Intangible Heritage
2nd Edition
Published on 1. January 2021
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-1-138-10121-0 (ISBN)
Description
The UNESCO Convention of the Safeguarding of the Intangible Heritage came into force in 2006, framing the international and national practices and policies associated with intangible cultural heritage. This volume critically and reflexively examines these practices and policies, providing an accessible account of the different ways in which intangible cultural heritage has been defined and managed in both national and international contexts. As the volume reveals, the concept and practices of safeguarding are complicated and often contested, and there is a need for international debate about the meaning, nature and value of heritage and what it means to 'safeguard' it.
Safeguarding Intangible Heritage presents a significant cross section of ideas and practices from some of the key academics and practitioners working in the area, whose areas of expertise span anthropology, law, heritage studies, linguistics, archaeology, museum studies, folklore, architecture, Indigenous studies and history. The chapters in this volume give an overarching analysis of international policy and practice and critically frame case studies that analyze practices from a range of countries that include Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, New Zealand, Taiwan, UK, and Zimbabwe.
With a focus on conceptual and theoretical issues, this book remains an important reference for students and heritage professionals.
Safeguarding Intangible Heritage presents a significant cross section of ideas and practices from some of the key academics and practitioners working in the area, whose areas of expertise span anthropology, law, heritage studies, linguistics, archaeology, museum studies, folklore, architecture, Indigenous studies and history. The chapters in this volume give an overarching analysis of international policy and practice and critically frame case studies that analyze practices from a range of countries that include Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, New Zealand, Taiwan, UK, and Zimbabwe.
With a focus on conceptual and theoretical issues, this book remains an important reference for students and heritage professionals.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
7 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 2 s/w Zeichnungen
2 Line drawings, black and white; 7 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-138-10121-0 (9781138101210)
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Previous edition
Laurajane Smith | Natsuko Akagawa
Intangible Heritage
Book
12/2008
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Natsuko Akagawa has a PhD and Masters in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies, Master of Business Administration, Graduate Diploma of Education, Diploma of Portuguese Language and Culture. Currently Lecturer at The University of Queensland, Australia, previously Assisatant Professor at The University of Western Australia. She is the author of Heritage conservation in Japan's cultural diplomacy (Routledge 2014) which establishes a pioneering theoretical nexus between the politics of cultural diplomacy, heritage conservation, and national identity and interest, has become a focus for scholars in a range of disciplines. She is the co-editor of Intangible Heritage (Routledge 2009, with Laurajane Smith). Her area of expertise includes Asian heritage, social, visual, and diplomatic history in the region. She is Expert Member and Vice-President of International Committee on Intangible Heritage of ICOMOS. She has been a visiting research fellow at the East-West Centre and University of Hawaii, Manoa, as well as a Fellow at the International Institute of Asian Studies with Leiden University, Nethelands.
Laurajane Smith is Professor and Director of the Centre of Heritage and Museum Studies, and Head of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Australian National University. She has authored Uses of Heritage (2006) and Archaeological Theory and the Politics of Cultural Heritage (2004), and co-authored Heritage, Communities and Archaeology. Her edited books include Heritage, Labour and the Working Classes (2011, with Paul A. Shackel and Gary Campbell), Representing Enslavement and Abolition in Museums (2011, with G. Cubitt, R. Wilson and K. Fouseki) and Intangible Heritage (2009, with Natsuko Akagawa) all with Routledge. She is editor of the International Journal of Heritage Studies and co-general editor (with William Logan) of the Routledge Series Key Issues in Cultural Heritage.
Laurajane Smith is Professor and Director of the Centre of Heritage and Museum Studies, and Head of the School of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Australian National University. She has authored Uses of Heritage (2006) and Archaeological Theory and the Politics of Cultural Heritage (2004), and co-authored Heritage, Communities and Archaeology. Her edited books include Heritage, Labour and the Working Classes (2011, with Paul A. Shackel and Gary Campbell), Representing Enslavement and Abolition in Museums (2011, with G. Cubitt, R. Wilson and K. Fouseki) and Intangible Heritage (2009, with Natsuko Akagawa) all with Routledge. She is editor of the International Journal of Heritage Studies and co-general editor (with William Logan) of the Routledge Series Key Issues in Cultural Heritage.
Content
Introduction
Aims and background (discussed in the context of a review of current heritage literature and the development of critical heritage studies)
Summary of argument
Structure of book
Part I: Heritage and Emotion
Heritage and the Affective Turn
Why an emotional heritage? (Explores why emotion has been neglected in heritage and museum studies and argues why it is important issue to consider)
Emotion and Heritage (review of previous literature in heritage and museum studies on emotion and affect)
The Affective Turn in the Social Sciences (review of literature on affect and emotion and the establishment of key concepts and ideas for the book)
Registers of Engagement: Heritage as a social and emotional process
This chapter develops a theoretical framework for integrating an understanding of emotion into heritage and museum studies. It builds on and develops arguments made in my early book (2006) about the nature and uses of heritage and will build on the current literature in heritage studies. The chapter provides the conceptual framework to be used in part III of the book.
Part II: Methodology and Data Overview
Methodology and interview sample
This chapter: a) outlines the qualitative and quantitative methods employed in the collection and analysis of the interview data; b) discusses the demographics of the interview samples in each country; and c) provides an outline and background of the heritage sites and museum exhibitions at which interviews were undertaken. Six different genre of museum and heritage site were used in this study (although some sites/museums overlap categories) these include sites/museums/exhibitions of:
national significance at which national narratives are told (War memorials, historic houses, cowboy/stockman halls of fame etc);
migration and immigration;
slavery/enslavement and civil rights;
labour and industrial history, culture and experience;
Indigenous history, culture and experience;
National parks.
Aims and background (discussed in the context of a review of current heritage literature and the development of critical heritage studies)
Summary of argument
Structure of book
Part I: Heritage and Emotion
Heritage and the Affective Turn
Why an emotional heritage? (Explores why emotion has been neglected in heritage and museum studies and argues why it is important issue to consider)
Emotion and Heritage (review of previous literature in heritage and museum studies on emotion and affect)
The Affective Turn in the Social Sciences (review of literature on affect and emotion and the establishment of key concepts and ideas for the book)
Registers of Engagement: Heritage as a social and emotional process
This chapter develops a theoretical framework for integrating an understanding of emotion into heritage and museum studies. It builds on and develops arguments made in my early book (2006) about the nature and uses of heritage and will build on the current literature in heritage studies. The chapter provides the conceptual framework to be used in part III of the book.
Part II: Methodology and Data Overview
Methodology and interview sample
This chapter: a) outlines the qualitative and quantitative methods employed in the collection and analysis of the interview data; b) discusses the demographics of the interview samples in each country; and c) provides an outline and background of the heritage sites and museum exhibitions at which interviews were undertaken. Six different genre of museum and heritage site were used in this study (although some sites/museums overlap categories) these include sites/museums/exhibitions of:
national significance at which national narratives are told (War memorials, historic houses, cowboy/stockman halls of fame etc);
migration and immigration;
slavery/enslavement and civil rights;
labour and industrial history, culture and experience;
Indigenous history, culture and experience;
National parks.