Shit, Blood, Artifacts, and Tears: Interrogating Visitor Perceptions and Archaeological Residues at Ghana's Cape Coast Castle Slave Dungeon

dc.contributor.authorApoh, W.
dc.contributor.authorAnquandah, J
dc.contributor.authorAmenyo-Xa, S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-05T10:37:27Z
dc.date.available2019-07-05T10:37:27Z
dc.date.issued2019-02
dc.description.abstractInvoluntary servitude, trade, and exchange in humans occurred among communities in parts of what is today known as Ghana before the advent of European involvement. However, with Europeans’ involvement and subsequent colonialism, this practice rapidly evolved into the heinous transatlantic chattel slave trade. Scholars studying slavery know that the material vestiges and memories of this phenomenon persist in the present. Yet, how public audiences engage with slavery’s past is determined by more than the transmission of such academic expertise. Visitors arrive to slave-related heritage sites typically having already had significant exposure to histories of slavery through public discourse and their own schooling. Public tours at such sites also may not relay all types of relevant evidence equally. Historical evidence may be given more attention than archaeological evidence. A monument’s architecture may be given more attention than less obvious material residues. This article explores visitor experiences at Ghana’s Cape Coast Castle, with particular attention given to visitor perceptions of the monument and of the history of slavery. We analyze how these perceptions are affected by visitors’ exposure to information on archaeological residues identified in Cape Coast Castle’s dungeons and in broader historical contextualization of the site.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWazi Apoh, James Anquandah & Seyram Amenyo-Xa (2018) Shit, Blood, Artifacts, and Tears: Interrogating Visitor Perceptions and Archaeological Residues at Ghana's Cape Coast Castle Slave Dungeon, Journal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritage, 7:2, 105-130, DOI: 10.1080/21619441.2018.1578480en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1080/21619441.2018.1578480
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/31274
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of African Diaspora Archaeology and Heritageen_US
dc.subjectSlaveryen_US
dc.subjectSlave heritageen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectTourismen_US
dc.subjectVisitor perceptionsen_US
dc.titleShit, Blood, Artifacts, and Tears: Interrogating Visitor Perceptions and Archaeological Residues at Ghana's Cape Coast Castle Slave Dungeonen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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