In recent years, studies on intangible cultural heritage (ICH) have substantially increased as
the subject has received extensive attention from scholars. This study collected all the …

Emotional Heritage brings the issues of affect and power in the theorisation of heritage to the
fore, whilst also highlighting the affective and political consequences of heritage-making …

Heritage diplomacy is a recent concept and a new area of interest in the expanding scope of
diplomacy. The concept is explored with various epistemological foci and theoretical …

Looking at examples of cultural practices listed by UNESCO as intangible heritage, this
article appropriates the term “folklorization” from authenticity discourses and argues that the …

The internationally focused Dictionary of Museology reflects the diversity of cultural and
disciplinary approaches to theory and practice in the museum field today. The museum …

The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is one of the most widely ratified international
treaties, and a place on the World Heritage List is a widely coveted mark of distinction …

This paper investigates the bureaucratisation of the (utopian) ideal of community
participation in Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) safeguarding and management. The …

This paper examines ongoing challenges facing Indigenous peoples and their heritage, the
consequences of inadequate heritage protection, and new initiatives that counter this …

UNESCO defines intangible cultural heritage (ICH), in contrast to conservation-oriented
models, as “living” and as playing a dynamic role in contemporary society, thus bringing to …

In aligning its priorities around the Sustainable Development Goals, UNESCO officially
acknowledges the need to reconcile the market and heritage. Yet inscriptions of commercial …