Inspiration Africa! Using Tangible and Intangible Heritage to Promote Social Inclusion Amongst Young People with Disabilities
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How can we make meaningful connections betweendiverse museum audiences, tangible artifacts and theintangible historico-cultural traditions from which theysprang? Does the anthropology collection have aproductive role in the UK government agenda on socialinclusion for children with disabilities? What is the valueof employing new theoretical perspectives andpartnerships at the frontiers between the museum andthe school? This paper explores these questions and thedeeper issues surrounding them through InspirationAfrica! a project to benefit learning-disabled children,involving the Horniman Museum and twelve schools inSouth East London.
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How can we make meaningful connections betweendiverse museum audiences, tangible artifacts and theintangible historico-cultural traditions from which theysprang? Does the anthropology collection have aproductive role in the UK government agenda on socialinclusion for children with disabilities? What is the valueof employing new theoretical perspectives andpartnerships at the frontiers between the museum andthe school? This paper explores these questions and thedeeper issues surrounding them through InspirationAfrica! a project to benefit learning-disabled children,involving the Horniman Museum and twelve schools inSouth East London.