In 2003, UNESCO adopted a convention to protect the intangible heritage of cultures, and that posed new challenges for scholars and archaeologists. This volume draws on case studies to examine the problems and possibilities of implementing UNESCO's convention.
From Tangible to Intangible Heritage.- The Heritage of Kunqu: Preserving Music and Theater Traditions in China.- Partition Memories: The Hidden Healer.- Gardens and Landscapes: At the Hinge of Tangible and Intangible Heritage.- Preserving the Cultural Landscape Heritage of Champaner-Pavagadh, Gujarat, India.- Governance and Conservation of the Rapaz Khipu Patrimony.- Geographies of Memory and Identity in Oceania.- Combating Attempts of Elision: African American Accomplishments at New Philadelphia, Illinois.- Folk Epigraphy at the World Trade Center, Oklahoma City, and Beyond.- Problematizing Technologies for Documenting Intangible Culture: Some Positive and Negative Consequences.
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