The Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural Heritage

by Michelle L. Stefano, Peter Davis

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317506881
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/08/2016
Series:	Routledge Companions
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	502
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

Michelle L. Stefano is a Folklife Specialist (Research and Programs) at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. From 2011-2016, Stefano worked for Maryland Traditions, the folklife program of the state of Maryland, of which she was its Co-Director from 2015-2016. From 2012-2016, she led the partnership between Maryland Traditions and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she was Visiting Assistant Professor in American Studies. She co-edited Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage (2012) with Peter Davis and Gerard Corsane.

Peter Davis is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University, UK. He is honorary editor of Archives of Natural History, the journal of the Society for the History of Natural History, and a series editor for Heritage Matters. His research interests include the interactions between nature, culture and concepts of place and space. He has published widely on ecomuseums and intangible cultural heritage.

Table of 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 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 McCleery and Jared Bowers

Intangible Cultural Heritage Up Close

15. Officially Ridin’ Swangas: Slab as Tangible and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Houston, Texas Langston Collin Wilkins
16. Locating Intangible Cultural Heritage in Norway Joel Taylor
17. Intangible Cultural Heritage in India: Reflections on Selected Forms of Dance Parasmoni Dutta
18. Second-hand as Living Heritage: Intangible Dimensions of Things with History
Staffan Appelgren and Anna Bohlin
19. A Conversation with Linina Phuttitarn on Safeguarding a Spiritual Festival in Thailand
20. Public Experiences and the Social Capacity of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Japan: Bingata, a Textile-Dyeing Practice from Okinawa Sumiko Sarashima
21. Stretching the Dough: Economic Resiliency and the Kinaesthetics of Food Heritage across the US-Mexico Border Maribel Alvarez

Intangible Cultural Heritage and Place

22. Refuting Timelessness: Emerging Relationships to Intangible Cultural Heritage for Younger Indigenous Australians Amanda Kearney and Gabrielle Kowalewski
23. Common Ground: Insurgence, Imagination and Intangible Cultural Heritage Jos Smith
24. Indigenous Geography and Place-Based Intangible Cultural Heritage RDK Herman
25. ‘If there’s no place to dance to it, it’s going to die’: A Conversation on the Living Tradition of Baltimore Club Music and the Importance of Place Michelle L. Stefano with Christopher Clayton and Baronhawk Poitier
26. Landscape and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Interactions, Memories and Meanings Maggie Roe

Intangible Cultural Heritage, Museums and Archives

27. Making History Tangible: POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
28. A Conversation with Clifford Murphy on Archives and Intangible Cultural Heritage
29. Bin Jelmood House: Narrating an Intangible History in Qatar Scott Cooper and Karen Exell
30. Standing in the Gap: Lumbee Cultural Preservation at the Baltimore American Indian Center Ashley Minner
31. A Conversation with Tara Gujadhur on the Traditional Arts and Ethnology Center in Laos
32. Museums and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Lusophone Countries Ana Mercedes Stoffel and Isabel Victor

Alternative Approaches to Safeguarding and Promoting Intangible Cultural Heritage

33. Safeguarding Maritime Intangible Cultural Heritage: Ecomuseum Batana, Croatia Dragana Lucija Ratković Aydemir
34. Reflections of a Heritage Professional: Intangible Cultural Heritage at the Ecomuseum of Terraces and Vineyards, Italy Donatella Murtas
35. Conveying Peruvian Intangible Heritage through Digital Environments Natalie Underberg-Goode
36. Growing Ecomuseums on the Canadian Prairies: Prospects for Intangible Cultural Heritage Glenn Sutter
37. The Intangible Made Tangible in Wales Einir M. Young, Gwenan H. Griffith, Marc Evans, S. Arwel Jones
38. A Conversation with Paula dos Santos and Marcelle Pereira on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Social and Ecological Justice