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Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
M L. Stefano
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Description for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
Paperback. Wide-ranging essays on intangible cultural heritage, with a focus on its negotiation, its value, and how to protect it. Editor(s): Stefano, Michelle L.; Davis, Peter; Corsane, Gerard. Series: Heritage Matters. Num Pages: 285 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GM; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 516.
Wide-ranging essays on intangible cultural heritage, with a focus on its negotiation, its value, and how to protect it. Awareness of the significance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has recently grown, due to the promotional efforts of UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). However, the increased recognition of intangible heritage has brought to light its undervalued status within the museum and heritage sector, and raised questions about safeguarding efforts, ownership, protective legal frameworks, authenticity and how global initiatives can be implemented at a local level, where most ICH is located. This ... Read more
Wide-ranging essays on intangible cultural heritage, with a focus on its negotiation, its value, and how to protect it. Awareness of the significance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has recently grown, due to the promotional efforts of UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). However, the increased recognition of intangible heritage has brought to light its undervalued status within the museum and heritage sector, and raised questions about safeguarding efforts, ownership, protective legal frameworks, authenticity and how global initiatives can be implemented at a local level, where most ICH is located. This ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
506g
Number of Pages
285
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843839743
SKU
V9781843839743
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About M L. Stefano
Peter Davis is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests relate to the connections between place, nature, heritage, communities and sustainability. Peter Davis is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests relate to the connections between place, nature, ... Read more
Reviews for Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage
The appearance of this volume is extremely timely: it provides an essential examination both of the concept [of ICH] and its application in a wide range of scenarios.
HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT
A welcome addition to the literature on heritage due to its focus on the conservation of intangible cultural resources within various political, economic, historic, and geographic contexts. [This] ... Read more
HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT
A welcome addition to the literature on heritage due to its focus on the conservation of intangible cultural resources within various political, economic, historic, and geographic contexts. [This] ... Read more