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Intangible Cultural Heritage under Pressure? Examining Vulnerabilities in ICH Regimes - Minorities, Indigenous Peoples and Refugees
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ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen)
Abstract Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is increasingly subjected to social, economic and political pressures in the light of neo-liberal developments and dispossessing, neo-colonial discourses of domination perpetuated by cultural heritage politics.
In response, respective legal regimes have been estab... view more
Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is increasingly subjected to social, economic and political pressures in the light of neo-liberal developments and dispossessing, neo-colonial discourses of domination perpetuated by cultural heritage politics.
In response, respective legal regimes have been established addressing alienation from those practising ICH, namely cultural bearers and ultimately holders of cultural rights. However, the very nature of such instruments and safeguarding standards may not fully grant non-discriminatory access to its protection regimes being disintegrated from general human rights standards. This may, in turn, result in new patterns of inequalities causing detrimental, adverse impacts on specific groups of communities and individuals. This study disentangles such dynamics and sheds light on both endangered ICH elements and its practitioners. Similarly, it traces agency-driven, empowering ICH practice responding to current patterns of cultural imposition oriented towards plural identity recognition while discovering spaces of contestation.... view less
Keywords
cultural policy; international cultural policy; cultural heritage; UNESCO; minority; refugee; human rights
Classification
Cultural Sociology, Sociology of Art, Sociology of Literature
Law
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Free Keywords
Immaterielles Kulturerbe; Konventionen; Kulturerbeschutz; kulturelles Recht; AKBP
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Stuttgart
Page/Pages
140 p.
Series
ifa Edition Culture and Foreign Policy
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17901/AKBP1.02.2020
ISBN
978-3-948205-15-7
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0