Making intangible heritage : El Condor Pasa and other stories from UNESCO /

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In Making Intangible Heritage, Valdimar Tr. Hafstein - folklorist and official delegate to UNESCO - tells the story of UNESCO's Intangible Heritage Convention. In the ethnographic tradition, Hafstein peers underneath the official account, revealing the context important for understanding UNESCO...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Valdimar Tr. Hafstein (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Unesco.
Unesco
Cultural property > Protection.
Intangible property > Protection.
Folklore.
folklore (culture-related concept)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Intergovernmental Organizations.
Cultural property > Protection
Folklore
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude: Confessions of a folklorist
  • 1. Making heritage: Introduction
  • 2. Making threats: The condor's flight
  • 3. Making lists: The dance band in the hospital
  • 4. Making communities: Protection as dispossession
  • 5. Making festivals: Folklorization revisited
  • Postlude: Intangible heritage as diagnosis, safeguarding as treatment
  • Conclusion: If intangible heritage is the solution, what is the problem?

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