Description
Book SynopsisPractitioner Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage provides an accessible introduction to the Intangible Cultural Heritage field. Summarising the major changes that have taken place over the last two decades, the book explores ongoing debates and changes in thinking about best practice.
Drawing on the author's own experience of operationalising the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in a variety of contexts, Orr also incorporates international case studies from practitioners and provides valuable insights about best practices. Demonstrating that the top-down, state-driven hierarchy for the safeguarding of heritage is starting to shift to a model of shared ownership and values driven by communities and practitioners, the book shows that the notion of the expert' is also diversifying to include other forms of transmission of traditional knowledge. Orr argues that these different perspectives provide a platform to enrich unde
Table of Contents
Chapter One – Introduction; Chapter Two - UNESCO, 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the Role of NGOs; Chapter Three – UNESCO Conventions and Recent Changes in the 2003 Convention; Chapter Four - Intellectual Property Rights: Commodification, Creative Industry, and Inclusive Growth; Chapter Five- Sustainable Development and ICH; Chapter Six- The Challenges of Putting the Safeguarding of ICH into Practice; Chapter Seven- Safeguarding ICH in Emergencies; Chapter Eight - ICH in the Museum Context; Chapter Nine- ICH: Repatriation and Decolonisation; Chapter Ten- Final Thoughts on ICH and Our Shared Future; Useful Bibliography.
