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Making Intangible Heritage - El Condor Pasa and Other Stories from UNESCO (Hardcover)
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Making Intangible Heritage - El Condor Pasa and Other Stories from UNESCO (Hardcover)
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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.
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