Full Description
This collection provides an in-depth and up-to-date examination of the concept of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the issues surrounding its value to society. Critically engaging with the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the book also discusses local-level conceptualizations of living cultural traditions, practices and expressions, and reflects on the efforts that seek to safeguard them. Exploring a global range of case studies, the book considers the diverse perspectives currently involved with intangible cultural heritage and presents a rich picture of the geographic, socioeconomic and political contexts impacting research in this area. With contributions from established and emerging scholars, public servants, professionals, students and community members, this volume is also deeply enhanced by an interdisciplinary approach which draws on the theories and practices of heritage and museum studies, anthropology, folklore studies, ethnomusicology, and the study of cultural policy and related law. The Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural Heritage undoubtedly broadens the international heritage discourse and is an invaluable learning tool for instructors, students and practitioners in the field.
Contents
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 Blake2. The Examination of Nomination Files under the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Rieks Smeets and Harriet Deacon3. 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 James8. 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 Janeček13. Damming Ava Mezin: Challenges to Safeguarding Minority Intangible Cultural Heritage in Turkey Sarah Elliott14. Documenting and Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: the Experience in Scotland Alison M
