Tracing intangible cultural heritage

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This paper presents an overview of the institutionalised discourse on ‘cultural heritage’ with emphasis on the recognition of intangible cultural heritage. The presentation has two parts: (i) The first part presents a timeline on shifts of definitions and of actions suggested towards safeguarding world heritage. With a view to trace the aggregation of what we could nowadays call ‘established heritage’, this part examines precise moments from the mid-twentieth century onwards which expanded the notion of monument to urban areas and towards – what is now known as – intangible cultural heritage; (ii) The second part examines the two typologies of heritage – tangible and intangible – through the prism of their definitions given by UNESCO in 1972 and 2003 respectively and identifies the aspects that differentiate process and outcome in heritage discourse.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationForever Young
Subtitle of host publicationCelebrating 50 Years of the World Heritage Convention
Editors Ana Gemma López Martín, Bert Demarsin, Elisa Baroncini, Raquel Regueiro Dubra , Ruxandra-Iulia Stoica
Place of PublicationModena
PublisherMucchi Editore
Pages221-250
Number of pages29
Volume1
ISBN (Electronic)9788870009644
ISBN (Print)9788870009644
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Publication series

NameUn'anima per il diritto: andare più in alto
PublisherMucchi Editore
Number6
ISSN (Print)2724-4660
ISSN (Electronic)2724-4660

Type (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Architecture

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