Thesis
French
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Abstract
This thesis attempts to examine the ambivalent relationship between tourism and cultural heritage on the island of Goree and in Bassari country, both promoted to World Heritage of Humanity. She wonders about the construction of the collective memories of slavery, colonial legacies, territorial identities and cultural landscapes through the setting in heritage and the tourism of heritage resources. By studying the role of actors in the protection of heritage assets and the appropriation of space, it seeks to analyze political, socio-cultural, economic and environmental issues, examine tourist imaginations and social representations, and redefine local development. The aim is to show how tourism can contribute to the revitalization of these territories, in a context where local cultures are threatened by the contrasting effects of globalization, and where corruption is still present. If the patrimonialization process represents a renewal for local authorities, what heritage and institutional policy can tourism professionals and heritage experts undertake in the face of the memory tensions and territorial and identity claims that this mechanism provokes ?