In this lecture we will discuss the emergence of 'intangible heritage' and the political and epistemological consequences of it.

Readings

Appelgren, Staffan and Anna Bohlin (2017). “Second-hand as ‘Living’ Heritage: Intangible Dimensions of Things with History”, in Routledge Companion to Intangible Cultural Heritage, edited by Peter Davis and Michelle L. Stefano, 240-50. London: Routledge.

Hafstein, Valdimar (2018) "Making Heritage: Introduction" in Making Intangible Heritage. El Condor Pasa and Other Stories from UNESCO. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1-20.

Harrison, Rodney. 2013. Chapter 6. "Intangible heritage and cultural landscapes" in Heritage: Critical Approaches. Oxon & New York: Routledge.

Kurin, Richard (2004): “Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the 2003 UNESCO Conventions: A Critical Appraisal”, Museum International, 56(1-2):66-77.

Meskell, Lynn & Christoph Brumann (2015): “UNESCO and New World Orders” in Lynn Meskell (ed.) Global Heritage: A Reader. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Powerpoint

Intangible Legacies

Watch

This is a must see: The Flight of the Condor. 30 min lecture on the background of the convention of intangible cultural heritage that also raises some important questions of how intangible heritage evolve over time and ownership.