The Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural Heritage
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| ISBN13: | 9780367872076 |
| ISBN10: | 0367872072 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 528 pages |
| Size: | 246x174 mm |
| Weight: | 861 g |
| Language: | English |
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This collection examines the concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the issues surrounding its value to society. The book considers the diverse perspectives currently involved with ICH and presents a rich picture of the geographic, socioeconomic and political contexts impacting research in this area. With contributions from establish
"It is a most welcome addition to literature, and a must-have for all who want to deepen their understanding of the scholarly research into and safeguarding practice of Intangible Cultural Heritage. (...) With the publication of this Routledge Companion, Intangible Cultural Heritage has certainly reached a new level of scholarly recognition. And that is a very good thing."
- Steven Engelsman, Director, Weltmuseum Wien, Austria
"The Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural Heritgae provides asnapshop- or rather, a whole picture album- of the evolution of a profoundly important cultural policiy and paradigm[...] The editors have assembled here a massive and varied set of essays- 38 individual chapters written by 54 authors, including anthropologists, folklorists, legals scholars, museum professionals, ethomusicologists, and community members."
- Michael Dylan Foster, University of California, USA
Introduction Michelle Stefano and Peter Davis
A Decade Later: Critical Reflections on the UNESCO-ICH Paradigm
1. Development of UNESCO?s 2003 Convention: Creating a New Heritage Protection Paradigm? Janet Blake
2. The Examination of Nomination Files under the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Rieks Smeets and Harriet Deacon
3. A Conversation with Richard Kurin
4. Placing Intangible Cultural Heritage, Owing a Tradition, Affirming Sovereignty: the Role of Spatiality in the Practice of the 2003 Convention Chiara Bortolloto
5. Is Intangible Cultural Heritage an Anthropological Topic? Towards Interdisciplinarity in France Christian Hottin and Sylvie Grenet
6. The Impact of UNESCO?s 2003 Convention on National Policy-making: Developing a New Heritage Protection Paradigm? Janet Blake
Reality Check: The Challenges Facing ICH Safeguarding
7. From the Bottom Up: the Identification and Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Guyana Aron Mazel, Gerard Corsane, Raquel Thomas and Samantha James
8. Making the Past Pay? Intangible (Cultural) Heritage in South Africa and Mauritius Rosabelle Boswell
9. A Conversation with Yelsy Hernández Zamora on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Cuba
10. The Management of Intangible Cultural Heritage in China Tracey L-D Lu
11. Ageing Musically: Tangible Sites of Intangible Cultural Heritage Bradley Hanson
12. Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Czech Republic: Between National and Local Heritage Petr Janeček
13. Damming Ava Mezin: Challenges to Safeguarding Minority Intangible Cultural Heritage in Turkey Sarah Elliott
14. Documenting and Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: the Experience in Scotland Alison M
