Inclusive museum- A space for knowledge, research and heritage

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https://doi.org/10.57040/tt75gv65

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Inclusiveness of knowledge, Research and heritage, Museum establishment, University of Dodoma, Tanzania

Abstract

The museum is multidimensional in character and holistic in concept. In this sense, it is an inclusive museum that envisages ascertaining public knowledge, research, and preservation of heritage. These three components which are concerned with the material culture of the archaeological sites are given prominence. Gogo, a Bantu speaking ethnic group that is a pastoralist and patrilineal society in the Dodoma region of Tanzania is taken as an example. Gogo being one of the populous indigenous communities there is every need to protect their traditional culture and settlement. An ethnographic account of the material culture of the Gogo will be of use in future ethnoarchaeological research interpretation to reconstruct possible historical cultural continuities. Although few scholarly studies have exposed Gogo material culture and non-material culture, initiation towards their protection and preservation has not been done. We, the university teachers of History and archaeology made an attempt to fill this gap. Hence identification of archaeological sites that surround Gogo villages, and sample material collections from the sites and village households was our primary objective. The other objective was to establish a museum that accommodates archaeological and Gogo ethnographic objects to facilitate research and tourism attraction. Archaeological and ethnographic field survey methods were adopted and as a result, archaeological sites such as Makulu, Ntyuka and Ng’og’ona near the Gogo villages were identified for field surveys and collection of exhibits. Sample potsherds and lithics from the surrounding archaeological sites, and also Gogo furniture such as pottery, calabashes, grindstones, and iron objects were collected. These cultural materials were housed tentatively at the Dodoma University.

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2024-09-20

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