scholarly journals Religious diversity and patrimonialization

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-31
Author(s):  
Shanshan Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Leizhou Peninsula ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Dynamic Relationships

With the emergence of the neologism ‘intangible cultural heritage’ in 2003 and the adoption of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Law of the People’sRepublic of China in 2011 various popular religious practices in China which used to be considered as feudal superstitions started to be recognized as examples of cultural heritage worthy of protection. If we examine the concept of religious diversity at a local level in contemporary China, the process of a ‘patrimonialization’ of popular religious practices that reflect the dynamic relationships which can be detected across diverse discourses, multiple stakeholders and cultural policies in different arenas could offer us a new perspective on religious practices to explore. In this article I offer an analysis, based on fieldwork conducted between 2013 and 2016 on the Leizhou Peninsula in southern China’s Guangdong Province, of the varying degrees of acceptance, accommodation and resistance prompted by the actualization of popular religious practices in this era of patrimonialization.

scholarly journals Compatibility of UNESCO and Council of Europe Cultural Heritage Concepts

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jelena Ćuković
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
European Institution ◽  
Unesco Convention ◽  
The Republic

The same year that UNESCO adopted the Convention for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the Republic of Serbia became a member of the Council of Europe. The protection of the intangible and cultural heritage in the Republic of Serbia is done according to the regulations of these two institutions. This paper is based on a comparative analysis of two (for intangible) cultural heritage, the most important documents of individual institutions: the 2003 UNESCO Convention on the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and the 2005 Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society. The aim of the paper is to compare the cultural conceptions of UNESCO and the Council of Europe, and to show whether there are differences in the cultural policies of one global and one European institution in this field.

scholarly journals Consent, agreement, communities and holders: the issue of social participation in the field of cultural heritage and the dialogue between the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Heritage and the intangible heritage policy of Brazil

2021 ◽  
pp. 77-86
Author(s):  
Simone Toji
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Intangible Heritage ◽  
Unesco Convention ◽  
Heritage Policy

This article considers some modes of activation and operationalization of the idea of social participation in the field of intangible cultural heritage. It regards the newest proposal of operating participation established by the UNESCO Convention on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage and the experience of its implementation in Brazil. By analyzing how the issue of participation was developed through dialogue between the international and national levels, the paper also shows how the emergence of categories of social actors such as “communities” and “bearers” has been consolidated within the mentioned intangible cultural policies.

scholarly journals The Celebration of Cultural Diversity and the Politics of Difference in Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

Ethnologies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 279-296
Author(s):  
Antonio A. Arantes
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Cultural Production ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Creative Industries ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Development Programs

The global turn of cultural production gave new significance to objects and ideas that convey senses of localization and/or cultural singularity, raising public interest and institutional concern with inventorying and protecting cultural diversity. The implications of this shift not only concern the so-called creative industries, as this issue was the object of the Convention for the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions approved by UNESCO in its 33rd General Conference (Paris, November 2005). Traditional know-how and forms of expression, as well as exotic landscapes, are used as effective cornerstones for the implementation and promotion of humanitarian as well as social and economic development programs in the poorer regions of the globe. From an intellectual perspective, this renewed awareness of all things local stimulates critical reflection about some epistemological and legal issues related to identification, documentation and promotion of cultural heritage. Among these, intellectual authority associated with the production of inventories, the social consequences of introducing new ingredients in local level politics and cultural production, as well as juridical matters concerning rights of collective intellectual property are some of the concerns of the current debate among scholars and heritage experts on those issues. The present paper aims at contributing to the debate on the questions outlined above, by focusing on the emergent policies of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. Since cultural heritage is not mechanical and neutral transmission of information from one generation to another, but a social construction, the understanding of its meanings and consequences depends on taking into account its historical context. This being the case, in order to provide concrete background to this discussion, the author refers to the Brazilian case suggesting, however, that it has wider implications.

scholarly journals Development of art, culture, and literature attractions for millennial generations

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 517-524
Author(s):  
Ikhwanuddin Nasution ◽  
Asmyta Surbakti ◽  
Vanesia Amelia Sebayang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
High Culture ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Official Sources ◽  
Depth Interviews

This article discusses the great potential of Tengku Amir Hamzah Stabat Park in Langkat Regency, Indonesia. The potential of the park can be used as the development of a new tourism phenomena by creating a cultural tourism market. The Langkat Malay community is known to have a high culture, but the influence of globalization causes cultural degradation. The development of cultural tourism is going to used because it is related to extracting traditional values. The trend of tourists today is a new experience through an unknown cultural heritage. The method used is descriptive-qualitative. Data were obtained from in-depth interviews, observations, FGDs, books, and other official sources. This article used cultural tourism, sustainable tourism, and creative economic development theories. The results showed that Tengku Amir Hamzah Stabat Park could be developed as an artistic, cultural, and literary attraction. The Millennial Generation of Langkat Regency still has an interest in the cultural heritage of Langkat Malays, therefore it needs to be preserved as the unique values of the region and used as tourist attractions at the local level. Tengku Amir Hamzah's work should be understood from a new perspective. The Industrial Revolution 4.0 is closely related to the development of cultural tourism.

scholarly journals Intangible Cultural Heritage as Space for Multidisciplinary Interaction. International Review

2018 ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
Valentyna Demian
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
International Review ◽  
Critical Part ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Unesco Convention ◽  
Important Direction ◽  
Different Levels

The article analyses cultural policies for Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) using the example of some European countries, State Parties of the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. In particular, the special attention is paid to measures and programmes related to research, safeguarding, ICH promotion, knowledge transfer and education. One can find here references to master and bachelor programmes and courses in France and Italy along with mention about special research and educational initiatives in European countries, like Osmose and WikiPatrimoine in France, special courses on ethnology and anthropology in Italian universities, etc. Another important issue is the practice of inventorying and documentation on different levels, national and regional or local. The article analyses the inventorying systems in Spain, France and Italy, responsible and/or supporting organizations, objectives and results. The proposed review certificates that the safeguarding of the intangible cultural heritage has become not only the important direction but an integral, and often a critical, part of cultural policies of the majority of state parties of the UNESCO Convention 2003.

scholarly journals The Role of Place Identity, Local Genius, Orange Economy and Cultural Policies for Sustainability of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Bali

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1551-1561
Author(s):  
Agung Parameswara ◽  
Ida Ayu Nyoman Saskara ◽  
Made Suyana Utama ◽  
Ni Putu Wiwin Setyari
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Goods ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Resultant Data ◽  
The Relationship

This paper examines the relationship between orange economy activity which is an activity that allow for ideas to be transformed into cultural goods, local genius, place identity, cultural policies, and sustainability intangible cultural heritage (ICH) of Balinese handwoven textiles. A questionnaire survey was administered to 145 respondents. Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was applied to the resultant data using SmartPLS 3.0 software. The result revealed local genius, orange economy activity, and place identity have positive and significant influence on sustainability ICH of Balinese handwoven textiles. A positive and significant direct effect between local genius and place identity to the orange economy activity was also found. The result also proved that the orange economy mediates the relationship between local genius and place identity on sustainability. Moreover, cultural policies moderates the relationship between orange economy and sustainability. Our findings might also be relevant to sustainability Bali’s ICH to strengthening the involvement of cultural industry through orange economy activity, in enhancing their place identity and local genius, in supporting and promoting the sustainability ICH of Balinese handwoven textiles. Furthermore, the role of government through cultural policies might also relevant as moderating effect the relationship between orange economy activity and sustainability of ICH.

scholarly journals Preliminary Study of the Aesthetic Character of Guniang Song in Western Guangdong in Lingnan Area

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Yongmei Gan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Folk Art ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Leizhou Peninsula ◽  
Local Dialect ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
The Aesthetic

On Leizhou Peninsula in western Guangdong, Guniang Song is a kind of folk art which uses local dialect to rap and perform. In 2006, among the first batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage announced by Guangdong Provincial People’s Government, it was successfully selected. According to the existing research, the introduction of it by scholars mostly started from the aspects of performance forms and folk characteristics, while ignoring the research on the aesthetic character of it. Based on this situation, the purpose of this study is to explore the aesthetic character of the it in western Guangdong, in order to provide some theoretical reference and creative inspiration for the scientific protection and inheritance of the Guniang Song.

Food As a Collective Heritage Brand in the Era of Globalization

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Csergo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
Trade Policies ◽  
Know How ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Trade Law ◽  
International Trade Law ◽  
Cultural Spaces ◽  
Food Cultures ◽  
Cultural Domain

Abstract:Following debate surrounding nominations of food practices for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s lists of intangible cultural heritage (ICH), 10 years after the entry into force of the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, we observe that the ICH lists count a growing number of food-related heritage elements. Yet food, or even gastronomy, as a cultural domain within ICH has yet to be officially recognized. However, given the trade policies arising from the new globalization, which subject peoples and the planet to imported, globalized, and standardized models and which generate an impoverishment of agricultures and food cultures, major geo-economic issues will play out around this recognition. Thus, along with identification labels of quality and origin that protect certain products and know-how from counterfeiting, other forms of protection could be put into place for the benefit of intangible food heritage inscribed on national lists and of the products, goods, services, industries, and cultural spaces in which they are embedded. From the perspective of safeguarding cultural diversity, which any inscription of ICH should lead to, these protections could operate not only through the cultural policies within safeguarding plans but also through the creation of a new binding legal instrument—“the heritage brand”—which could become an important facet of international trade law.

scholarly journals Serbian Traditional Singing between intangible Cultural Heritage and World Music

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 941
Author(s):  
Vladimir Ribić ◽  
Nataša Mladenović-Ribić
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
World Music ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽  
International Level ◽  
Cultural Policies ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Unesco Convention

The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) leaves the protection and identity determination of intangible cultural heritage to the nation-states. On the other hand, world music audience is interested primarily in identity self-determination of the performers. Because of this, world music phenomenon enables safeguarding and international promotion of Serbian traditional singing independently of cultural policies at the national and international level.

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