Cultural Economy Utilization between the Reproduction of Handicrafts, Tourism and Capitalism: The case of Esna. | ||||
| International Journal of Heritage and Museum Studies | ||||
| Article 3, Volume 1, Issue 1, October 2019, Page 45-55 PDF (12.58 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Academic peer-reviewed articles | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ijhms.2019.118754 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Amr Al Qamary  1; Yssmin Bayoumi* 2
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| 1Independent Urban Researcher | ||||
| 2Founder of Cell and Herfa initiatives | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The cultural ‘product’ is a reproduction of a life style that was once born out of localized, temporal needs where people of the Nile valley utilized resources that they can reach to address these needs aligned with the societal context. This paper aims to examine the approach of cultural tourism reproduction in Upper Egypt and questions the current models for cultural economy and questions their alignment with current societal context. The paper discusses the contradictions between tourism growth models, and sustainable local development along capitalistic exploitation potentials. It studies the interventions proposed/going-on Esna city center and possible development scenarios within the Egyptian context. The different approaches to utilize community crafts and the cultural economy within the city center are explored and critically analyzed for their alignment with local community sustainable development. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Crafts; Sustainable tourism; Socioeconomic; Cultural tourism | ||||
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