Description: Further DetailsTitle: Making Intangible HeritageCondition: NewEAN: 9780253037930ISBN: 9780253037930Publisher: Indiana University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/29/2018Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Valdimar HafsteinLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: El Condor Pasa and Other Stories from UNESCOISBN-10: 025303793XDescription: In Making Intangible Heritage, Valdimar Tr. Hafstein—folklorist and official delegate to UNESCO—tells the story of UNESCO's Intangible Heritage Convention. In the ethnographic tradition, Hafstein peers underneath the official account, revealing the context important for understanding UNESCO as an organization, the concept of intangible heritage, and the global impact of both. Looking beyond official narratives of compromise and solidarity, this book invites readers to witness the diplomatic jostling behind the curtains, the making and breaking of alliances, and the confrontation and resistance, all of which marked the path towards agreement and shaped the convention and the concept. Various stories circulate within UNESCO about the origins of intangible heritage. Bringing the sensibilities of a folklorist to these narratives, Hafstein explores how they help imagine coherence, conjure up contrast, and provide charters for action in the United Nations and on the ground. Examining the international organization of UNESCO through an ethnographic lens, Hafstein demonstrates how concepts that are central to the discipline of folklore gain force and traction outside of the academic field and go to work in the world, ultimately shaping people's understanding of their own practices and the practices themselves. From the cultural space of the Jemaa el-Fna marketplace in Marrakech to the Ise Shrine in Japan, Making Intangible Heritage considers both the positive and the troubling outcomes of safeguarding intangible heritage, the lists it brings into being, the festivals it animates, the communities it summons into existence, and the way it orchestrates difference in modern societies.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Language & Reference, Social Sciences, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Making Intangible Heritage
Title: Making Intangible Heritage
EAN: 9780253037930
ISBN: 9780253037930
Release Date: 08/29/2018
Release Year: 2018
Subtitle: El Condor Pasa and Other Stories from UNESCO
ISBN-10: 025303793X
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Law & Politics
Number of Pages: 212 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Making Intangible Heritage : El Condor Pasa and Other Stories from Unesco
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Subject: Intergovernmental Organizations, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, Folklore & Mythology, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Property
Publication Year: 2018
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.3 Oz
Author: Valdimar Hafstein
Item Length: 8.9 in
Subject Area: Law, Political Science, Social Science
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback