Pour l’auteur de cette définition, la conservation éthique est une dimension particulière du travail de conservation. Elle recoupe toutes les actions, méthodes, et moyens qui concourent à assurer la pérennisation et le bien-être d’un élément donné. C’est une conservation qui met en place des pratiques qui répondent à des normes et à des valeurs situées. Elle se doit d’être dynamique autant que possible, afin de pouvoir se réinventer au fil du temps, non pas en s’imposant, mais en se conformant dans la mesure du possible à différents contextes culturels, tout en respectant les croyances, usages, et coutumes des diverses communautés et en prenant en compte ce qu’elles considèrent comme faisant partie de leur(s) patrimoine(s).
En résumé, une conservation éthique, respectueuse des cultures, et durable est une conservation qui met en place un ensemble de méthodes et de moyens pour préserver un ou plusieurs patrimoines, qui s’adapte à la fois à plusieurs contextes culturels, en restant dans une optique de maintien d’intégrité et d’authenticité des patrimoines sur le long terme.
For the author of this definition, ethical conservation is a specific aspect of conservation work. It encompasses the set of actions, methods, and means that contribute to ensuring the long-term survival and well-being of a given element. Ethical conservation involves implementing practices that meet moral standards and values. It must be as dynamic as possible, capable of reinventing itself over time by adapting as much as possible to different cultural contexts, rather than imposing itself. This involves respecting the beliefs, habits, and customs of the relevant communities and taking into account what they consider to be part of their heritage(s).
In short, ethical, culturally respectful, and sustainable conservation is a form of conservation that establishes a set of methods and resources to preserve one or more heritages, adapting to several cultural contexts at the same time, so as to maintain the integrity and authenticity of various heritages over the long term.
A person whose role is to be a historian, storyteller, poet and musician. They ensure the transmission of culture and oral history by preserving the m...
Originellement issu du Fɔ̀ngbè, le terme désigne un autel portatif fait de métal principalement, et réalisé pour commémorer un-e défunt-e qui, de son ...
Bracelet whose name means “metal of the Tchamba,” the tchambaga symbolizes the iron shackles of enslaved people and is used to contact ancestors, as w...
Protective amulet common in Togo and other parts of West Africa in various forms. The term gris-gris is apparently more widespread for protective amul...
Tea prepared on the ground in a teapot and served in cups. This way of making tea has its roots in the Arab world.
Traditional Senegalese dish with fish, rice, and vegetables. In 2021, the dish was classed by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage.
Porridge made with 'Sunguf' cereal flour, such as millet. The term Sunguf is also used to refer to any kind of flour.
Animist people from the Kédougou region (South-East Senegal). Their religion is subject to stereotypes, as is the case for other religions, such as Vo...
Square cap worn by men and women alike. This word, of North African origin, is rejected by certain Senegalese socio-cultural groups, who use Mbakhana*...
Conical straw hat often used by Fulani people when accompanying their herds.