Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

Book Overview

Wide-ranging essays on intangible cultural heritage, with a focus on its negotiation, its value, and how to protect it.

Awareness of the significance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has recently grown, due to the promotional efforts of UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). However, the increased recognition of intangible heritage has brought to light its undervalued status within the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843839741
• ISBN13: 9781843839743
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"