E. Clopot, Casper Andersen and John Oldfield -- Decolonial voices, colonialism and the limits of European liberalism : the European question revisited / by Jan Ifversen.

"Decolonizing Colonial Heritage explores how different agents practice the decolonization of European colonial heritage at European and extra-European locations. Assessing the impact of these practices, the book also explores what a new vision of Europe in the postcolonial present could look like. Including contributions from academics, artists and heritage practitioners, the volume explores decolonial heritage practices in politics, contemporary history, diplomacy, museum practice, the visual arts and self-generated memorial expressions in public spaces. The comparative focus of the chapters includes examples of internal colonization in Europe and extends to former European colonies, among them Shanghai, Cape Town, and Rio de Janeiro. Examining practices in a range of different contexts, the book pays particular attention to sub-national actors whose work is opening up new futures through their engagement with decolonial heritage practices in the present. The volume also considers the challenges posed by applying decolonial thinking to existing understandings of colonial heritage. Decolonizing Colonial Heritage examines the role of colonial heritage in European memory politics and heritage diplomacy. It will be of interest to academics and students working in the fields of heritage and memory studies, colonial and imperial history, European studies, sociology, cultural studies, development studies, museum studies, and contemporary art"-- Provided by publisher.